“Teaching with the Real Cost of Prisons Comix has been one of the most meaningful experiences I have had as an educator. I absolutely recommend this book…” (Here)
“The illustrations, all in stark black and white, are paired beautifully with the text.” (Here)
“As a book, it is beautiful and genuinely entertaining in its own right, the veritable launching pad of a new artistic/political press. As an organizing tool, it is perhaps a great deal more.” (And here)

I had sorta decided to stop posting reviews after that first fury but this is one of the few that have given a knod to BLINDSPOT in the context of the Iraq war. While it wasn’t a conscious choice when I wrote/drew it, I did expect more people to make the connection that Paul, the U.K.’s foremost comics journalist, did. Maybe it took someone on the other side of the pond to see it. (check it out)

From Curledup.com, by Lance Eaton:
“Pyle’s nostalgic venture into youth’s power of imagination will have readers relishing and reminiscing about their own adventures. Blindspot proves as endearing in plot as it proves intriguing in artistic style.”
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I hadn’t seen this blog before but am glad to find it (and not just because they wrote such a nice review).
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“BLINDSPOT rewards multiple readings as one begins to absorb and understand Pyle’s use of color and the subtle shifts in the story’s tone as a result.”
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“Pyle paces his story masterfully, interweaving panels…” B+ from Media Mix, Washingtonpost.com
(I really can’t stand it when reviews give a grade but when it’s the Washington Post and it’s a B+ then I guess I should post it) (read more)

“Pyle is able to tell a subtle story with powerful resonance…” April Quick Picks, G Blog
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Pyle (Lab U.S.A.) uses the graphic novel format to powerful effect as he explores a boy’s coming of age. Dean Tollridge and his friends love “playing army,” running missions through the woods behind their houses and combating imaginary Nazis. But reality invades the thoughtful boy’s fantasy milieu (an accidental library discovery of what the Holocaust really looked like; a lengthy and harrowing encounter with a homeless vet) and suddenly playtime takes on an unwelcome gravity. Pyle uses color as a brilliant storytelling tool: blues and browns for the real world, camouflage greens and browns for make-believe war scenes, and vivid flashes of full color in moments of strong emotion. What is remarkable is how much of the story lives in the pictures that are not drawn, the words that are not said. From a book of relatively few pages and minimal dialogue emerges a very robust set of characters, right down to the conflicted parents whose concern for their child unfolds in minimalist conversations of doubt and best intentions. This is a very smart and humane graphic novel that, by the sheer force of its narrow focus, resonates with a broad emotional range. Ages 9-up. (May)

The Indypendent and Comiccritque.com -

Subverting the Stifling Suburbs :
A Review of ‘Blindspot’

By Hueso Taveras
From the March 16, 2007 issue

Author Kevin Pyle is familiar with the theme of war and its effects on Americans. He explored this in his previous works in World War 3 Illustrated and in one of his own graphic novels, Eye of God. In Blindspot, he focuses on the vivid war fantasies of an American suburban boy… (read more)

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The indie comics problem

by Jean-Claude Van Doom
- January 4th, 2007

Kevin C. Pyle… peppers the tales with true-to-form 1940s-style illustrations of imagined warfare (his favorite game was to play soldier). As the book moves on, its events grow on each other, building toward the conclusion… (read more)