Reviews and Testimonials

Below are  CUCKOO comics/trade paperback reviews and testimonials,  and one shoutout regarding my public yammeri-I mean speaking!

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PRESENTER AT AN INFINITE MIND CONFERENCE

” Madison brought much needed energy and comic relief to our trauma conference. Her engaging personality helped everyone connect with her real yet inspiring story of triumph over trauma. She will be a return presenter at our next conference!”

- Jaime P., founder/director, An Infinite Mind

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 CUCKOO COMIC AND TRADE PAPERBACK

” CUCKOO is a gleaming scalpel, expertly wielded against the tumor of evil. This is a stunning achievement, both artistically and personally…graphically illustrating the cosmic difference between ‘survivor’ and ‘transcended.’”

-Andrew Vachss, TERMINAL, PAIN MANAGEMENT

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” I stepped into her reality and wept…I would make CUCKOO required reading.”

- Dr. ‘Patch’ Adams, M.D.

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“CUCKOO is so f*#%ing powerful! …Like a hammer blow to the head.”

- Diana Shutz, Senior Editor, Dark Horse Comics

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“The book is at once challenging and delightful, informative and frightening, and the art is truly beautiful and haunting.”

-Brett Warnock, editor and publisher, Top Shelf Comics

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“…Clell writes and draws from the gut, spilling intimate stories and stark, raw artwork on every page…”

-Tiffany Lee Brown, Wired Magazine

 

A FEW REVIEWS

http://zigory.blogspot.com/2009/01/united-states-of-tara-cuckoo.html

http://www.aintitcool.com/node/14338

http://www2.metrotimes.com/archives/story.asp?id=783

 

LONG INTERVIEW

(Temporarily laid up with an injury, I was grateful for the chance to babble and distract myself!)

http://www.sequentialtart.com/archive/jan03/mclell.shtml

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