Sam Alden’s It Never Happened Again was reviewed by Italian blog Just Indie Comics. Here’s a taset what they had to say:

If you’ve never looked at Sam Alden’s comics, at first glance you’ll be impressed by the drawings. His pencils show the very nature of the medium and in their purity they give the feeling of looking at the original art. The pages are full of lines, marks, gray and black spots. The line work is neither realistic nor naturalistic. When in Hawaii 1997 the two children are running on the beach, they turn into two abstract figures. The representation of the night sky recalls instead the Impressionists. Alden isn’t seeking the verisimilitude but the emotions of the reader. The emotional and communicative aspect is at the heart of his cartooning. The relationship between artist and audience is incredibly direct and even by merely looking at his panels you’ll have the feeling that they’ve been drawn only for you.

We love the way the author zeroes in on the intimacy at the heart of Sam’s cartooning. Read the rest of the review here. Order Sam’s book here.