Ochre Ellipse #1 Available from Family Style. “With sly storytelling shifts and great comics pacing, Jonas crystallizes the introvert’s meandering thoughts, then smashes them to pieces at your feet.” — Jesse Reklaw “First issues are generally a time to work the bugs out, to get everything in their proper order for better future issues.  Jonas gets right out of the gate with a fantastic first issue.” — Optical Sloth “Madden-Connor tells stories about people in motion that are circular in nature, as one portion of the stories segues into something completely different only to come back around to the original theme or motif in unexpected ways.” — High-Low “A swell little book about daydreams and birds, with a goofy sense of humor. The cartooning cuts loose here and there, drops panel border, goes nuts, and gets really fun.” — Ben Boxer
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Ochre Ellipse #2 Available from Family Style. “This mini comic is filled with inventive graphic storytelling techniques. It’s evident Madden-Connor put a great deal of emphasis on exploring new territory, but his does it without sacrificing communication or clarity.” — Midnight Fiction “The book is the work of a young artist who is clearly having fun with every aspect of the medium, and the result is a mini-comic busting at the seams with fascinating ideas.” — The Daily Crosshatch “This issue is remarkably well-designed and executed, and has many moments of quiet humor. If these comics are his debut, then it’s clear he has a bright future ahead of him.” — High-Low “Is it wrong that I get the impression that Jonas is just toying with us?  After reading the first couple of issues of this series I get the impression that he has a ridiculously firm handle on the “rules” of making comics and is trying to nudge those rules in subtle but different directions.” — Optical Sloth
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Ochre Ellipse #3 Available from Family Style. “No matter what your own experience has you read into this book, you’re guaranteed to be swept up in its spell. For me at least, the experience was really rare. Hands down one of the best books I’ll read all year.” — The Daily Crosshatch “It’s a genuinely inspired story, told without casting judgment either way.  He’s three for three on these little mini books, although I have to imagine most of you are already aware of that fact by now.” — Optical Sloth “The comics’ hook is killer: an unhappy, lonely man who remembers a happy childhood despite being a loner goes back in time to those happy days. Madden-Connor deftly uses genre trappings to tell a story of one man’s infinite emotional loop.” — High Low “Unlike its predecessor, issue three won’t dazzle you with clever visual tricks or unusual layouts. Its magic is more subtle. Its captivating story and artwork will pull you into an imaginative world and suddenly you’ll realize you’ve been dazzled again.” — Midnight Fiction
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Bay Woof, October 2008 cover.
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Postcard for Rocket Dog Rescue.
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