Particle Dreams

Matt Howarth’s Particle Dreams, a six-issue series from Fantagraphics in the mid-1980s, follows the surreal, psychedelic adventures of a sentient particle through a microscopic universe. Howarth, the sole writer and artist, fills each page with dense, hallucinatory linework and a deeply personal, offbeat brand of science fiction. The series stands as a cult touchstone of the alternative-comics boom, showcasing a singular, unapologetically weird vision that pushed the boundaries of what a comic could explore.