Panel Mania: 'Six Treasures of the Spiral: Comics Formed Under Pressure' by Matt Madden.

The article focuses on Matt Madden's graphic short fiction collection *Six Treasures of the Spiral: Comics Formed Under Pressure*, which features experimental comics created through self-imposed creative constraints. Inspired partly by French novelist Raymond Queneau, Madden employs unique rules—such as matching the number of comic panels to letters in the alphabet—to explore innovative storytelling methods. The book includes an essay by Madden explaining the structure behind many pieces and features an excerpt from "Drawn Onward," a palindrome story-loop depicting a subway encounter from two perspectives. The collection is published by Uncivilized Books.