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Quality UK publisher Nobrow publishes the third album of creative powerhouse Luke Pearson’s Hildafolk series which mixes teen humour, mystery and fantasy into another superb piece of escapism for young…
Given his scheduling slips down the years, that’s a question that might have crossed the lips of at least a few uncharitable editors and readers. However, a very enjoyable BBC…
It’s almost Wednesday, and you know what that means: a fresh load of comics and graphic novels! With so many publications hitting your local comics store or digital storefront, BF…
The advance publicity for Max Bemis and Ransom Getty’s 16-part political thriller promised much. Sadly, the first issue doesn’t really deliver. Max Bemis is probably better known to all you…
The third edition of Tiny Pencil – the artzine promoting graphite-based goodness through a mix of illustration and comic strips – is subtitled The Beast Issue, and comes with a…
As the heartbeat of the adult Richard Grayson fades away in Forever Evil #6, our resident researcher in the Golden Age and Silver Age of comics – Joe Krawec –…
Disjointed but skillfully crafted, incoherent but not amateurish, The Auteur has plenty of style but lacks any recognizable substance. There are some comics that exude an aura of careful creation,…
Vandroid takes genre tropes to an occasionally funny extreme in a well-crafted new mini-series, but loses its tonal compass somewhere along the way. A would-be blockbuster is lost long before…
Chronos Commandos is never afraid to embrace cliché and proudly proclaim it as a narrative strength! Earth, the Cretaceous period, and a battle for the timelines is being fought by an…
Another week, another amnesia mystery. However, the high-level craft of Greg Rucka and Toni Fejzula adds a bit of gloss to a routine set-up. It seems that every week brings…
The Pariah monthly picks up where its predecessor left off, taking genetically engineered teens on a quest for survival in low-earth orbit. And then they were in space, and… Wait, where’s the…
Captivating, endearing and brilliantly absurd. Published collaboratively between Germany’s altcomics outfit Rotopolpress and Blank Slate Books in the UK, Pimo & Rex is the creation of German artist Thomas Wellmann….
It’s almost Wednesday, and you know what that means: a fresh load of comics and graphic novels! With so many publications hitting your local comics store or digital storefront, BF…
As fan-favourite writer Gail Simone starts a new Tomb Raider series for Dark Horse, is it a comic by a woman, about a woman, for a woman? When I read…
Taking its name from a complex form of optical illusion, Jon Vermilyea’s Fata Morgana is a wordless journey through a young boy’s dreamscape, published by the never less than impressive…
EdieOP is a creator who delights in fashioning work that is mischievously unsettling. Hers is a world of painful childhood mishaps and acts of gleeful spite, where recklessness is the…
Jonathan Ross and Ian Churchill bring the schlock in their new series for Image – a vivid slice of filmic sex and violence set against the dark side of the…
Columns · Crossing Borders · Eyecatcher
Belgian graphic talent Serge Baecken puts down a a stunning graphic novel that is as much experiment as a melancholic ode to his cat Sugar, published simultaneously in French and…
Those pictures that are worth a thousand words? That’s small change for a Sergio Aragonés illo. Sadly, Sergio Aragonés Funnies #12 marks the last issue of this humour masterclass to…
Dark Horse Announces Starting Points: A New Way To Try New SeriesMarch 11, 2014
Elric And Void Lead Expanding Range Of European Graphic Novels From Titan ComicsMarch 6, 2014
History Will Be Re-Written This April in WHAT IF: AGE OF ULTRONMarch 6, 2014
Escape From Jesus Island #2 to premiere as Phantom VariantMarch 6, 2014
The Secret Service: Kingsman Introduces New Millar MovieMarch 6, 2014
Vincent – Barbara Stok and SelfMadeHero Investigate Tortured Genius Vincent Van GoghFebruary 14, 2014BBC Documentary Answers the Big Question: What Does Frank Quitely Do All Day?March 10, 2014
Mengelmoes #1 – Willem Samuel’s South African Slice-of-Lifer with a Fantasy TwistFebruary 25, 2014Chronos Commandos Volume 1: Dawn Patrol – Nazis, Dinosaurs and a War for All Time from Titan ComicsMarch 7, 2014
