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The Midnite Show – Slasher Fun Abounds in a Monstrous Comics Compendium from Masters of Horror Cullen Bunn, Brian Hurtt and Dark Horse Comics

  • by Lydia Turner
  • July 11, 2024

Continuing their reign as masters of gothic horror fantasy in the graphic novel world, the creators involved with titles including Manor Black, Harrow County and The Sixth Gun are back…

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Heebie Jeebies – A Fun and Spooky All-Ages Graphic Novel Which Highlights the Richness of Found Family and Good Friends

  • by Ellie Egleton
  • May 30, 2024

Heebie Jeebies is a book that I requested to review when I saw writer, Matthew Erman, previewing his new middle-grade graphic novel on X. Now, I know that we shouldn’t…

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2000 AD Prog 2362 – The Galaxy’s Greatest Comic Looks to the Future While Embracing Its Past, Including Rufus Hound’s Debut on ‘Strontium Dog’

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 2, 2024

I imagine I am not the only long-term 2000 AD fan (yes I did buy Prog 1 from my local WHSmith way back in 1977) who, while perhaps not considering…

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“I Can’t Wait for It to Be in People’s Hands” – Dan White on the Eagerly Awaited ‘Cindy and Biscuit’ Collection from Oni Press

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 1, 2023

It’s been one of the great unanswered questions in UK indie comics for many years now: How has Dan White’s singularly brilliant Cindy and Biscuit all-ages series not been picked…

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Damn Them All #1 – A Superior Hellblazer Tribute Act from Adlard and Spurrier

  • by Tom Baker
  • October 28, 2022

What’s to be done with John Constantine? In the almost forty years since his debut, we’ve weathered seemingly every possible permutation of the Hellblazer. He’s been a Sting-styled occult foil…

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Forever Forward #1 – A Moody Page-Turner Offers an Enjoyable Darker Take on Time Travel

  • by Karen O'Brien
  • September 12, 2022

A fresh but darker take on time travel, Forever Forward #1 is the latest sci-fi thriller from writer Zack Kaplan (Eclipse, Port of Earth). Dr. Lewis Moody has finally cracked…

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Proctor Valley Road #1 – A Cute and Spooky Starting Point for the New Original Series from Morrison, Child and Franquiz

  • by Bruno Savill de Jong
  • March 10, 2021

Proctor Valley Road is cuter than expected. Being Grant Morrison’s first original series since Klaus in 2015 (also with BOOM! Studios), from the legendary comic writer known for their high-concept…

Eyecatcher · Features

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“It’s About the Pure Love of Football. Roy’s Really the Spirit of the Game” – Writer Rob Williams and Classic Artist David Sque Return to Melchester in this Year’s ‘Roy of the Rovers Summer Special’

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 17, 2020

Out in shops now (and available online from Rebellion here) the new Roy of the Rovers Summer Special not only revives a holiday one-shot tradition but also has a treat…

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Preview: Folklords #5 – Take a Look at the Finale of the Critically Acclaimed BOOM! Studios Series from Matt Kindt, Matt Smith and Company Here

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 6, 2020

Courtesy of BOOM! Studios, we have a preview of the finale of the Broken Frontier Award-nominated Folklords series. If you’re already reading the book we don’t need to tell you…

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Preview: Hundred Wolves #1 – New Vault Comics Historical Fantasy Series by Myke Cole and Tony Akins Debuts in April

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 24, 2020

Vault Comics – publishers of the Broken Frontier Award-winning series These Savage Shores by Ram V, Sumit Kumar, Vittorio Astone and Aditya Bidikar – revisit the historical fantasy genre this…

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Machine Gun Wizards #1-4 — Christian Ward and Sami Kivelä Bring the Magic to Eliot Ness and the Untouchables

  • by Moe Abbas
  • January 8, 2020

While Gangster yarns may be dying out in the world of cinema (see The Irishman), Dark Horse’s Machine Gun Wizards continues the age-old comics tradition of mashing up the crime…

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Preview: Alienated #1 – Spurrier and Wildgoose’s Subversive Coming-of-Age Story Debuts in February from BOOM! Studios

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 8, 2020

BOOM! Studios’ serial comics line had a notably strong year in 2019 which was reflected in a Broken Frontier Award nomination for Folklords and, of course, that BF Award win…

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Folklords #1 – Matt Kindt, Matt Smith and Company’s Fantasy Series with a Twist Immediately Hooks Its Audience

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 20, 2019

The immediate thing the reader takes away from the first issue of Matt Kindt, Matt Smith and company’s Folklords is what a sublimely perfect issue it is in terms of…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Sparrowhawk – Enjoy the Sheer Choreographed Spectacle of Dawson and Basla’s Dark Fantasy from BOOM! Studios

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 23, 2019

It’s a catchy hook but whether the somewhat awkward tagline “Teen Victorian Fairy Fight Club” really gives the premise of Sparrowhawk its due is debatable. Written by Delilah S. Dawson…

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Giant Days #50 – Cricketing Fun and Games Abound as the Long-Running BOOM! Series Approaches Its Conclusion

  • by Holly Raidl
  • May 3, 2019

Starting with a joke about the annoyance of teaching parents technology, the main story in the latest issue of Giant Days is centred around a cricket match, in which Graham…

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Black Badge #1 – Matt Kindt, Tyler Jenkins and Hilary Jenkins’ Boy Scout Espionage Thriller May Just Be the Indie Hit of the Summer

  • by Karen O'Brien
  • August 8, 2018

Intriguing and timely, Black Badge #1 is a teenage take on espionage that’s part scouting exercise and part soul-searching political thriller. The scout team’s journey through this issue might remind…

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At the Shore – Tracing the Evolution of Jim Campbell’s Coastal Zombie Horror Comedy

  • by Robin Enrico
  • April 9, 2018

Jim Campbell’s At the Shore is a graphic novel that highlights the changing tides in indie comics from the early part of the 2000s to the present. Much of that…

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