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“I Wanted to Tell a New Folk Story; an Alternate Beginning” – Shanti Rai on Her Self-Published Comic ‘KO’ and the Influence of the Mythological on Her Practice

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 21, 2018

ELCAF FORTNIGHT! With an accessible clarity, gorgeous use of colour and clever sense of graphic design Shanti Rai’s comics practice was always destined for a wider audience. I first covered…

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Persephone – Loïc Locatelli-Kournwsky Re-Imagines the Greek Myth in a Gorgeous New Graphic Novel from BOOM! Studios/Archaia

  • by Holly Raidl
  • June 7, 2018

Based on the Greek myth, creator Loïc Locatelli-Kournwsky utilises the out of this world aspects of the original and reforms them into a self-contained story with a glorious, more contemporary setting….

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Persephone – Shanti Rai’s Mythological Vignette is an Affecting Study of Fate’s Inescapable Clutches

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 8, 2018

The myth of Persephone and her abduction by Hades, the God of the Netherworld is an allegorical tale with a familiarity that extends far beyond the focused interests of the…

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