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Author: Holly Raidl

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Star Bright – Alice Clarke and Rob Zwetsloot’s All-Ages Coming-of-Age Story Combines Fantasy and Humanity

  • by Holly Raidl
  • March 29, 2019

Star Bright, the graphic novel by Alice Clarke and Rob Zwetsloot, tells a story of friendship versus isolation and captures the anxieties that surround being a shy child. Obviously stylistically…

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Moonstruck Vol. 1: Magic to Brew – Friendship, the Fantastic and Fun Combine to Ensure There is Something for Everyone in the Pages of ‘Moonstruck’

  • by Holly Raidl
  • January 28, 2019

Moonstruck combines mystery, magic and friendship in a fun an engaging way. If you know anything about my taste in comics from my Broken Frontier reviews, you will be aware…

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NPC Tea #1 – A Fitting Introduction to Sarah Millman’s Ongoing Fantasy Series

  • by Holly Raidl
  • November 20, 2018

Beginning with an introduction to the universe in the style of a history lesson Sarah Millman’s NPC Tea combines gorgeous tonal colours with a fun fantasy tale to create a…

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Mami – Fun Comics with a Real Heart and Tasty Food from Diigii Daguna and Peow

  • by Holly Raidl
  • October 25, 2018

Some comics you hear about and just know they’re going to be right up your street. I’ve been a fan of Diigii Daguna’s work for a while so when I…

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Liebestrasse – Tim Fish, Héctor Barros and Greg Lockard Present a Powerful Romantic Story Set in 1930s Germany

  • by Holly Raidl
  • September 21, 2018

AVAILABLE AT THOUGHT BUBBLE! Liebestrasse is a gorgeous mini-comic debuting at Thought Bubble this year uniting the talents of Tim Fish, Héctor Barros and Greg Lockard. The story is set…

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Finding Home Vol. 1: The Traveller – Hari Conner’s Fantasy Romance is a Thought Bubble Top Pick

  • by Holly Raidl
  • September 14, 2018

AVAILABLE AT THOUGHT BUBBLE! Making its convention debut at Thought Bubble, Hari Conner’s fantasy graphic novel Finding Home Volume 1: The Traveller combines rich landscapes with delightful storytelling. Based on the journey…

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Minority Monsters – Challenging Mythconceptions with Tab Kimpton’s Accessible LGBTQA+ Fairy Tale World

  • by Holly Raidl
  • August 15, 2018

Sometimes the perfect way to allow people to empathise with others is through accessible characters. Minority Monsters attempts to highlight aspects of the LGBTQA+ community to educate anybody interested in…

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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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Bi the Way – M.J. Wallace’s Personal Account of Coming Out as Bisexual is a Welcoming Journey of Self-Discovery

  • by Holly Raidl
  • April 2, 2018

Bi the Way explores creator M.J. Wallace’s journey of self-discovery regarding her sexuality and how this affected her relationships, sometimes as a result of her own construction. It’s an upbeat…

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Bingo Love – True Love Overcomes Oppression and Suppression in Tee Franklin and Jenn St-Onge’s LGBT+ Graphic Novel from Image Comics

  • by Holly Raidl
  • February 22, 2018

With eye-catching art by Jenn St-Onge and a heartfelt story by Tee Franklin, Bingo Love presents the tale of a lifetime of suppression and oppression. Through St-Onge’s bouncy art style, the reader is brought…

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The Baker Street Four Vol. 1 – Action-Packed Victorian Adventures Provide a Thrilling Twist on the Sherlock Holmes Canon

  • by Holly Raidl
  • February 16, 2018

Sherlock Holmes is a classics literary institution; one which The Baker Street Four takes and re-imagines through the eyes of the children involved in Holmes’ cases. The portrayal of Victorian London…

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Nyx in the Overworld – RPG Influences Abound in Hari Conner’s Fast-Paced and Fun Fantasy Comic

  • by Holly Raidl
  • January 11, 2018

There is nothing quite like reading a webcomic you have been keeping up when it is published in its entirety. Hari Conner‘s Nyx in the Overworld is a fast-paced and fun fantasy…

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The Foldings #1 – A Delightful New Fantasy Series from Joann Dominik and Faye Simms

  • by Holly Raidl
  • December 21, 2017

After attending Thought Bubble this year I purchased a number of small press comics, one of the best of which has to be Joann Domink and Faye Simms The Foldings….

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