Lee Lai’s debut graphic novel Stone Fruit is a tender and self-aware story with relationships at its heart: queer relationships, sibling relationships, parental relationships, and the self-referential relationships of our…
A House Without Windows is an important and necessary read to acknowledge the current state of affairs in the Central African Republic and to look through the windows provided for…
In ‘Covers Album’ we ask comics creators, publishers and commentators to pick three of their favourite comic covers …but with a small twist. One must be chosen for aesthetic reasons,…
This whopping 192-page collection by Peow is their latest in a series of genre-based anthologies. As noted in the preliminary pages of Ex.Mag Vol. 3, the anthologies were brought about…
Judith Vanistendael’s The Two Lives of Penelope tells the story of a woman living two parallel lives – one as a mother, in a cosy home, with a loving husband…
In Sunshine State, John Carvajal takes us along for the ride as we follow Milo, stumbling through life, trying to find his feet. Carvajal’s watercolours are evocative of these youthful, washed…
Marta Selusi’s second graphic novel, Winter Night: A Lost Kid’s Tale tells the story of Shu, a young boy who wakes up one morning to find his mother gone and…
Ryan North and Albert Monteys continually twist the comic form in this undeniably self-aware adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut’s masterpiece Slaughterhouse-Five, for BOOM! Studios/Archaia. In Slaughterhouse-Five, Ryan North and Albert Monteys…
On the surface, Love on the Isle of Dogs is a story about love that constantly interrogates itself, asking even in the beginning: “What & Who is Love anyway?”. This…
Owen D. Pomery’s Victory Point tells the story of Ellen, a young woman who returns to the seaside town she grew up in – the titular town – and brings…
Upgrade Soul is a thought-provoking science fiction comic about Hank and Molly Nonnar, an elderly couple who are deciding how to be remembered by the world; and how they can…
In We Served the People, Emei Burell shares her stories of her mother, Yuan, growing up in China during a time when childhoods were being interrupted by the Cultural Revolution….
Thomas Von Steinaecker and Barbara Yelin interweave moments from the life of Gerda, an elderly lady in a care home, who dedicates the majority of her present to wandering through…
Freelance Illustrator and comic creator Jasmin Garcia-Verdin unveils the motivation behind her epic sci-fi webcomic Spacewarriors, in anticipation of its relaunch on June 1st, and also teases us on her…
As you might imagine being the first graphic novel from Mind, Body and Spirit publisher, Liminal 11, The Garden welcomes readers into a tranquil storytelling experience which not only tells…
Siberian Haiku is a story written by Jurga Vilé about her father Algis’ memories of being exiled from his home in Lithuania as a child. These tales of exile are…
In Don’t Go Without Me, Rosemary Valero-O’Connell’s masterful comic storytelling takes us to three extensively detailed, captivating worlds where we are given space to reflect on love and memory, and…
Wage Slaves brings an audacious openness to some unknown realities: being an immigrant and having very little money, and the ease at which certain employers and institutions can exploit these…
“Feeling Part of the Community is a Big Reason I Make Comics” – Matthew Dooley on the UK Indie Scene and His Eisner Award-Nominated Graphic Novel ‘Flake’July 21, 2021
“Where is Evil?” – A Comics Essay by Tony WolfJuly 12, 2021
Inside Look: The Dancing Plague – Gareth Brookes on the Pyrographical and Embroidered Process Behind His SelfMadeHero Graphic NovelJuly 8, 2021
Families, Parenting and Saving Face – Weng Pixin on Her New Book, ‘Let’s Not Talk Anymore’July 7, 2021
“I Have a Lot of Doubts in Real Life” – An Interview with Guy Delisle on His Latest Book, ‘Factory Summers’July 5, 2021
