Operatic, magical, and ultimately deeply human, Kurt Busiek’s fierce imagination once again builds an enchanting, visceral realm, made all the more real by Benjamin Dewey’s lush, detailed art. Some comics…
From October 30 to November 2 in Lucca, Italy, comics fans, cartoonists and cosplayers gave life to one of the biggest festivals in the world. This year’s special guests included…
“There’s so little sex in American comics, and when it is done, it’s done terribly. Nothing erotic about it.” Next Wednesday, the second season of Alex de Campi’s Grindhouse series…
The next Comica Festival Conversation arrives tomorrow evening – Friday 7 November – at London’s Foyles bookstore when, in conjunction with Broken Frontier, four very distinctive graphic novelists will be discussing…
Inside Look is Broken Frontier’s director’s commentary-like feature in which creators take you behind the scenes of one of their latest comics to hit the stands. In this edition, writers…
In Loverboys, a brisk whizz through life and love in a small town, comics legend Gilbert Hernandez revives the flavour of his greatest creation. The Great Comics Spirit is being…
A COMICA FESTIVAL TIE-IN! “I hate it when a book feels it has to sidle up to me all pally, nudging me and pointing out the attractions. A 10-year-old could…
The latest collaboration between writer Fabien Nury and artist Brüno makes Richard Stark’s Parker look like My Little Pony. Tyler Cross is a boiled-down genre piece where the creators work…
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, the…
Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged
Three years of dedicated and committed self-publishing coverage. Around 300 small press comics reviewed. Approximately 40 creators interviewed. Comics from four continents featured. Yes, today we’re celebrating the third birthday…
The other night m’learned friend Andy Oliver and I were at the BFI, on London’s South Bank, for the European première of Future Shock! The Story of 2000 AD, presented as…
A COMICA FESTIVAL TIE-IN! If you’re going to be in the London area over the middle weekend of November and are already imagining that it’s going to be two drawn-out…
Two cracking Comica Conversations take place next week as part of the ongoing series of Comica Festival programming for this Autumn – events that we have been supporting with a…
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, the…
Doctors, Dash Shaw’s concise and affecting new book from Fantagraphics, is literally a matter of life and death. Although it’s not framed in any of the classic horror tropes, Doctors, the disquieting…
After languishing in copyright limbo, Grant Morrison’s breakthrough work finally sees the light of day again in a beautiful hardcover edition, with Steve Yeowell’s linework as crisp as ever. Originally published in…
Titan Comics – who were establishing themselves as an exciting new force for UK serial comics way before they landed the plum Doctor Who franchise – have announced an intriguing new…
Over the weekend news broke that the Comica Festival Comiket – the twice yearly fair showcasing UK independent, micro and self-published comics due to be held at Central Saint Martins…
“Human Identity is a Very Complex Thing” – Yudori on ‘Lovers of the Empire’, Period Piece Comics, and the Importance of EscapismAugust 31, 2026
“There’s Nothing More Tedious than a Predictable Protagonist” – Roberta Gregory On Revisiting the Life of Her Classic Character in ‘Bitchy! The Exasperating Existence of Midge McCracken’August 31, 2026
“Shedding Light on the Absence of Queer Narrative is Like Laying Flowers for the Ghosts of Queer Souls” – Marina Lisa Komiya on the Themes of ‘On Their Frontlines: The Lives of Japanese War Brides’August 31, 2026
“I Like to Try to Write from a Place of Power” – Katie Skelly on Her New Graphic Novel ‘Heaven’, the Camaraderie Between Working Women, and Taking Readers on a Narrative RideAugust 27, 2026
“Comics, Similar to Zines, Exist as a Proletariat Art Form Within Popular Consciousness” – Raquelle Jac on Her Powerful Debut Graphic Memoir ‘Bimbo Agitprop’ from FantagraphicsAugust 13, 2026
