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Joris Vermassen, aka stand-up comedian Fritz Van Den Heuvel, conveys an emotional heartbreaker about the impact of the dying upon the living, and how defeat in the face of death…
War, as the old saying goes, is hell. Never-ending intergalactic war takes the proverb to a much larger and more complex level. Just ask writer Gordon Rennie (2000 AD, Department…
This frenetic first issue by Jim Zub and Steven Cummings layers chaos upon chaos, allowing their teenage hero’s resilience and maturity to shine through. It’s a strong debut issue in which…
Prolific cartoonist and publisher Box Brown takes time off from his Retrofit Comics duties to produce this exquisitely designed little poke at cults and social media for Yeah Dude Comics. Box…
Originally serialized in 2000 AD, this repackaged one-shot for the U.S. audience might fly beneath the radar of those unfamiliar with Rogue Trooper, despite beautiful artwork and outstanding character development…
In the 14 years since his first Pictures That Tick collection, Dave McKean’s work has continued its evolution. One thing that hasn’t changed is his incredible gift for creating intriguing narratives…
It must be a strange feeling that while going about your daily eat-work-eat-sleep routine, the very fabric of time and space starts to crumble, with you as the centre point….
A creator unafraid to cross both genres and demographic appeal through his Illustrator: Lam imprint, Mickey Lam is a regular face at London’s small press comics fairs. His work ranges…
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, BF…
Columns · Crossing Borders · Eyecatcher
Though the regular Spirou series is still going strong with their all-ages action-adventure approach, for older readers the real fun lies in Spirou by… , a new creator-driven series. Each album…
Deconstructing an ‘80s Patrick Swayze movie in graphic novel form is an exercise in comics making that sounds so obscure that it couldn’t even aspire to reaching a niche audience….
Andy Warhol said, “In the future, people will be famous for fifteen minutes.” In the opening page of Pop #1, that duration is amended to fifteen seconds. That’s because in…
How would you react if you discovered that everything you thought you knew about yourself was a lie? That you owed your entire existence to history’s greatest monster? And that…
Stepping back from the supernatural shenanigans of Fatale, The Fade Out marks a return to prime noir territory for Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips – one of the most durable and reliable creative teams…
David Robertson’s Dump anthology is one of those refreshingly old school small press publications that embody the DIY culture of self-publishing with an unashamedly eclectic collection of shorts. Published under…
“The story of one man’s journey from a geeky, awkward, Jewish, shy teenager in Cape Town to a geeky, awkward, Jewish, shy adult in Oxford” is how Ian Norris’s autobiographical comic Fixed…
A superhero support group run by a narcissistic therapist battles interdimensional invaders. Or do they? Are they heroes or a collection of crackpots? Writer Tim Seeley and artist Jim…
Over at the website of A Wave Blue World, my self-publishing endeavor, I’m running a podcast series with my friend, Ryan Alexander-Tanner. I’m delighted to share new episodes here with…
“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
