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A Long Walk – A Victorian Murder Mystery Recreated by Abbey Massey

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 27, 2014

In December 1881 Georgina Moore disappeared from outside her school in London. Some hours later the child’s body would be discovered in a river near Yalding. Numerous eyewitnesses saw her…

The Unwritten: Apocalypse #1 (Vertigo) by Mike Carey and Peter Gross; cover by Yuko Shimizu

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The Unwritten: Apocalypse #1

  • by Tom Murphy
  • January 24, 2014

The 12-issue finale of metafictional mystery series The Unwritten starts with a virtuoso performance by writer Mike Carey and artist Peter Gross that brings the series and its protagonist very…

Eyecatcher · Features

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Batman: The Real Deal – The Dark Knight, Superhero Comics, and the “Illusion of Change”

  • by Joe Krawec
  • January 23, 2014

Guest writer Joe Krawec analyses the thorny issue of “the illusion of change” in superhero comics with special reference to the Batman mythos and the unofficial Batman: The Deal webcomic…

Reviews

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Space Circus

  • by Evan Henry
  • January 23, 2014

Viper’s Space Circus delivers zany, appropriately Pixar-esque antics in a formulaic (but fun) all-ages package. Guys, I have bad news. I won’t draw this out or try to sugarcoat it….

Blog

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Digital Comics vs. the Immortal LCS

  • by Evan Henry
  • January 22, 2014

A lot has changed for comics in the past decade or so, but the most significant change hasn’t been the boom in superhero movies, any major publisher relaunch, or even…

Deadly Class by Rick Remender, Wes Craig and Lee Loughridge (Image Comics)

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Deadly Class #1

  • by Tom Murphy
  • January 22, 2014

With a powerful script from Rick Remender and a masterclass in stylish high-energy storytelling by Wes Craig and Lee Loughridge, Deadly Class is a comic that hits its target. As…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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The Black Feather Falls Book One: Ellen Lindner’s Period Murder Mystery Comes to Soaring Penguin Press

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 22, 2014

A lavish and opulent visual feast of a comic with a gripping plot at its heart, Ellen Lindner’s historical drama is a must-buy affair. London, the 1920s, and American Tina…

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Broken Frontier Staff Picks for January 22, 2014

  • by Frederik Hautain
  • January 21, 2014

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…

Reviews

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The Diary of Anna Tank

  • by Conori Bell-Bhuiyan
  • January 21, 2014

The Diary of Anna Tank is not a nice story, but it is an extremely powerful story and one that speaks with a rare authenticity and straightforwardness The Diary of Anna Tank…

Columns · Small Pressganged

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Enter My Working World – The Employment Misadventures of Elizabeth Querstret

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 21, 2014

Those soul-destroying jobs we did for little pay as teenagers. The positions we took straight out of university because the truth was we really had very little idea what we…

Columns · Crossing Borders · Eyecatcher

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Stories from Potato Country

  • by Bart Croonenborghs
  • January 21, 2014

Tragic and comical painted stories from the southwest of the capital of Europe where time stood still and Man still sloughs in the mud he has risen from. Southwest of…

Blog

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Mike Kunkel’s Squiggle Project

  • by Karen O'Brien
  • January 20, 2014

When you stop and think about it, every art project begins with a single line. Where it goes from there unlocks personal creativity, and that’s what makes it art. Cartoonist…

Reviews

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Zero #5

  • by Levi Hunt
  • January 20, 2014

Not at all your typical spy story I was very resistant to Zero when the book first came out. I’m not generally a fan of spy/war/unflappable-badass-super-killer fiction. The cold, calculating nature of…

Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged

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Lucy the Octopus #2: I’ll Take What I Can Get – Richy K. Chandler’s Aquatic Webcomic in Second Collection

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 20, 2014

If ever a comic added entirely new layers to the term “guilty pleasure” then it’s Richy K. Chandler’s Lucy the Octopus. The tale of a young schoolgirl cephalopod ostracised by…

Reviews

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Superior Spider-Man #25

  • by Levi Hunt
  • January 17, 2014

More revelations and big events as the series looks towards its conclusion I was pleasantly surprised to see Superior Spider-Man high up on a number of critic’s best of 2013 lists….

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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EGOs #1

  • by Evan Henry
  • January 17, 2014

Sci-fi meets superheroes in the far future! Brilliantly written and efficiently illustrated, Stuart Moore’s EGOs makes a solid debut. The superhero team known as the Earth/Galactic Operatives – the eponymous…

Curse #1 by Michael Moreci , Tim Daniel, Colin Lorimer, Riley Rossmo (Boom Studios)

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Curse #1

  • by Tom Murphy
  • January 16, 2014

With sharp scripting by Moreci and Daniel and blistering art from Rossmo and Lorimer, the opening issue of Curse, a four-parter from BOOM! Studios, takes a relevant and contemporary look…

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Broken Frontier Staff Picks for January 15, 2014

  • by Frederik Hautain
  • January 14, 2014

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…

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