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American Vampire Anthology #1

  • by Evan Henry
  • September 2, 2013

For longtime fans of the series and newcomers alike, American Vampire Anthology delivers a pack of bloodcurdling tales with style and flair. Have any of your comic-reading friends ever told…

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Death & the Girls

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 2, 2013

Death & the Girls takes us to an eerie, hallucinatory world of violence, vomit and voyeurism, all infused with the distinctive imagery of Mexican folklore. Betsy, Bunny and Batstone –…

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Playing Out

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 2, 2013

Playing Out combines Medway’s lively cartooning comedy with an incisive eye for slice-of-life observational analysis. It’s most appropriate to be reviewing Jim Medway’s Playing Out at this time of year…

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Secret #3

  • by Jason Clyma
  • August 30, 2013

The year spent waiting for issue #3 was well worth it. It may have been more than a year since its last offering, and memory may not be able to…

Columns · Small Pressganged

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Small Press Spotlight on… A J Poyiadgi

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 30, 2013

A J Poyiadgi is a creator with a deservedly growing profile on the U.K. small press scene. Coming to prominence when his comic Teapot Therapy was shortlisted for the Observer/Jonathan…

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Bloodshot #0

  • by Ricky Miller
  • August 28, 2013

Is Bloodshot simply a soulless killing machine or something else?  This issue presents us with the secret history of Project Rising Spirit’s Bloodshot program and its most successful soldier. “They…

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Thunderbolts #14

  • by Jonah Lang
  • August 28, 2013

Now that Daniel Way and Phil Noto have left the Thunderbolts, the reigns are in the hands of Charles Soule and Jefte Palo. Way’s high-tension tales of intrigue, espionage, and…

Columns · Small Pressganged

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TEOTFW

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 28, 2013

Originally published via his minicomics imprint Oily Comics, Charles Forsman’s The End of the Fucking World was recently collected by Fantagraphics Books. Now, for a committed champion of SP books…

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Broken Frontier Staff Picks for August 28, 2013

  • by Richard Boom
  • August 27, 2013

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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Planes, Aircraft Carriers and Bearteeth

  • by Bart Croonenborghs
  • August 27, 2013

Done in the tradition of aviation comics and mixed with political intrigue, Yann and Henriet produce an intriguing adventure comic about friendship, betrayals and the choices we make when we…

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Superman Unchained #3

  • by Karen O'Brien
  • August 26, 2013

The must-read comic of the summer delivers again. Superman Unchained #3 is a punch in the face that you saw coming but couldn’t prevent. Courtesy of an ass-whipping that is…

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Daredevil #30

  • by Karen O'Brien
  • August 26, 2013

Attention angst fans, stay away from Daredevil #30! This issue is all about the joy, and you really should give it to the non-comics readers in your life. Think of…

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Sacrifice

  • by Evan Henry
  • August 26, 2013

Sacrifice is a quirky, acid-tinged expedition to pre-Columbian Central America, brimming with action, intrigue, and psychedelic encounters with rock stars and ancient gods. The time is the sixteenth century; the…

Columns · Small Pressganged

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Long Lost Lempi

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 26, 2013

Adam Vian’s Long Lost Lempi is a whimsical piece of stylised fantasy that has most obviously been constructed as a true labour of love by its creator. When we join…

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‘The Gigantic Beard that was Evil’ Wins 9th Art Award at Edinburgh International Book Festival

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 25, 2013

At the Edinburgh International Book Festival this afternoon the winner of Graphic Scotland’s inaugural 9th Art Award for the best full-length English language graphic novel of the last year was…

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Batman ’66 #2

  • by Jason Clyma
  • August 23, 2013

Batman ‘66 is one of the best books DC publishes, digital-first or not.  Jeff Parker channels the tone of the original Batman TV series into a book that emphasizes fun…

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Waterlogged: Tales from the Seventh Sea

  • by Jason Wilkins
  • August 23, 2013

  Vancouver’s Cloudscape Comics Society debuts a treasury of tales inspired by the briny deep in its latest top-notch showcase of local talent. Waterlogged overflows with accomplished graphic storytelling from…

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Revival #13

  • by Levi Hunt
  • August 23, 2013

This is a perfect jumping on issue for new readers. Characters are re-established, and the mythology is really just now starting. When Revival started over one year ago, it started…

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