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Dungeon Fun Book One

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 20, 2013

New at Thought Bubble! Fantasy role-playing meets retro video gaming meets anarchic fairy tales in Bell and Slorance’s witty all-ages offering. The first release from the Dogooder Comics stable, Dungeon…

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Broken Frontier Staff Picks for November 20, 2013

  • by Frederik Hautain
  • November 20, 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…

Map of Days by Robert Hunter (Nobrow Press)

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Map of Days

  • by Tom Murphy
  • November 19, 2013

Ambitious storytelling meets exquisite design in Robert Hunter’s lovely fable, marking another triumph for Nobrow Press. Emerging graphic novelist Robert Hunter and the design-led British publisher Nobrow got to know…

Maria M by Gilbert Hernandez, Fantagraphics Books

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Maria M Book One

  • by Tom Murphy
  • November 19, 2013

After a couple of decades and hundreds of pages, the latest ‘B-movie’ comic from Gilbert Hernandez sees a lot of pieces fall into place. “When the film [Maria M] was…

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It Girl

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 19, 2013

Debuting at Thought Bubble! From the roaring Twenties to a life of self-imposed solitude, writer/artist Jessica Martin tells the story of actress Clara Bow, forgotten icon from another era. While…

Columns · Crossing Borders · Eyecatcher

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Vikings: The New Bwahaha

  • by Bart Croonenborghs
  • November 19, 2013

Crossing Borders is just one big barrel of laughs with vikings on the run from a vulcano (?) confusing Scotland with Walhalla and 5 easy steps on how to turn…

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Seasons

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 18, 2013

Debuting at Thought Bubble! Mike Medaglia’s stunning Seasons underlines that 2013 was the year that Avery Hill Publishing came of age… A small boy pondering the apparently arbitrary rules of…

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Umbral #1

  • by Evan Henry
  • November 15, 2013

In a world where magic is forbidden, a decidedly supernatural threat emerges from the shadows, as the creators of Wasteland get Umbral off to a strong start. With Umbral, the…

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Tales from Scene City #4

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 15, 2013

Debuting at Thought Bubble! Today we return to the environs of Scene City in the latest issue of Rob Cureton’s music industry satire… When last we left Rob Cureton’s Tales…

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Why ‘Batman: The Deal’ Can Never Ever Become Reality

  • by Evan Henry
  • November 14, 2013

Fan fiction tends not to get a lot of press. It carries with it, deservedly or not, a host of stereotypes, including that it’s amateurish, hackneyed, uncreative, and occasionally, very…

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Fever Dreams

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 14, 2013

Debuting at Thought Bubble! Today’s column takes a look at Adam Murphy’s Fever Dreams, a collection dredged up from the darkest corners of his imagination… Adam Murphy is the creator…

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Protectors Inc. #1

  • by Tom Murphy
  • November 13, 2013

JMS’s latest series for Image, illustrated by Gordon Purcell, is a low-energy, poorly executed dose of non-superheroics that never gets off the ground. Now I’m not really the superhero guy…

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Unity #1

  • by Tom Murphy
  • November 13, 2013

Matt Kindt and Doug Braithwaite bring a touch of class to Valiant’s great leap forward into geopolitical super-action. The Valiant universe isn’t somewhere I’d ever imagined myself spending a lot…

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Process #8: Poyiadgi at the Lakes, Fiorini on Risso, and Richy K. Chandler’s Watercolour Process

  • by Steven Walsh
  • November 13, 2013

This month at Process we had Andy Poyiadgi talk about why and how his work was put in a tea room in Kendal, Lorenzo Fiorini shared some tips on comics…

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Broken Frontier Staff Picks for November 13, 2013

  • by Frederik Hautain
  • November 12, 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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Alex + Ada #1

  • by Evan Henry
  • November 12, 2013

Jonathan Luna and co-writer Sarah Vaughn tread familiar territory with refreshing style in Alex + Ada. Alex is depressed. Having recently (seven months ago, that is) broken up with his…

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One Day Only

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 12, 2013

The lives of travelling show people come under the spotlight in creator Abbey Massey’s look at 24 hours of a working circus. I ‘m (sort of) returning to the Comica Festival…

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Get Harry Ex

  • by Bart Croonenborghs
  • November 12, 2013

If you’re going to be referencing one of the all-time great revenge movies, you better make sure that your comic lives up to the reference and I can safely say…

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