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Otto is a hilarious wordless comedy series for young and old, starring the eponymous down-on-his-luck everyman. Already on the third album in the series, Belgian artist Frodo De Decker has created an…
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Angry dwarves, frozen queens, giant cakes, vengeful aliens, a visit to hell, orang-utans and Noah’s ark. I’m not talking about the new Jerry Bruckheimer blockbuster, but the universe of comic sensation…
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Focusing on a forgotten history, Baruti and Cassiau-Haurie recount a tale of a friendship in the Belgian Congo between a Royal Belgian pilot and a native of Africa – a…
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Ayak + Por is a remarkable collaboration between veteran writer Marc Légendre and up-and-coming artist Wilbert van der Steen, whose exceptional linework just drips with an atmosphere reminiscent of The Arabian…
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Pascal Rabaté’s magnificent graphic novel Loose Lips invites you to break open a bottle of red wine and relax in a comfy chair while you get to know the good but rather gossipy…
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Jamie Coe is an illustrator from London who recently saw his first graphic novel, Art Schooled, released in the UK and the US. It’s both a work of fiction and a reflection…
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…
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…
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Graphic wunderkind Simon Spruyt is back with a historical drama featuring brotherly rivalry set in late 19th-century Prussia. But will it reach the same high threshold as his previous graphic…
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The most difficult task in creating a biography of a forward-thinking individual is to avoid the anecdotal approach. The most memorable biographies infuse the proceedings with some heartfelt emotions, providing an…
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Deadline hits you squarely in the head with a ruthless tale of revenge, while spotlighting a little-known aspect of the Civil War: the original “deadline”. A must-read for every Western fan…
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2000 AD has released two new graphic novels onto the US market. Durham Red introduces the US audience to this enigmatic vampire bounty hunter in the classic tale The Bitch,…
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Writer and artist Andrew Rae crafts a parable about growing pains using the teen comedy template, while injecting a dash of absurdity into this ever-popular storytelling arrangement. Life is a peach…
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On June 28th 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary was murdered. It was the spark that sets the world on fire. Artist and writer Henrik Rehr has burrowed into the life of the Archduke’s…
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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…
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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…
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Judge Dredd is famous for showing no emotion and upholding justice, but what happens when the citizens of Mega-City One want to cut loose, let their hair down and really,…
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Since its publication in 1993, Tardi’s It Was the War of the Trenches (C’était la Guerre des Tranchées) has set the standard for World War I comics. But after 20 years there’s a…
Inside Look: Gaytheist: Coming Out of My Orthodox Childhood – Lonnie Mann Provides a Creator Commentary on the Evolution and Process of His Gay, Jewish, Coming-of-Age StoryJune 24, 2025
Inside Look: How to Love Yourself – An Exclusive Creator Commentary from Artist A. MauriJune 13, 2025
Inside Look: Ruin of the House of the Divine Visage – Eve and Spire Greenwood on Their Graphic Novel Exploring Religion and Queer IdentityJune 6, 2025
“Welcome to Foodtopia: Where the Crumbs Matter” – The ‘Aw, Nuts!’ Team Spills All on Puns, Peanut Butter, and Building a Delicious UniverseJune 6, 2025
“We Have Been Feeling the Pressure Like Never Before” – The Worrying Disappearance of Comics Commentary and Journalism Sites from a Broken Frontier/UK Small Press PerspectiveMay 19, 2025
