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In a book that could provide comics creators with a few lessons, graphic maestro Hugo Puttaert sets out an extensive overview of his achievements in the design world, combining discipline and social…
Columns · Crossing Borders · Eyecatcher
In an alternate timeline, mythology expert Joseph Campbell, strung out of his mind on acid, benzedrine and the ashes of Philip K Dick, created a graphic novel that detailed the…
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The good old days are back as Philippe Berthet’s clear line does what he does best: illustrating curvaceous babes in late-fifties Cuba. Meanwhile, Hans van Oudenaarden’s captivating and dynamic linework delineates…
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One of the most recurrent pre-adolescents fantasies must be having the ability to read minds. (Another one is probably X-ray vision, but for an entirely different reason…) French creator Lewis Trondheim…
Columns · Crossing Borders · Eyecatcher
Sick and tired of the European art world’s conservative outlook on his paintings, Paul Gauguin moved to French Polynesia in the late 1800s in search of a second lease of…
Columns · Crossing Borders · Eyecatcher
In the ongoing epic of the life of Dredd, Case Files #7 is a quiet but remarkably solid collection that switches from straight action to smart satire at the snap of…
Columns · Crossing Borders · Eyecatcher
Acclaimed for his focus on the working classes, comic creator Baru has created such blue-collar masterpieces as L’autoroute du soleil and Bonne Année. However, he remains criminally below the radar in the Anglophone…
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Ever since the boom in popularity of the graphic novel, it seems to be a given that artists are also excellent writers, churning out literary stories while putting down depictions…
Columns · Crossing Borders · Eyecatcher
Steel mils and classic cars: what could be more American than those icons? How about a good ol’ dose of paranoia and mystery? French creators Rodolphe & Bertrand Marchal’s third…
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Hermann Huppe is a legend of the European comics scene, having been responsible for such classic series as Comanche, Jeremiah and Bernard Prince, among others. In more recent years he has teamed up with…
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Two classic 2000 AD robotic features get repackaged for the US market, so it’s droid madness at Crossing Borders! But do Wagner’s Banzai Battalion and Mills’s Ro-Busters really deserve this special…
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Amid the cacophony of modern life, Nobrow Magazine launches an issue with stellar creators tackling the issue of silence in 60 pages of silent comics storytelling and 60 pages of…
Columns · Crossing Borders · Eyecatcher
The Complete Accident Man collects four tales of sex, revenge and violence starring hitman Mike Fallon – a genius at the art of making assassination look like an unfortunate accident,…
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Found in a rubbish heap one winter’s morning, French artist Barroux rescued the diary of a soldier in the First World War and turned it into a compelling graphic novel….
Columns · Crossing Borders · Eyecatcher
The Dark Galleries deals with American (and some British) films of the 1940s and 1950s in which a painted portrait plays an important part in the plot or the mise-en-scène….
Columns · Crossing Borders · Eyecatcher
What do you get when you forget to put the heart of a classic novel into its graphic adaptation? The Stranger by Jacques Ferrandez, based on the book by Albert…
Columns · Crossing Borders · Eyecatcher
Two new publications by Dupuis prove to be finger-licking good for fans of Franquin. The Robinsons of the Railway Tracks restores a classic radio play with text pages and illustrations,…
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Quality UK publisher Nobrow publishes the third album of creative powerhouse Luke Pearson’s Hildafolk series which mixes humour, mystery and fantasy into another superb piece of escapism for young and…
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
