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Belgian graphic talent Serge Baecken puts down a a stunning graphic novel that is as much experiment as a melancholic ode to his cat Sugar, published simultaneously in French and…
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One of the most recognizable and alluring goofs of time immemorial, Gaston Lagaffe turns 57 today and Google joins the celebrations! In the English language market he is mostly known…
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Freshly graduated architect Pieter Rosseel turns comic book artist and produces a graphic explosive debut graphic novel published by Syndikaat called Stumbling. How’s that for irony? Deriving your identity from…
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Bries publishing brings us the stunning debut graphic novel slash picture book by Dieter VDO entitled Snow where a warped lens shines on your favorite childhood remembrances transmogrifying cuteness into…
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Curated by superstar writer Garth Ennis, Battle Classics presents two previously uncollected tales of intense warfare during WWII by Alan Hebden and John Wagner, from the heydays of the Battle comic. If…
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Comedy from the lowlands, courtesy of Dutch publisher Syndikaat with the slice of life OGN Drunken Lips Sink Ships and the Treasure Island parody The Bologna Treasure. Born out of…
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We travel from the classical child drama of Michel from Zidrou & Roger to the crime ridden sewers of turn of the century Paris in The Fury of Fantomas by…
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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…
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It’s all about those magical numbers as Crossing Borders tackles time travel sci-fi in Numbercruncher and Japanese folk heroes in The 47 Ronin. Numbercruncher by Simon Spurrier and PJ Holden…
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As the cold and snow creep in, it’s time to snuggle up with the kids on a sheepskin with these all ages releases starring Gaston Lagaffe and the kids from…
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Beirut 1990: Snapshots of a Civil War is a touching biographical travel diary of two brothers to a land of war where we meet the people behind the abstract facade…
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A new emerging talent in the Belgian alt scene, Shamisa Debroey immediately goes for the throat with a stunningly rendered tale of parental loss. Brecht Evens and Randall C are…
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Al Ewing & Henry Flint’s hilarious and rather outrageous undead crime-fighter is back. THIS IS COMICS: weaponized zombies, mega-brained pop music moguls, male stripper minds in butt transplants, gung-ho military…
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A lackluster bounty-hunter-on-the-run plot is turned into a spectacular action movie by the stunning visuals of the brand new & re-invented nineties artist Dan Panosian. Starting out as a Rob…
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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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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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Famed director and comics scribe Alexandro Jodorowsky steps up to the short story challenge with Screaming Planet featuring an all-star roster of artists like JH Williams III, Ladrönn, Adi Granov…
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Fantasy legend Elric of Melniboné is back in a European comic series endorsed by Michael Moorcock with the words ‘If I could go back, I would do it like this.’…
“I Wanted to Change the Narrative as I Believe Comic Art Deserves the Same Respect!” – Dominica Claribelle on Experimentation, Representing Southeast Asian Culture in Her Work, and Her Debut Graphic Novel ‘Finding Home’December 3, 2025
“You Laugh to Keep from Crying” — A Conversation with Pascal Girard and Cathon on Their New Comic Strip Collections ‘Pastimes’ and ‘Fruit Salad’November 19, 2025
“I Think it’s Really Important to Follow Your Dreams!” – Sarah Graley Talks Working on ‘Pizza Witch’ with Stef Purenins and the Pleasures of Rewarding Audience InteractionsNovember 13, 2025
“I Hugely Admire Comics with Dynamic Page Structure!” – Beatrijs Brouwer/Beastly Worlds on the Lure of Fantasy Storytelling and Her Creative ProcessNovember 13, 2025
“People Are Having Good Ideas All the Time and Putting Them into Practice” – Alison Sampson, Charlie Adlard, Lucy Sullivan and More on the Importance of the Thought Bubble Portfolio Reviews and Comics CommunityNovember 13, 2025
