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Future Shock! The Story of 2000 AD

Blog · Eyecatcher

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Future Shock! The Story of 2000 AD – A Scrotnig Cinematic Romp Through 36 Years of the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic

  • by Tom Murphy
  • October 31, 2014

The other night m’learned friend Andy Oliver and I were at the BFI, on London’s South Bank, for the European première of Future Shock! The Story of 2000 AD, presented as…

Zenith by Grant Morrison & Steve Yeowell

Crossing Borders · Eyecatcher

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‘Zenith’ Sets the Standard, as the UK Classic by Grant Morrison and Steve Yeowell Is Finally Re-released

  • by Bart Croonenborghs
  • October 28, 2014

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…

Memetic 1 by James Tynion IV and Eryk Donovan (BOOM! Studios)

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Memetic #1 – The Digital Age of Apocalypse Dawns at BOOM! Studios

  • by Jason Wilkins
  • October 27, 2014

James Tynion IV and Eryk Donovan ring in the end times in this smart, scary thriller that explores the dark power of ideas. Ideas are a dime a dozen in…

Blog · Eyecatcher

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Junko Mizuno at Comica Festival – The Queen of Creepy Manga Kicks Off a Packed 2014 Autumn Programme of Events

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 25, 2014

A COMICA FESTIVAL TIE-IN! Comica Festival kicked off this week with two events revolving around the dark fantasy worlds of Junko Mizuno, the Queen of Creepy Manga herself. On Monday…

Michael Cho Shoplifter

Eyecatcher · Features

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Hope and Connection in Unexpected Places: Michael Cho Talks ‘Shoplifter’

  • by Frederik Hautain
  • October 22, 2014

“I view comics as a medium, not a genre, so I have a desire to tell a variety of stories. And my approach is different depending on the story I…

Junker by Simon Spruyt

Columns · Crossing Borders · Eyecatcher

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Simon Spruyt’s OGN ‘Junker’ Deals with Guilt and Family Troubles in 19th-Century Prussia

  • by Bart Croonenborghs
  • October 21, 2014

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…

Eyecatcher · Features

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“A Sense of Social Justice Does Motivate Much of My Work” – Darryl Cunningham Discusses ‘Supercrash: How to Hijack the Global Economy’

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 20, 2014

A COMICA FESTIVAL TIE-IN! Over the last few years Darryl Cunningham has established himself as one of the most vital and important voices in British comics. As recognition of the…

Way Out Strips by Carol Swain (Tragedy Strikes Press)

Eyecatcher · Features

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Lives on the Edge – 25 Years in the Rich and Textured World of Carol Swain

  • by Tom Murphy
  • October 17, 2014

A COMICA FESTIVAL TIE-IN! I’m not sure many creators set out hoping to be a ‘cult’ success, but I guess there are worse places you could end up. British cartoonist…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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The Motherless Oven – A Graphic Novel from Rob Davis that Shines, Disturbs, Questions, and Rocks!

  • by Karen O'Brien
  • October 16, 2014

A COMICA FESTIVAL TIE-IN! Rob Davis offers a soul-searching black and white masterpiece of dysfunction and fulfillment. With credits such as “How I Built My Father,” “My Family and Other…

Eyecatcher · Features

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“Comics Are Truly International and Transnational” – A Guide to Comica Festival 2014 from Paul Gravett, the Man at the Crossroads

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 14, 2014

A COMICA FESTIVAL TIE-IN! Comica Festival returns to London this month with its traditional autumn programme of events celebrating the diversity of approach to comics craft, art and form. First…

Junki Mizuno at Comica, London

Eyecatcher · Features

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Comica Festival Special Guest Junko Mizuno Sprinkles Your Comics with Blood, Guts and Sugar

  • by Bart Croonenborghs
  • October 13, 2014

A COMICA FESTIVAL TIE-IN! Spiders crawling over cute baby cheeks, half naked charming geishas eating blood dripping organs, beautiful flowing hair infested with black mice, drizzling with green ejaculate. Welcome…

Superhero Afterlife: Batman dies in Final Crisis

Eyecatcher · Features

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Why Superheroes Always Come Back from the Dead: A. David Lewis Studies Superhero Afterlife in New Book

  • by Frederik Hautain
  • October 10, 2014

“If someone stepped back and looked at all the times superheroes went into the afterlife, yeah, it’s ridiculous and perhaps even embarrassing.” A. David Lewis has always had an affinity…

Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged

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To Arms! – The Alternative World War One Anthology is Irrefutable Evidence of the Importance of the Gosh! Comics Process Group

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 8, 2014

First World War anthology To Arms! – a project with its genesis in the Gosh! Comics Process group – self-consciously set out to approach its subject matter with a distinctively…

Columns · Crossing Borders · Eyecatcher

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Get Hip to Freud and Marx in Two Breezy Graphic Biographies by Anne Simon and Corinne Maier

  • by Bart Croonenborghs
  • October 7, 2014

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…

Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged

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Worry Wart – Dani Abram’s Autobiographical Comic About Living with Anxiety is a Must-Share Piece of Graphic Medicine

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 6, 2014

When her doctor suggested to artist Dani Abram to keep a “mood diary” of her progress, after a diagnosis of Generalised Anxiety Disorder, she approached the project from a distinctly comics…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Brides of Helheim #1 – Cullen Bunn and Joelle Jones Continue their Viking-Age Horror Epic from Oni Press

  • by Jason Wilkins
  • October 3, 2014

Infused with Norse mythology and served up with a healthy dose of viscera, Bunn and Jones’ ongoing saga of their undead Viking warrior is a sweet draught that will quench…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Roche Limit #1 – Moreci and Malhotra’s New Series is a Moody Mystery Set in the Armpit of Space

  • by Karen O'Brien
  • October 2, 2014

Roche Limit #1, by writer Michael Moreci and artist Vic Malhotra, is seedy space-noir. And if you don’t like it, tough. Eccentric billionaires are nothing new to comics, but exploring the…

Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged

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“I Don’t Hate Your Guts” – 2D Cloud’s Collection of Noah Van Sciver’s Diary Comics Displays an Unlikely Charm Despite Itself

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 1, 2014

It’s been a while since I last covered the work of Noah Van Sciver in this column. On that occasion it was Deep in the Woods – also from the folk…

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