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When I Was Me: Moments of Gender Euphoria – A Richly Peopled and Heartfelt Compilation of Positive Stories of Trans Identity

  • by Jenny Robins
  • November 12, 2021

THOUGHT BUBBLE FORTNIGHT! When I Was Me: Moments of Gender Euphoria is the first comic anthology from Edinburgh-based indie comics publisher Quindrie Press. It Kickstarted in September, making substantially more than…

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Mason Mooney: Doppelgänger Detective – The Teen Paranormal Investigator Returns in a New Adventure for Halloween by Seaerra Miller

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 25, 2021

When last we left teen paranormal investigator Mason Mooney, in the first book of the Flying Eye series, he had just one-upped his glory-seeking nemeses Trent Reilly and the Paranormal…

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Ken Reid’s Football Funnies: The First Half – Another Top Collection of Vintage Ken Reid Strips from the Treasury of British Comics

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 22, 2021

In the introduction to Ken Reid’s Football Funnies: The First Half – the latest collection of the genius cartoonist’s classic work to come from the Treasury of British Comics –…

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The Good Asian Vol. 1 – This Compelling Noir Shines a Light on Asian-American History

  • by Bruno Savill de Jong
  • October 19, 2021

Noir, as a genre, often trades in stereotypes even as it breaks them down. Femme Fatales, for instance, have more agency than earlier female roles, but were also always duplicitous…

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Akissi: Even More Tales of Mischief – Abouet and Sapin Take Us Back to the Ivory Coast for More Memorable All-Ages Misadventures

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 19, 2021

Akissi: Even More Tales of Mischief, the third volume of the translated adventures of the titular West African school girl to come to us via Flying Eye Books, provides a…

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This is How I Disappear – Mirion Malle Creates A Powerful Portrait of Grief, Anger and the Aftermath of Assault

  • by Lindsay Pereira
  • October 11, 2021

The Blue Cross Blue Shield Association published a worrying report on the health of millennials in 2019, revealing a 12% increase in major depression amongst that demographic. The data showed…

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Library – Michael Dumontier and Neil Farber Give Us a Peek Into Their Droll World, for Drawn & Quarterly

  • by Lindsay Pereira
  • October 1, 2021

Would you pick up a book titled ‘Better Stay Up All Night Before Starting That New Job’? Imagine an unadorned cover, part of a series, the books all lined up…

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The Blame #1 – Jon Aye Embraces a Truly Playful and Experimental Approach to Both Storytelling and Subject Matter

  • by Jenny Robins
  • September 29, 2021

HCZF MONTH! The territory where cute meets cynical can be a dangerous one. In The Blame Jon Aye plays in that territory and stakes a claim to versions of bleakness…

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Burrow – Joe Callanan’s Lovely Little Comic Looks at the Experience of Anxiety through a Relatable and Playful Device that Will Speak to a Lot of Us in these Times

  • by Jenny Robins
  • September 28, 2021

HCZF MONTH! Joe Callanan’s work often explores softly sinister and whimsical lands, full of richly imagined environments and characters that feel both nostalgic and contemporary. While there’s no doubt that…

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Orwell – Christin and Verdier Present a Linear But Uncritical Biography of the British Writer

  • by Nicholas Burman
  • September 15, 2021

Before his death, Orwell requested that no biography be written about him. That request has been ignored so often that Orwell is only a minor expansion of a collective crime….

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Knock Out! – The True Story of Bisexual Black Boxer Emile Griffith Recounted by Reinhard Kleist and SelfMadeHero

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 13, 2021

There’s a quote from Emile Griffith that is the first thing the reader sees when opening Knock Out!, Reinhard Kleist’s exploration of the life of the bisexual Black boxer whose…

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Cheer Up!: Love and Pompoms – Frasier and Wise’s Queer YA Graphic Novel is a Heartwarming Delight

  • by Holly Raidl
  • August 31, 2021

Cheer Up!: Love and Pompoms gets straight into the story, introducing us to all the characters through its high school setting. Annie is academically gifted but brash, which is what…

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Night Bus – Artist Zuo Ma’s Debut for Drawn & Quarterly Uses Surrealism and Humour to Make Sense of a Fast-Changing China

  • by Lindsay Pereira
  • August 26, 2021

The Chinese artist Ai Weiwei was once asked a series of questions by other artists from around the world, one of which came from German photographer Wolfgang Tillmans: ‘In free…

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How to Pick a Fight – Lara Kaminoff’s Likeable Coming-of-Age Story is a Quirky and Energetic Affair

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 20, 2021

Disillusioned with life in his cramped family house, and determined to achieve his dream of becoming a champion fighter, young Jimmy runs away from home seeking his fortune elsewhere. His…

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It’s Not What You Thought It Would Be – Lizzy Stewart Shows Us in Her Gentle, Raw Way How Beautiful and Foolish We Look, Trying to Live Our Lives with Any Sort of Continuity in this World

  • by Jenny Robins
  • August 19, 2021

In It’s Not What You Thought It Would Be, Lizzy Stewart shows us in her gentle, raw way, how beautiful and foolish we look, trying to live our lives with…

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Parasomnia #1- Bunn & Mutti Embark on a Befuddling Journey through Dream and Waking Life from Dark Horse Comics

  • by John Trigonis
  • August 9, 2021

A stranger rides on horseback through haunted woods and towns in search of a missing boy, presumably his own son. He wears a bicorne hat and moves like a silver-screen…

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Represented Immobilized – The Autobio Comics of Rick Trembles Provide a Colourful and Unrestrained Collection of Outrageous Anecdotes

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 6, 2021

One of the joys of following the publishing output of as eclectic a publisher as Conundrum Press has been discovering not just new voices from the North American scene but…

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White All Around – A Flawed But Powerful Tale of the Fight for Education That Has Strong Contemporary Resonance

  • by Tom Murphy
  • August 4, 2021

White All Around, translated by Montana Kane from Blanc autour, the bande dessinée by Wilfrid Lupano and Stéphane Fert, tells the important story of the Canterbury Female Boarding School –…

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