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We Only Find Them When They’re Dead #1 – A Confusing Opener for Al Ewing and Simone Di Meo’s Futuristic Tale of Dead Gods Adrift in Space

  • by John Trigonis
  • September 29, 2020

Al Ewing and Simone Di Meo’s far-flung futuristic tale of dead gods adrift in space makes landfall as dead weight from BOOM! Studios. The concept is nothing short of genius:…

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Heart Attack Vol. 1: Against the Wall – Kittelsen and Zawadzki Offer a Jarring Glimpse into a World that Hits Close to Home

  • by John Trigonis
  • September 28, 2020

Shawn Kittelsen and Eric Zawadzki’s Heart Attack offers a jarring glimpse into a world that hits close to home and too close to ignore. It’s no secret that there is…

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Vision – Julia Gfrörer Pulls the Reader into Her Haunted House Mystery and Slams the Door

  • by Tom Murphy
  • September 25, 2020

In Vision, Julia Gfrörer pulls the reader into her haunted house mystery and slams the door. Julia Gfrörer’s disquieting and relevant new book from Fantagraphics sits very nicely with her…

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Love on the Isle of Dogs – Jude Cowan Montague’s Graphic Memoir Epitomises the Versatility of the Comic Form in a Vulnerable Reflection on the Intersection of Love and Mental Health

  • by Rebecca Burke
  • September 24, 2020

On the surface, Love on the Isle of Dogs is a story about love that constantly interrogates itself, asking even in the beginning: “What & Who is Love anyway?”. This…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Dragman – Steven Appleby’s Unique Take on the Super-Hero World is Both Ambitious and Engaging

  • by Jenny Robins
  • September 21, 2020

In recent years, Steven Appleby has been heard on occasion to speak two words in particular about what good art should be: ‘ambitious’ and ‘engaging’. Dragman is, of course, both….

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The Contradictions – Sophie Yanow’s Coming-of-Age Story is a Complex Study of Idealism in Our Formative Years

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 21, 2020

Broadly speaking, coming-of-age tales are ostentatious affairs. They’re about profound discoveries, rites of passage and moments of epiphany on the road to whatever is loosely defined as adulthood. Sophie Yanow’s…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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When I Came Out – Anne Mette Kærulf Lorentzen Provides a Very Personal Account of Self-Discovery in Later Life Via SelfMadeHero

  • by Holly Raidl
  • September 18, 2020

When I Came Out tells the story of Louise, a middle-aged woman who, as the title suggests, comes out. The book navigates her early life including her first crush, her…

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Pulp – Westerns and Noir Collide in Another Satisfying Book from Brubaker and Phillips

  • by Bruno Savill de Jong
  • September 17, 2020

One of the many problems facing aging freelance writer Max Winter is that his pulp-magazine publisher has taken the rights to his cowboy character, the Red Rover Kid, away from…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Be Gay, Do Comics – “Queer History, Memoir and Satire” in an Outstanding Comics Anthology from The Nib and IDW Publishing

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 15, 2020

With an Ignatz Award win over the weekend in the category of Outstanding Anthology our review subject today is a timely one. Be Gay, Do Comics celebrates the queer experience…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Tiny Acts of Violence – Paranoia is a Way of Life in Martin Stiff’s Polished Political Thriller

  • by Tom Murphy
  • September 9, 2020

Picture the scene, gentle reader. It’s the balmy spring of 2014, and a fresh-faced dreamer just setting out on his Broken Frontier journey reviews Titan’s collected edition of The Absence,…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Inkblot #1 – Emma Kubert and Rusty Gladd’s New Image Comics Series is a Fun Fantasy Romp in the Making

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 8, 2020

Graduates of the Kubert School, Emma Kubert (also a third generation artist from that illustrious family name) and Rusty Gladd bring an appealing new fantasy world to comics in the…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Ascender #12 – The Latest Issue of Jeff Lemire and Dustin Nguyen’s Series is Full of Heart and Soul

  • by John Trigonis
  • September 3, 2020

On his way to finally lay Effie to rest, Andy runs into a few unexpected surprises in Lemire and Nguyen’s Ascender #12 from Image Comics. Picking up after the heartwrenching…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Paul is Dead: When the Beatles Lost McCartney – Image Comics Presents Paolo Baron and Ernesto Carbonetti’s Lucid Reimagining of One of Music’s Most Iconic Legends

  • by John Trigonis
  • September 2, 2020

Baron and Carbonetti lay out a lucid reimagining of one of music’s most iconic legends in Paul is Dead by Image Comics. To the well initiated, the legend of P.I.D….

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Hocus Pocus #2: Séance – Worth, Collver and Watts Pull Off a Magical Feat in Their Second Investigation into the Paranormal, Mystery and the Mind

  • by Moe Abbas
  • August 28, 2020

Rik Worth and Jordan Collver return with the second issue of Hocus Pocus: Magic, Mystery and the Mind, and it does not disappoint. The book continues its fun, multi-hyphenate approach…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Whistle – Beneath the Whimsy, Louka Butzbach’s Rustic Fable Reflects Contemporary Concerns

  • by Tom Murphy
  • August 25, 2020

Potatoes! Love them or hate them, you can’t ignore them! (Certainly not if you grew up in an Irish family in the 1970s.) Anyway, one of those magnificent jewels of…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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And Now, Sir — Is THIS Your Missing Gonad? – A New Perspective on the Unsettlingly Alluring World of Jim Woodring’s Frank

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 24, 2020

Something of a curio and a sidestep in the annals of Jim Woodring’s Unifactor stories And Now, Sir — Is THIS Your Missing Gonad? takes his signature anthropomorphic Frank character…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Wine: A Graphic History – An Accessible Glimpse into the Centuries-Spanning History of the Nectar of the Vine from Benoist Simmat, Daniel Casanave and SelfMadeHero

  • by John Trigonis
  • August 20, 2020

In Wine: A Graphic History, Benoist Simmat, Daniel Casanave, and SelfMadeHero offer an accessible glimpse into the centuries-spanning history of the nectar of the vine. From pioneers of the natural…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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The Dreams of Queer Utopia – Thirteen LGBTQ+ Creators Imagine a Better Future in this Scandinavian Queer Comics Anthology

  • by Jenny Robins
  • August 18, 2020

The Dreams of Queer Utopia combines 13 different takes on the theme, compiled by editor and Finnish comic artist H-P Lehkonen and Paju Ruotsalaine from artists all over the world…

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