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Archie Vs. Predator II TPB – de Campi and Hack Prey on Innocence in Round Two of this “Why Not?” Crossover

  • by Moe Abbas
  • April 30, 2020

Full disclosure: I never read de Campi’s first miniseries, but the sequel is accessible to virgin eyes. These aren’t your childhood pals from Riverdale. Continuing where they left off in…

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The Garden – Liminal 11’s First Graphic Novel Encourages Reconnecting with Nature as an Aid to Mindfulness, by Fumio Obata and Sean Michael Wilson

  • by Rebecca Burke
  • April 29, 2020

As you might imagine being the first graphic novel from Mind, Body and Spirit publisher, Liminal 11, The Garden welcomes readers into a tranquil storytelling experience which not only tells…

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Hocus Pocus #1: Mind Reading – Science, Magic and Mystery Meet in Worth and Collver’s Inventive Collection of Biographies

  • by Moe Abbas
  • April 27, 2020

Magic and comics go together like PB&J, but how many of us know the Western origins of parapsychology and mentalism? Writer Rik Worth’s online series offers an edutaining tour of…

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Once & Future Vol. 1 – Gillen and Mora’s High-Energy Supernatural Romp Captures the Power of Myth and Magic

  • by Tom Murphy
  • April 22, 2020

The number of reprints indicated in the cover gallery at the end of this collection reveal that Once & Future – written by Kieron Gillen and with artwork by Dan…

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Camp Spirit – Axelle Lenoir’s LGBTeen Summer Camp Story Returns Us to the Long Summers of our Youth

  • by Holly Raidl
  • April 21, 2020

Elodie – a character carrying some serious teenage angst – is the way in which Axelle Lenoir transports us to a summer camp in ’90s Canada in the pages of…

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Siberian Haiku – Jurga Vilé and Lina Itagaki’s Intimate Rendering of a Child’s Perspective in this Tragic Memoir Exemplifies the Medium’s Ability to Bear Witness, from SelfMadeHero

  • by Rebecca Burke
  • April 17, 2020

Siberian Haiku is a story written by Jurga Vilé about her father Algis’ memories of being exiled from his home in Lithuania as a child. These tales of exile are…

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Bradley of Him – A Surreal and Engaging Trip through the Centre of American Glitz and Glam from Connor Willumsen and Koyama Press

  • by Jenny Robins
  • April 16, 2020

Just keep running, and maybe they’ll give you an Oscar. Or is it all a Mirage? This surreal and engaging trip through the centre of American glitz and glam from…

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Flake – Matthew Dooley’s Tale of Warring Ice Cream Men is a Perfect Blend of Absurdism and Humanity

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 15, 2020

There’s something of the psychogeographical to the opening of Matthew Dooley’s Flake. Dooley, of course, is a Jonathan Cape/Observer/Comica short story competition winner and a prolific fixture on the UK…

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Familiar Face – Michael DeForge Spotlights the Impermanence and Insecurity of the Shifting Contemporary World

  • by Tom Murphy
  • April 14, 2020

For all the surface appeal of Michael DeForge’s frenetic pop surrealism, his real gift is an ability to use that dazzle to land punches of sobering pathos and wry commentary…

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Cor!! Buster Easter Special – A Glorious Celebration of Classic British Humour Comics with an Assured Appeal to a Contemporary Audience

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 13, 2020

If keeping the kids occupied is something of a priority at the moment then, of course, there are plenty of UK comics distractions out there that fit the bill perfectly…

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Slowly but Shirley – Catalina Rufín’s Graphic Novel Captures the Experience of Finding Yourself and the Community You Belong To

  • by Robin Enrico
  • April 8, 2020

With Young Adult fiction there is always the question of who exactly the intended audience is. Are stories of teenagers growing into adulthood meant to serve as a guide for…

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Sensible Footwear: A Girl’s Guide – Kate Charlesworth’s Essential Graphic Memoir/LGBTQ+ History is Poignant, Celebratory, Informative and Wryly Humorous

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 7, 2020

The title of Kate Charlesworth’s acclaimed graphic memoir/LGBTQ+ history comes from an old saying that implied the kind of woman who “preferred to wear sensible shoes” may have been, or…

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Nothing to See Here – Howard Chackowicz’s Conundrum Press Collection of Cartoons Ranges from the Uncompromisingly Crude to the Surprisingly Profound

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 3, 2020

Strictly speaking, Canadian indie artist Howard Chackowicz’s Nothing to See Here isn’t actually comics given that it’s a book of mostly single illustration cartoons. But this Conundrum Press collection of…

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Misty Presents the Jordi Badia Romero Collection – An Anthology of Classic Horror Thrills from the Pages of the Cult 1970s British Weekly for Girls

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 2, 2020

Rebellion’s fourth collection of strips from the spooky late 1970s girls weekly comic Misty takes a slightly different approach than its predecessors. Rather than pairing a couple of collected serials,…

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Action 2020 Special – The Notorious 1970s British Comic They Tried to Ban Returns in an All-New 21st Century Incarnation

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 31, 2020

The 1970s weekly Action has become something of a legend in the history of UK comics. The brainchild of Pat Mills, that most pivotal of figures in the British industry,…

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Nothing – Gareth A Hopkins Uses His Abstract Method to Highlight the Power of Empathy

  • by Tom Murphy
  • March 30, 2020

If you spend much time around the dark entries and shadowy corners that attract your average small-press aficionado, you’ll have heard the name of Gareth A Hopkins murmured often in…

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Don’t Go Without Me – Shortbox Presents Rosemary Valero-O’Connell’s Trio of Surreal, Otherwordly Narratives

  • by Rebecca Burke
  • March 24, 2020

In Don’t Go Without Me, Rosemary Valero-O’Connell’s masterful comic storytelling takes us to three extensively detailed, captivating worlds where we are given space to reflect on love and memory, and…

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Berserker Unbound Vol. 1 – Jeff Lemire, Mike Deodato, Jr. and Co Bring Us Sword and Sorcery Action with a Very Human Heart from Dark Horse Comics

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 20, 2020

Back in the 1980s when Marvel had a little more… shall we say… restraint about their Conan license they published a couple of issues of “imaginary” series What If…? that…

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