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Mary Shyne’s Get Over It is a graphic novel shot out of a cannon. Rendered in crisp black and white, and vibrant orange the book is intensely kinetic, moves at…
A young boy spending a hazy summer’s day collecting frogs in a tin sets the scene for Frogcatchers, Jeff Lemire’s new graphic novella from Simon and Schuster imprint Gallery 13….
Having ripped off the mob in the 1990s in one last big job, Martin (the former feared masked criminal Dead Eyes) has spent the intervening decades looking after his disabled…
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That space between lucidity and sleep has always been an elusive one, especially for writers and artists who have long tried to pin it down. Kevin Huizenga has made a…
In the third and fourth issue of Haleigh Buck’s I Feel Weird series she mixes grim and grotesque humor with achingly honest confession to depict the challenges of her depression and…
Undoubtedly the most delightful hidden gem in the Big Two’s super-hero publishing schedules, DC’s Scooby-Doo Team-Up came to an end this month with a fittingly celebratory 50th anniversary issue. Over…
If your vague memories of the 1970s UK girls comics market were limited to twee tales of ballerinas and boarding schools then Rebellion’s recent Treasury of British Comics volumes will…
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Originally a webcomic, Witchy Vol. 1 introduces us to a world of fantasy in which hair length indicates an individual’s proficiency for magic. Ariel Slamet Ries creates a world with…
Compiling the first four issues of Carly Usdin and Noah Hayes’ 12-issue series (or maxiseries as we used to call them back in the day), The Avant-Guards is ostensibly that…
When it comes to a new horror comic the greatest compliment I can pay is to compare it to the visceral fear induced by the Moore/Bissette/Totleben/Wood Swamp Thing issues. And…
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HCZF FORTNIGHT! Ostensibly, Gareth A Hopkins’ A Hill to Cry Home adapts prose and imagery around Erik Blagsvedt’s stream-of-consciousness poetry. But, such is the nature of Hopkins’ practice, adaptation seems…
HCZF FORTNIGHT! When Anna Haifisch received an email from Vice magazine in 2015 inviting her to do a weekly cartoon strip she said yes right away. Given a blank slate,…
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HCZF FORTNIGHT! Two and a half years ago, Gareth Brookes contributed a story to the ‘BFFs’-themed issue of Latvian publisher kuš! comics’ digest-sized š! anthology. It was one of the…
HCZF FORTNIGHT! Originally introduced way back in 2010 in Hildafolk, at the time part of Nobrow Press’s fledgling 17 x 23 series, the adventures of Luke Pearson’s plucky heroine Hilda…
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