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The nature of autobiographical comics forces the cartoonist to examine their past and try to assemble meaning from it. Noah Van Sciver in his book One Dirty Tree from Uncivilized…
When you’re a child the adult world can seem a nonsensical, mystifying environment, full of arbitrary rules and baffling contradictions. But what if, in your family unit, you’re not only…
Here in the UK the tradition of comic strips revolving around the conflicts between childhood adversaries has given us some of our most fondly remembered characters. From the British Dennis…
Wannabe actor Leo Joof’s life is a mess. Living off his partner Rachael in a near future LA, and reduced to ambush marketing stunts for recognition, even the entertainment news…
Spinning out of the Mean Girls Club one-shot that was published as part of Nobrow Press’s 17 x 23 series a few years back, Mean Girls Club: Pink Dawn reunites…
Like Tom Sicoli redrawing a chapter of JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure from memory, Al Gofa’s Dark Angels of Darkness is a self-referential, handmade, aggressively masculine and incredibly goofy action comic. Its…
Back in 2015, Robert Goodin’s The Kurdles proved to be an eerie delight of a graphic novel from Fantagraphics Books. It told the story of Sally, a teddy bear separated…
SelfMadeHero have been at the forefront of the rise of the graphic biography over the last several years, bringing the worlds of noted figures in literature, music and politics to…
The party bag – a take-home collection of goodies and novelties – is a traditional staple of British children’s birthday celebrations. Commemorating its 80th year this summer, venerable comics institution…
Published by Nobrow Press’s children’s imprint Flying Eye Books, Joe Todd-Stanton’s Brownstone’s Mythical Collection series combines elements of illustrated storytelling and sequential art to bring its magical tales of family lineage…
When it comes to inspiring an interest in the ancient world in younger readers, sisters Imogen and Isabel Greenberg have a proven track record in this area with books like…
Released by Yali Books, a publisher specialising in books focusing on South Asian culture, Devi Menon’s Amla Mater is a slice-of-life offering that explores how memory is intimately connected to…
Sometimes the perfect way to allow people to empathise with others is through accessible characters. Minority Monsters attempts to highlight aspects of the LGBTQA+ community to educate anybody interested in…
It’s been a long wait for the follow-up to events in last year’s Scream! and Misty Halloween Special, Rebellion’s first new outing for the old IPC characters, but it’s finally…
As a publisher Nobrow Press are, of course, renowned for graphic narratives of rare and often unparalleled beauty. This was a point I made a couple of weeks back at…
Anubis, Egyptian God of Death, hangs out in dark corners, watching, then goes to the beach, the museum, the aquarium, visits the set of Twin Peaks, stairs at you out…
Intriguing and timely, Black Badge #1 is a teenage take on espionage that’s part scouting exercise and part soul-searching political thriller. The scout team’s journey through this issue might remind…
A British institution, a national treasure and the last survivor of a bygone age of children’s weekly comics, The Beano reached its 80th anniversary issue this past week. There’s something…
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