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Somnambulance – Koyama Press Collect the Historically Fascinating and Artistically Gripping Comics of Fiona Smyth

  • by Robin Enrico
  • October 8, 2018

Koyama Press’s release of Somnambulance by Fiona Smyth performs a tremendous service to comics readers by collecting a substantial volume of Smyth’s work within the medium. The book is valuable…

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Hands Up, Herbie! Part One – Joey Perr’s Family Drama Showcases His Skills as a Cartoonist and Graphic Documentarian

  • by Robin Enrico
  • September 28, 2018

Comics are by nature an intimate medium. The imagination required by the reader to fill the spaces both between and inside of panels fostering a deep connection between themselves and…

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Niki de Saint Phalle: The Garden of Secrets – Osuch and Martin Bottle the Lightning of an Extraordinary Female Artist

  • by Tom Murphy
  • September 28, 2018

It’s probably no surprise that artists’ biographies make up a sizeable chunk of the market for high-end, broadsheet-acceptable ‘Waitrose comics’. Those among us who are enthralled by the visual arts…

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Liebestrasse – Tim Fish, Héctor Barros and Greg Lockard Present a Powerful Romantic Story Set in 1930s Germany

  • by Holly Raidl
  • September 21, 2018

AVAILABLE AT THOUGHT BUBBLE! Liebestrasse is a gorgeous mini-comic debuting at Thought Bubble this year uniting the talents of Tim Fish, Héctor Barros and Greg Lockard. The story is set…

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Welcome to Oddleigh – Tor Freeman’s Delightful and Oddball All-Ages Stories Published by Bog Eyed Books

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 20, 2018

AVAILABLE AT THOUGHT BUBBLE! Admittedly this review is going to be something of a cheat, as will quickly become apparent below. But first a word or two about Gary Northfield’s…

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Finding Home Vol. 1: The Traveller – Hari Conner’s Fantasy Romance is a Thought Bubble Top Pick

  • by Holly Raidl
  • September 14, 2018

AVAILABLE AT THOUGHT BUBBLE! Making its convention debut at Thought Bubble, Hari Conner’s fantasy graphic novel Finding Home Volume 1: The Traveller combines rich landscapes with delightful storytelling. Based on the journey…

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Faith Says You #1: It’s Dark Outside – Kate Brown’s Self-Published Comic is a Beautiful Pebble of Angst, Love and All the Questions We’re Afraid to Ask Ourselves

  • by Jenny Robins
  • September 13, 2018

AVAILABLE AT THOUGHT BUBBLE! Faith Says You #1: It’s Dark Outside, self-published by Kate Brown, premieres at Thought Bubble and is a beautiful 128-page pebble of angst, love and all the…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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The Communist Manifesto – Marx and Engels’ Seminal Text Brought to the Comics Page by Martin Rowson and SelfMadeHero

  • by Tom Baker
  • September 11, 2018

Communism is back baby. It’s good again. Awoouu (wolf howl). It may still be a dirty word to those on the right and centre, but a century after the October…

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Sylvics – Julian Payne Asks the Question “What if Trees Walked Among Us in Our Hectic Modern World?”

  • by Jenny Robins
  • September 10, 2018

AVAILABLE AT THOUGHT BUBBLE! What if trees walked among us in our hectic modern world? What would they care about? Ecological issues? Or saving hot boys? Sylvics explores some age…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Spinning – Tillie Walden’s Eisner Award-Winning Graphic Memoir is a Masterpiece of Comics Narrative

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 7, 2018

From The End of Summer to I Love this Part through to A City Inside, a rich seam of autobiography runs through Tillie Walden’s comics, manifesting itself in everything from…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Full Colour: A Graphic Anthology – Young Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Artists Spotlighted in BHP’s New Collection of Comics Shorts

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 6, 2018

The end result of the Full Colour Project, an initiative to promote diversity in Scottish comics and provide mentorship to young Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic artists, BHP Comics’ Full Colour anthology features the work of…

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Sanpaku – Kate Gavino’s Coming-of-Age Story is a Touching and Funny Account of Adolescence from Archaia

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 5, 2018

Kate Gavino came to prominence as the creator of the blog (and subsequent book) Last Night’s Reading where she compiles her illustrations and favourite quotes from the many book readings she attends….

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Lumen #1 – Tony McMillen Takes Us on a Trip to a World of “Shadows, Monsters, Magic and Mechazoids”

  • by Tom Baker
  • September 5, 2018

Tony McMillen’s elevator pitch for his one-man, small-press miniseries Lumen name checks Michel Fiffe’s Copra. Not only does the first issue follow Fiffe’s lead in being written, drawn, lettered, inked…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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One Dirty Tree – Noah Van Sciver’s Family Saga Cements His Status as One of the Foremost Cartoonists Working Today

  • by Robin Enrico
  • September 3, 2018

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…

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House Amok #1 – The Nature of Reality Questioned on Multiple Levels in Sebela and McManus’s New Miniseries from IDW and Black Crown

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 3, 2018

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…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Bully Wars #1 – Skottie Young and Aaron Conley Provide Appealing Escapist Fun in this Slapstick School Days Comedy from Image

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 30, 2018

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…

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Friendo #1 – Alex Paknadel and Martin Simmonds Take Us to an Interactive Future that is Both Unrecognisable and Yet Chillingly Familiar

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 29, 2018

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…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Mean Girls Club: Pink Dawn – Ryan Heshka’s Girl Gang Return in Another Riotously Raucous 1950s Pastiche from Nobrow Press

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 24, 2018

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…

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