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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…

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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…

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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….

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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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Dark Angels of Darkness – Go Nagai, Tom Sicoli and Kid’s Playtime Collide in Al Gofa’s Peow Debut

  • by Tom Baker
  • August 23, 2018

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…

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The Kurdles Adventure Magazine #1 – Revisiting the Inhabitants of Kurdletown in Robert Goodin’s All-Ages Anthology from Fantagraphics

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 22, 2018

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…

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Apollo – Fitch, Baker and Collins Capture Both the Spectacle and the Sheer Humanity of the Moon Landing Via SelfMadeHero

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 20, 2018

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…

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Beano: 80 Years of Fun – A Bumper and Fondly Nostalgic Collection of Eight Decades of the UK’s Longest-Running Weekly Comic

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 18, 2018

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…

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Brownstone’s Mythical Collection – Dip into the Magical Brownstone Family Saga Courtesy of Joe Todd-Stanton and Flying Eye Books

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 18, 2018

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…

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Athena: The Story of a Goddess – Imogen and Isabel Greenberg Bring the Ancient World to a Younger Readership with a Fun and Accessible Flourish!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 17, 2018

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…

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Amla Mater – Devi Menon Juxtaposes Childhood in India with Adult Life in London in an Evocative Exploration of the Power of Memory

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 16, 2018

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…

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