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Minority Monsters – Challenging Mythconceptions with Tab Kimpton’s Accessible LGBTQA+ Fairy Tale World

  • by Holly Raidl
  • August 15, 2018

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…

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The Vigilant – Classic British Comics Characters Are Reborn as Rebellion’s Shared Universe Breathes New Life into Old Favourites

  • by Tony Ingram
  • August 13, 2018

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…

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Gamayun Tales Vol. 2: The Water Spirit – Experience the Intoxicating Artistic Splendour of Alexander Utkin in this Second Adaptation of Russian Folklore from Nobrow Press

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 13, 2018

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…

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Anubis – Joanna Karpowicz’s Ubiquitous Egyptian God of Death is an Ever Present Enigma in this Masterpiece from Centrala

  • by Jenny Robins
  • August 9, 2018

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…

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Black Badge #1 – Matt Kindt, Tyler Jenkins and Hilary Jenkins’ Boy Scout Espionage Thriller May Just Be the Indie Hit of the Summer

  • by Karen O'Brien
  • August 8, 2018

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…

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The Beano #3945 – Comedian and Author David Walliams Steps in as Guest Editor as a British Institution Celebrates Its 80th Birthday

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 30, 2018

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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Losing the Girl – Extraterrestrial Undercurrents Rise to the Surface in MariNaomi’s YA Slice-of-Life Drama

  • by Robin Enrico
  • July 20, 2018

Recently, many indie comics artists have been picking up work for larger publishers in the ever-expanding Young Adult graphic novel market. In Losing the Girl (Life on Earth: Book 1) MariNaomi…

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Von Hoffman’s Invasion Book One – From the Pages of ‘Buster’ and ‘Jet’, Tully and Bradbury’s Mad Scientist Serial is a True Gem of Classic British Comics

  • by Tony Ingram
  • July 18, 2018

It’s been quite some time now since we learned that Rebellion had acquired the rights to much of the old IPC back catalogue, but the 2000 AD publishers continue to…

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30 Miles of Crazy! #5-6 – Engaging with the Nuanced Character Studies of Karl Christian Krumpholz

  • by Robin Enrico
  • July 10, 2018

In the realm of small press comics we often get to see an artist advance, but we rarely see them age. In issues #5 and 6 of his long running…

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Pinky and Pepper Forever – A Deeply Human Story Rendered in a Fantastical Manner by Ivy Atoms

  • by Robin Enrico
  • July 2, 2018

Pinky and Pepper Forever by Ivy Atoms is yet another strong debut graphic novella from burgeoning publisher Silver Sprocket. Atoms arrives as a fully formed artist with both a unique…

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Dalston Monsterzz – Dilraj Mann’s Stylish Graphic Novel Delivers His Most Ambitious Comics Narrative to Date

  • by Tom Baker
  • June 29, 2018

Dalston Monsterzz is Dilraj Mann’s largest work to date. Literally, since, at 80 pages, it dwarfs the lengths of any of his minicomic of anthology work. Physically, in that it…

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Mis(h)adra – Iasmin Omar Ata’s Distinctive Take on Graphic Medicine Chronicles a Life Living with Epilepsy

  • by Robin Enrico
  • June 27, 2018

It is always heartening to see a cartoonist at an early stage in their career getting the opportunity to do large-scale paid work as is the case with Iasmin Omar…

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Coin-Op Comics Anthology 1997-2017 – Top Shelf Productions Celebrates Two Decades of Peter and Maria Hoey’s Entrancing Coin-Op Series

  • by Ally Russell Shields
  • June 20, 2018

ELCAF FORTNIGHT! Anticipating brother-sister duo Pete and Maria Hoey’s attendance at this year’s ELCAF, we took their Coin-Op Comics Anthology for a spin. Spanning twenty years between 1997–2017, the new hardcover compilation via Top…

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Shit is Real – Aisha Franz Looks Through the Cracks at the Strains of Modern Life

  • by Tom Murphy
  • June 19, 2018

ELCAF FORTNIGHT! I picked up a mini-comic extract of Shit is Real at ELCAF a couple of years ago, so it’s fitting that I’m now looking at the complete work…

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The WHYs – Virginia Paine Turns the Stereotypical Super-Powered Teenagers Storyline into Something Unique

  • by Robin Enrico
  • June 18, 2018

There’s been a recent trend of indie comics artist taking on the tropes of the superhero comic as either a means to critique the genre or to use the genre’s…

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‘The Empty Space’ and ‘Dog Days’ – Two Beautiful, Bittersweet Books from Centrala

  • by Tom Baker
  • June 15, 2018

ELCAF FORTNIGHT!  Centrala are a publishing house which originated in Poland, before making the move to South London, focussed primarily on translating and distributing the work of European artists. One…

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Nobrow 10: Studio Dreams – 70 Artists Celebrate Ten Years of Nobrow Press in this Gorgeously Presented Special Collection

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 14, 2018

ELCAF FORTNIGHT! Ten years ago Nobrow Press sprung onto the comics scene taking sequential art into new and exciting arts-based directions with work that embraced a strong sense of graphic design, challenging…

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The Great North Wood – Tim Bird Brings a Little Magic Back to the Hills of South London

  • by Tom Murphy
  • June 14, 2018

ELCAF FORTNIGHT! ‘Psychogeography’ is one of those words that burned and sparkled like a roman candle for a while but has now gone on to signify a certain kind of literary…

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