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Grey Area: This Island Earth – One of the Best Series that 2000 AD Has Produced in the Last Decade is Collected by Rebellion this Month

  • by Tony Ingram
  • January 5, 2018

Dan Abnett has never met a pun he disliked, and the title of this series is one of his best. Grey Area is both a place where alien visitors to…

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Out of Nothing – Humankind’s “Dreaming Mind” Explored in Locke and Blandy’s Millennia-Spanning Graphic Journey from Nobrow Press

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 3, 2018

A graphic novel that – from the Big Bang to a far-flung future – is essentially a history of ideas, a chronicle of the birth of creativity and an exploration…

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Orbiting – Penina Gal’s Graphic Narrative Tugs at Universal Heartstrings with Evocative Abstract Storytelling

  • by Robin Enrico
  • January 1, 2018

Pushing the boundaries of what might be categorized as a comic, Penina Gal’s Orbiting combines words and imagery to tug at universal heartstrings while simultaneously digging into the specifically personal….

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When Are You Going to Get a Proper Job? – Richy K. Chandler Explores the Balance Between “Parenting and the Creative Muse” in His Inspiring First Longer-Form Book

  • by Andy Oliver
  • December 29, 2017

On a surface level level Richy K. Chandler’s work to date has been notable for its cartoony aesthetic and cleverly comedic pacing. The long-time UK small press mainstay is known…

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Not My Shame – T.O. Walker’s Raw and Powerful Account of the Legacy of Sexual Abuse is Another Potent Singing Dragon Offering

  • by Andy Oliver
  • December 28, 2017

Singing Dragon have built up a notable back catalogue of graphic storytelling material over the last few years that focuses on graphic medicine and vital explorations of contemporary issues. It’s…

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Maestros #1-3 – Steve Skroce Punctures the Flowery Pretensions of Overwrought Fantasy Clichés in this Image Comics Sleeper Hit

  • by Andy Oliver
  • December 27, 2017

If there’s an accusation that could never be levelled at Steve Skroce’s Image Comics series Maestros it’s one of decompression. Skroce’s book – a knowing fantasy-comedy with satirical overtones –…

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The Short Con – Meet Schoolkid Detectives Pops and Branwell in Pete Toms and Aleks Sennwald’s All-Ages Project

  • by Robin Enrico
  • December 26, 2017

Pete Toms and Aleks Sennwald’s graphic novella The Short Con is on its surface the first of what hints at a larger series of children’s comics, but beneath that lies…

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The Foldings #1 – A Delightful New Fantasy Series from Joann Dominik and Faye Simms

  • by Holly Raidl
  • December 21, 2017

After attending Thought Bubble this year I purchased a number of small press comics, one of the best of which has to be Joann Domink and Faye Simms The Foldings….

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Portugal – An Alternately Candlelit and Sun-Soaked Musing on a Lusophilic Awakening of the Senses and the Importance of Family

  • by Jenny Robins
  • December 20, 2017

I have to say that I love Portugal more than any comic I’ve read since Moon and Ba’s Daytripper. I don’t know why, I must actually have a thing for…

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Funeral Parlor – Robert Young’s Autobio Offering Lends an Air of the Profound to the Pro Wrestling Ring

  • by Robin Enrico
  • December 18, 2017

Many autobio comics stylize the events they are depicting to give them flair beyond the original incidents. But what if the events being depicted are already hyper real? Robert Young…

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I’m Not Here – GG’s Study of Isolation from Koyama Press is Quiet and Sad but Not Devoid of Hope

  • by Tom Baker
  • December 14, 2017

For a hot minute at the turn of the millennium, the hot trend in superhero comics was for “widescreen” page layouts. That is, panels that took up the breadth of…

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Sugar Town – Hazel Newlevant Explores the Complexities of Relationships in this Self-Published Autobio Offering

  • by Robin Enrico
  • December 13, 2017

At what point does the taboo become normalized, even mundane? What power does art have in this process? These are questions to ponder over when reading Hazel Newlevant’s latest autobiographical…

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Magritte: This is Not a Biography – Oh Yes it Is, Oh No it Isn’t, etc… Art History with a Healthy Helping of Hallucinatory Hat Hijinks

  • by Jenny Robins
  • December 11, 2017

What if you were writing a biography, and the (deceased) subject of your work was trying to stop you? No wait, that’s too simple. What if you didn’t want to…

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4 Kids Walk into a Bank – Pulp Fiction Meets Middle-School Reality in the Heist Thriller’s Trade Paperback Collection

  • by Tom Baker
  • December 7, 2017

King of quirk Wes Anderson’s first film, Bottle Rocket, is distinct from the rest of his oeuvre in genre if not style. It’s a crime thriller. More than that, it’s…

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Mirror Mirror II – Horror and Erotica Converge in the Julia Gfrörer and Sean T. Collins-Led Anthology for 2dcloud

  • by Tom Baker
  • December 5, 2017

Horror, as we’re often told, is a safe space to explore the things that scare us. You sit in a cinema, read a book, play a videogame that gently guides…

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Best Wishes – Mike Richardson and Paul Chadwick’s Tale of Hope and Romance is a Magical Piece of Storytelling

  • by Ally Russell Shields
  • December 4, 2017

When I first set out to read Best Wishes, I was poised to be both its biggest fan and its harshest critic. Concrete being my favourite comics work of all…

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Void Trip #1 – The Opening Chapter of O’Sullivan and Klaus’s Cosmic Slacker Comedy-Travelogue is an Eminently Likeable Affair

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 28, 2017

Putting a sci-fi spin on the road movie concept, Ryan O’Sullivan and Plaid Klaus’s Void Trip comes to us via Image Comics and is the product of a team with…

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Doctor Who: The Lost Dimension Omega – Titan’s Multi-Doctor Crossover Proves to Be a Time-Twisting Self-Referential Triumph

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 15, 2017

Titan’s latest Doctor Who crossover comes to a dramatic end in this concluding special as the Doctors’ individual timestreams converge and the mystery of the universal threat of the Void,…

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