Sonny Liew’s presentation of the life and work of Charlie Chan Hock Chye, an overlooked (fictional) Singaporean cartoonist, is a stunning amalgamation of history, politics, character and art. The name Charlie…
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Goldtiger – Guy Adams and Jimmy Broxton Uncover High Adventure and Creative Lunacy in a Lost 1960s Classic
A chance encounter at the Malta Comic Con led artist Jimmy Broxton to the lost newspaper adventure strip Goldtiger – a classic document of 1960s comics. But that was only the…
Turncoat #1 – Under New Management: Creator-Owned Sci-fi Thriller Reveals Humankind’s Next Chapter
This hard-boiled futuristic thriller from rising star creators Alex Paknadel and Artyom Trakhanov stands out from a recent glut of sci-fi epics thanks to a smart, original premise and fresh,…
Patience – Daniel Clowes Returns in Triumph to the Mess of Human Relationships
One of the most eagerly awaited books of 2016, Daniel Clowes’ Patience is a velvet glove of a time-travel thriller cast in the iron of exquisitely depicted human turmoil. Daniel…
The Discipline #1 – Sexual Mythology 101: Milligan and Fernandez Give Readers a Crash Course in the Transformative Power of Sex
Provocative and disturbing, this stylish dark fantasy by Peter Milligan and Leandro Fernandez creates its own erotically charged mythology, scouring away the polished veneer of appropriate behaviour adorning intimate human…
Reddin – A Legendary Friendship Turns Bloody in this Rip-Roaring Tribute to the Old West
More than just a simple genre mash-up fusing familiar horror and classic western conceits, the story of Reddin explores the archetypal frontier concept of the “pardner”, in the relationship of…
The Red Shoes and Other Tales – Metaphrog Re-Imagine Hans Christian Andersen’s Fairy Tale to Eerie Effect
A striking showcase for the talents of the Metaphrog team this is an all-ages book that is, nonetheless, unafraid to confront some of the harsher realities of life with an…
The Listening Post #1 – Stephen Goodall Moves His Mysterious Island Confidently from Webcomic to Print
In The Listening Post, Stephen Goodall expands the mysterious world of his Institute of Marine Research webcomics with an intriguing, atmospheric opening issue. As you might have gathered, we get a…
Mezolith – An Insightful Exploration of the Power of Stories against the Wonder of Britain’s Ancient Past
An enthralling journey to an epoch in which stories permeated every aspect of life, Ben Haggarty and Adam Brockbank’s epic tale of Poika of the Kansa tribe is modern myth-making…
Snowfall #1 – Harris and Morazzo Reunite for a Frightening New Tale of Climate Crashes and Eco-Terrorism
Stylish, socially relevant, and loaded with action, this debut issue from Joe Harris and Martin Morazzo launches a timely thriller that is as much a cautionary tale as it is a…
Cruising Through the Louvre – David Prudhomme’s Masterful Use of Colour and Form Illuminates the Hidden Secrets of the World-Famous Museum
The latest entry in NBM Publishing’s partnership with the Louvre, David Prudhomme’s sumptuous graphic survey of the hordes of tourists and art lovers crowding the illustrious museum takes people-watching to…
Hax – Lale Westvind Sends an Intense Psychedelic Postcard from a Traumatised World
In Hax, from Breakdown Press, artist Lale Westvind uses an powerful visual style to evoke a woman’s journey through a broken landscape. Hax, by New York-based artist Lale Westvind, hums with the…
Take It as a Compliment – Twenty Powerful Accounts of Sexual Abuse and Harassment in Maria Stoian’s Remarkable Collective Graphic Memoir
Take It as a Compliment is not simply an effective sequential art record of individual experiences. It’s a proclamation that abuse and harassment can happen to anyone, an exercise in…
Mirror #1 – Through the Looking Glass of Ríos and Lim’s Animal Fantasy
Emma Ríos and Hwei Lim’s Mirror invites us into a fully realized world where the fantastical has become mundane. Humanity has quite literally harnessed the stuff of legend to its…
Dad’s Not All There Any More – Alex Demetris Demystifies Lewy Body Dementia with Humour and Sensitivity
First self-published in 2012, this wonderful example of the power and appeal of graphic medicine started life as an art school project. Since then, Demetris’s intimate account of his father’s struggle…
Blue Bottle Mystery: An Asperger Adventure – Mike Medaglia and Rachael Smith Bring Kathy Hoopmann’s Much-Loved Children’s Book to a New Audience
Blue Bottle Mystery is not just a solid exercise in taking an already successful work and re-imagining it for a new readership but also an object lesson in how to…
A Tale of Shadows, Book Two: Cause and Effect –This High Fantasy Epic of Science and Faith Avoids the Sophomore Jinx
A timely modern fable set in a fictional world divided along lines of science and faith, the second volume of A Tale of Shadows explores its opposing doctrines with intelligence and style….
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