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Grrl Scouts: Magic Socks #1 – Jim Mahfood Returns to the World of ‘Grrl Scouts’ with a Kickass-tastic Thrill Ride

  • by Karen O'Brien
  • May 22, 2017

Brash and beautiful, Grrl Scouts: Magic Socks #1 is a street, punk, hip-hop, kickass-tastic thrill ride. It’s always a pleasure to see an artist fluid and comfortable in his style…

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A Castle in England – The National Trust and Nobrow Press Team Up in a Trip through the History of Kent’s Scotney Castle

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 18, 2017

This is a book that has clearly been designed for a crossover audience and a project that recognises the value of comics as a communication tool that is succinct in presentation but…

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A Treasury of 20th Century Murder Compendium I – Rick Geary’s True Crime Series is a Classic Example of Great Comic Book Reportage

  • by Jason Wilkins
  • May 15, 2017

Crisp, clear, and decidedly addictive, this handsome compendium edition features three of Geary’s best true crime sagas. As one of the most respected cartoonists in the biz, Rick Geary’s work…

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You & a Bike & a Road – A Cross-Country Cycling Odyssey Brought to the Comics Page by Eleanor Davis and Koyama Press

  • by Ally Russell Shields
  • May 8, 2017

You & a Bike & a Road is a remarkable achievement for both the cartoonist and the amateur cyclist behind it. In March of 2016, Ignatz Award winner Eleanor Davis embarked…

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The Spectacular Sisterhood of Superwomen – Editor Extraordinaire Hope Nicholson Takes Readers on a Whirlwind Tour of Comics’ Greatest Heroines

  • by Jason Wilkins
  • May 4, 2017

Educational, entertaining, and enchanting, Nicholson takes a deep dive into the history of comics’ most super women. If you read comics and you don’t know who Hope Nicholson is, then…

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Eartha – A Surreal and Bittersweet Pastel-Hued Adventure from Cathy Malkasian for Fantagraphics

  • by Jenny Robins
  • May 3, 2017

Eartha is not so much a tale of two cities, as of two halves of the same paradox. The soft edges and subtle tones of Cathy Malkasian’s artwork and hand-drawn…

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The Opportunity – Will Volley’s Brooding Tale of Ambition, Treachery and Betrayal in the World of Door-to-Door Salespeople

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 28, 2017

MYRIAD WEEK! Atmospheric and frighteningly entrancing, The Opportunity is a contemporary urban fable that presents a world that is both familiar and yet totally detached from our experiences Written from…

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A Thousand Coloured Castles – Graphic Medicine Meets Twee Middle Class Suburbia in Gareth Brookes’s Darkly Comedic Triumph

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 28, 2017

MYRIAD WEEK! This re-imagining of twee middle class suburbia, as seen through the fractured lens of a distinctively Brookesian eyeglass, is a visual triumph. There are things we have come…

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The Facts of Life – Childlessness and Definitions of Family Examined in Paula Knight’s Myriad Graphic Memoir

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 27, 2017

MYRIAD WEEK! This is graphic memoir that doesn’t just communicate the issues involved and question the assumptions surrounding them, but crucially also acts as an accessible repository of shared experience…

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Hole in the Heart: Bringing Up Beth – Henny Beaumont’s Uncompromising Graphic Memoir on Raising a Daughter with Down’s Syndrome

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 25, 2017

MYRIAD WEEK! The pure humanity of Hole in the Heart so ably emphasises the inherent joy of the mother-daughter bond. As with yesterday’s first Myriad Week review, Henny Beaumont’s Hole in…

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For the Love of God, Marie! – Jade Sarson’s Stunning Debut Book Underlines the Vital Importance of the Myriad First Graphic Novel Competition

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 24, 2017

MYRIAD WEEK! A truly joyous graphic novel from one of the UK’s fastest rising indie comics stars. There’s a little backstory to this review so bear with me… Back in…

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Pantheon: The True Story of the Egyptian Deities – A Gloriously Irreverent Take on Myth and Legend from Hamish Steele and Nobrow Press

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 20, 2017

Pantheon is a frenetically paced and darkly comedic triumph. Describing Hamish Steele’s Pantheon: The True Story of the Egyptian Deities as irreverent in tone seems woefully, pitifully and even staggeringly…

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The Little Mermaid – A Happily Ever After Story? Metaphrog Adapt the Hans Christian Andersen Classic

  • by EdieOP
  • April 17, 2017

You’ve not fully experienced the story of the Little Mermaid until you’ve read the Metaphrog version. Welcome to the magical underwater kingdom of the Little Mermaid, in a stunning adaptation…

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Tomorrow – Jack Lothian and Garry Mac Offer a Wonderfully Weird Tale about Getting Old Via BHP Comics

  • by Matthew Box
  • April 12, 2017

Glasgow’s BHP Comics imprint provides the means for critically-acclaimed British TV writer Jack Lothian and up-and-coming artist Garry Mac to deliver a strange and moving tale about an “Everygran.” Let’s…

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Collecting Sticks – Go Glamping with the Decies in this Autobio/Fantasy Hybrid from Jonathan Cape

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 10, 2017

Collecting Sticks is the perfect showcase offering for the singular talents of this most distinctive practitioners of autobio comics. I will confess to never having heard the term “glamping” before…

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In-Between Days – Teva Harrison Reveals the Truth of Living, With or Without Cancer

  • by Jason Wilkins
  • April 4, 2017

Emotionally raw and at times brutally honest, Teva Harrison’s memoir chronicling her life as a metastatic cancer patient is graphic medicine at its finest. A few years ago, my grandfather…

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Staring from the Hill – Norbert Rybarczyk’s Delightfully Bizarre Celebration of Friendship Pulses with Energy

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 20, 2017

A delightfully bizarre celebration of friendship and the bonds of music. Engagingly chaotic and pulsing with energy. Sometimes it seems like Centrala are one of the best kept secrets on…

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Flirting with Death – Rudra Purkayastha, Lyndon White and Paulina Vassileva Examine the Meaning of Life

  • by Matthew Box
  • March 17, 2017

In their self-published book Flirting with Death, writer Rudra Purkayastha and artists Lyndon White and Paulina Vassileva bring readers six thought-provoking and gorgeously-illustrated stories that teach us about Life. Just…

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