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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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American Gods: Shadows #1 – The Comics Adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s Novel Proves a Testament to the Colourist’s Art

  • by Conori Bell-Bhuiyan
  • March 15, 2017

P.Craig Russell and Scott Hampton team up with author Neil Gaiman to deliver an enigmatic and underplayed opening issue that asks more questions than it answers… Neil Gaiman’s acclaimed novel…

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Sgt. Chip Charlton and Mister Woofles of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police – Heroic Hilarity from the Pages of ‘The Phoenix’ Via Jim Medway and Bog Eyed Books

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 13, 2017

Sgt. Chip Charlton and Mister Woofles is a book that will genuinely appeal to all generations of comics readers. I’ve made this statement to the point of tedium here at…

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Royal City #1 – Jeff Lemire’s Ambitious Family Saga from Image Comics is 2017’s Most Impressive Serial Comics Debut so Far

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 6, 2017

Lemire’s craft in Royal City is subtle and underplayed but it’s all the more compelling and human for just that reason. Jeff Lemire’s first book as both writer and artist…

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The Palace of Champions – The Dizzying, Whirling and Claustrophobic Visual Language of Henriette Valium

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 2, 2017

A long overdue compilation of work from this vital figure in Canadian indie comics. Henriette Valium, aka Patrick Henley, is recognised as one of the most important French-Canadian cartoonists of…

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Kamandi Challenge #1 and #2 – Jack Kirby’s Last Boy on Earth Returns in a Joyous and Ambitious Multi-Creator Romp

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 27, 2017

Engaging, appealing and embodying a welcome sense of sheer fun, Kamandi Challenge may just be the surprise DC hit of 2017. Over thirty years ago, during a period of constant experimentation…

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The Inflatable Woman – Rachael Ball’s Debut Graphic Novel is a Visionary Entry in the Graphic Medicine Canon

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 21, 2017

Graphic medicine quite unlike anything to come before it, The Inflatable Woman is a visionary use of this ever expanding area of slice-of-life comics. The Inflatable Woman marks the first full-length…

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Sliced Quarterly #5 – Experimental Comics Anthology Reinvigorates the Slice-of-Life Genre

  • by Conori Bell-Bhuiyan
  • February 17, 2017

Take a look inside this imaginative and innovative anthology for an exploration of the creative possibilities of slice-of-life comics. Sliced is a digital-only anthology (released quarterly) edited by Ken Reynolds…

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