Talk Dirty To Me – Luke Howard’s Unsexy Story of a Sex Hotline is a Funny Examination of Modern Life
The story of a woman who takes up a job at a phone-sex call centre, Talk Dirty To Me is a maudlin but meaningful story of modern life, love (and,…
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Carpet Sweeper Tales – Julie Doucet’s Return to Drawn & Quarterly So Eep Ood! Like Wo Picture Perfect
In the brief window between the deaths of Victoria Wood and Prince a few weeks ago, I got to thinking about that blissful complacency you enjoy when you’re young and…
Once Our Land – Musician and Artist Peter Ricq’s Debut Graphic Novel Hits All of the Right Notes
An accomplished science-fantasy fable fit for all ages, Once Our Land showcases Peter Ricq’s spot-on visual storytelling and cutting edge sense of style. Last Friday saw the launch of Peter Ricq’s…
Scab County – Carlos Gonzalez Depicts a World Where You’re Only Ever One Wrong Decision Away from Disaster
Scab County, a grim little vignette of a short cut gone wrong, is an accessible introduction to the work of DIY culture hero Carlos Gonzalez. Not long after collecting his…
Megg and Mogg in Amsterdam – Misery Loves Company in Simon Hanselmann’s Bleakly Hilarious Collection
The second volume of Megg, Mogg and Owl strips by Simon Hanselmann (Megahex) is a strangely affecting flat-share sitcom that has a sharp edge of melancholy never far beneath the surface. Even…
Embroidered Cancer Comic – Humour in the Face of Adversity in the Latest Graphic Medicine Offering from Singing Dragon
This brief but always touching read brings us into its characters’ world with a warmth and sincerity that belies its fleeting page count. Singing Dragon have been building up a most…
Legend #1 – It’s Reigning Cats and Dogs in Novelist Samuel Sattin’s New Fantasy from Z2 Comics
Atmospheric art and careful world-building lay a solid foundation for Samuel Sattin and Chris Koehler’s remarkable first issue, introducing a dystopian near-future ruled by our pets. Month after month, American…
Sun Bakery #1 – Corey Lewis’s Stylish One-Man Anthology Crackles with Pop Comics Energy
The three stories in Sun Bakery, Corey Lewis’s anthology, sacrifice plot-heavy narrative for sparkling graphic energy. As a foggy-brained dolt who drifts around thinking of ponies and kabaddi most of the…
Elsie Harris Picture Palace – Jessica Martin’s Gorgeously Rendered Evocation of a Bygone Era of the Silver Screen
From tentative first-time small presser to published graphic novelist, it’s been a remarkable couple of years for Jessica Martin. In 2014 Martin was a finalist in the Myriad First Graphic…
Dept H #1 – Matt and Sharlene Kindt Go Deep with the Ultimate Locked Room Mystery
In Dept H, his eagerly awaited follow-up to Mind MGMT, Matt Kindt leads the reader into what promises to be a meticulously designed mystery, with the addition of lush watercolours by his artist…
Modigliani – Laurent Seksik and Fabrice Le Hénanff Create Bleak Beauty from the Painter’s Final Years
A genius for the ages, largely unrecognised in his own time; an egotistical monster who rails against the world and pushes away those closest to him; a dissolute rake, living…
Buck Slaughter’s Book of Rock ‘n’ Roll Facts #1 – Ken Eppstein Relives His Record Store Days in His Debut Solo Comic
Buck Slaughter’s Book of Rock’n’Roll Facts, writer/publisher Ken Eppstein’s first fully solo release, is both a straightforward collection of vignettes inspired by his record store days and a gently mocking send-up…
House of Penance #1 – Tomasi and Bertram Turn Back the Clock on a Fascinating Piece of American Folklore
House of Penance, Peter J. Tomasi’s harrowing return to creator-owned comics is a tour de force of atmospheric supernatural horror, thanks in no small part to the gritty art of collaborator…
5,000 km Per Second – Manuele Fior’s Angoulême Winner Lifts the Lid on Time, Distance and Relationships
5,000 km Per Second, Manuele Fior’s delicate Angoulême-winning graphic novel, is a beautifully executed look at what time does to our hopes and our relationships. Fantagraphics co-publisher Kim Thompson, who died in…
Irmina – Barbara Yelin’s Compelling Study of a “Normal German” Asks Painful Questions about Choices and Complicity
Irmina, Barbara Yelin’s award-winning graphic novel, is a paradoxically beautiful and unsettling piece of work that avoids all the obvious choices to ponder how an independently minded young woman can…
All My Ghosts – Jeremy Massie Paints a Bittersweet Portrait of a Small Town in Decline
Well-crafted and emotionally stirring, All My Ghosts, Jeremy Massie’s fictional account of a town and a protagonist left behind by the rest of the world, is a work of rare…
The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye – Sonny Liew’s Biography of an Artist and a Nation is a Comics Tour de Force
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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