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The Listening Post #1 – Stephen Goodall Moves His Mysterious Island Confidently from Webcomic to Print

  • by Tom Murphy
  • February 26, 2016

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…

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Mezolith – An Insightful Exploration of the Power of Stories against the Wonder of Britain’s Ancient Past

  • by Jason Wilkins
  • February 25, 2016

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…

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Snowfall #1 – Harris and Morazzo Reunite for a Frightening New Tale of Climate Crashes and Eco-Terrorism

  • by Jason Wilkins
  • February 19, 2016

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…

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Cruising Through the Louvre – David Prudhomme’s Masterful Use of Colour and Form Illuminates the Hidden Secrets of the World-Famous Museum

  • by Jason Wilkins
  • February 18, 2016

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…

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Hax – Lale Westvind Sends an Intense Psychedelic Postcard from a Traumatised World

  • by Tom Murphy
  • February 12, 2016

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…

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Take It as a Compliment – Twenty Powerful Accounts of Sexual Abuse and Harassment in Maria Stoian’s Remarkable Collective Graphic Memoir

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 10, 2016

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…

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Mirror #1 – Through the Looking Glass of Ríos and Lim’s Animal Fantasy

  • by Paul Mirek
  • February 5, 2016

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; Singing Dragon)

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Dad’s Not All There Any More – Alex Demetris Demystifies Lewy Body Dementia with Humour and Sensitivity

  • by Jason Wilkins
  • February 4, 2016

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…

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Blue Bottle Mystery: An Asperger Adventure – Mike Medaglia and Rachael Smith Bring Kathy Hoopmann’s Much-Loved Children’s Book to a New Audience

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 1, 2016

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…

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A Tale of Shadows, Book Two: Cause and Effect –This High Fantasy Epic of Science and Faith Avoids the Sophomore Jinx

  • by Jason Wilkins
  • February 1, 2016

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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Siren’s Calling #1 – This Noir Thriller Builds Its Own Dark Mythology with Heart and Style

  • by Jason Wilkins
  • January 29, 2016

Dredging the waters off the famous Santa Monica Pier, promising newcomers John T. Trigonis and Lauren Clemente compose a haunting and original love letter to all things noir, in this…

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Test Tube – Carlos Gonzalez Tests a Human Hypothesis in Experimental New Work

  • by Paul Mirek
  • January 26, 2016

Carlos Gonzalez’s Test Tube is an experiment in every sense of the word – and one that won’t leave its readers unchanged. In the realm of the Arts-with-a-capital-A, work has historically been judged…

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The Violent #1 & #2 – Ed Brisson and Adam Gorham’s Nuanced Street-Level Crime Story Has a Socioeconomic Edge

  • by Tom Murphy
  • January 25, 2016

Ed Brisson and his collaborators weave a gripping tale of flawed people trying to do the right thing, against a timely backdrop of gentrification and social exclusion. Writer (and letterer)…

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Barrier #1 – BKV and Marcos Martín’s Digital Follow-Up is a Taut and Timely Tale of Migration, with a Late Twist

  • by Tom Murphy
  • December 11, 2015

In their follow-up series to The Private Eye, digital comics pioneers Brian K Vaughan and Marcos Martín weave a taut and enthralling tale of migration and border tension that doesn’t go…

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Underworld – Lovern Kindzierski and GMB Chomichuk Translate Homer’s Epic into Urban Graphic Poetry

  • by Jason Wilkins
  • December 11, 2015

In a book that challenges the established perceptions of the traditional graphic novel, this insightful retelling of the Odyssey also pushes us to explore the origins of our most treasured…

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Alabaster Shadows – Gardner and Doucet Pair Cosmic Horror and Adolescent Angst in Their Debut Graphic Novel

  • by Paul Mirek
  • December 10, 2015

Guillermo del Toro and the creators of True Detective have done much to bring Lovecraftian horror into the mainstream over the last several years. But while a generation of new adult…

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Mystery Girl #1 – Paul Tobin and Alberto Alburquerque Serve Up a Detective with a Contemporary Twist

  • by Tom Murphy
  • December 3, 2015

In the energetic, enjoyable opening issue of Mystery Girl, Paul Tobin and Alberto Alburquerque introduce us to Trine Hampstead – a feisty young Londoner with a very special gift and a…

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Carver: A Paris Story – Chris Hunt’s Much-Anticipated Debut is a Hard-Boiled Tribute to Crime Fiction

  • by Jason Wilkins
  • December 2, 2015

Featuring slick, atmospheric storytelling and a tough-as-nails protagonist, this engaging thriller set against the Parisian underworld of the Roaring Twenties showcases the craft of a dynamic new talent, in Paul…

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