THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2025! The last time we talked with Dave Cook his first Killtopia cyberpunk series had just been collected and published by Titan. With the second arc Killtopia:…
THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2024! When it comes to genre fiction comics Dave Cook is a staple of the UK indie scene. With numerous successful Kickstarter campaigns behind him, and the recent…
THOUGHT BUBBLE 2023! Ostensibly this is a review of the fifth and concluding story arc volume of acclaimed sci-fi series Killtopia. In reality, though, such is the unpredictable nature of…
Like all popular forms, comic books have long been used for propaganda purposes. From Commando War Stories in Pictures to Marvel’s moronic Northrop Grumman collab, they inevitably reflect militaristic orthodoxy. The West…
“Human Identity is a Very Complex Thing” – Yudori on ‘Lovers of the Empire’, Period Piece Comics, and the Importance of EscapismAugust 31, 2026
“There’s Nothing More Tedious than a Predictable Protagonist” – Roberta Gregory On Revisiting the Life of Her Classic Character in ‘Bitchy! The Exasperating Existence of Midge McCracken’August 31, 2026
“Shedding Light on the Absence of Queer Narrative is Like Laying Flowers for the Ghosts of Queer Souls” – Marina Lisa Komiya on the Themes of ‘On Their Frontlines: The Lives of Japanese War Brides’August 31, 2026
“I Like to Try to Write from a Place of Power” – Katie Skelly on Her New Graphic Novel ‘Heaven’, the Camaraderie Between Working Women, and Taking Readers on a Narrative RideAugust 27, 2026
“Comics, Similar to Zines, Exist as a Proletariat Art Form Within Popular Consciousness” – Raquelle Jac on Her Powerful Debut Graphic Memoir ‘Bimbo Agitprop’ from FantagraphicsAugust 13, 2026
