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Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged

“I Wanted to Tell a New Folk Story; an Alternate Beginning” – Shanti Rai on Her Self-Published Comic ‘KO’ and the Influence of the Mythological on Her Practice

by Andy Oliver
June 21, 2018

ELCAF FORTNIGHT! With an accessible clarity, gorgeous use of colour and clever sense of graphic design Shanti Rai’s comics practice was always destined for a wider audience. I first covered…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

Persephone – Loïc Locatelli-Kournwsky Re-Imagines the Greek Myth in a Gorgeous New Graphic Novel from BOOM! Studios/Archaia

by Holly Raidl
June 7, 2018

Based on the Greek myth, creator Loïc Locatelli-Kournwsky utilises the out of this world aspects of the original and reforms them into a self-contained story with a glorious, more contemporary setting….

Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged

Persephone – Shanti Rai’s Mythological Vignette is an Affecting Study of Fate’s Inescapable Clutches

by Andy Oliver
February 8, 2018

The myth of Persephone and her abduction by Hades, the God of the Netherworld is an allegorical tale with a familiarity that extends far beyond the focused interests of the…