Last Friday, September 1st, saw publishers, creators (and even the odd comic commentator) come together in London’s West End to celebrate ten years of SelfMadeHero – undeniably one of the…
ELCAF WEEK! “To get to know yourself… you have to leave others behind.” Outburst tells the story of introvert and isolated protagonist Tom Deleersnyder, a man who we quickly find…
It’s nearly Wednesday, and you know what that means: a fresh load of comics and graphic novels! With so many publications hitting your local comics store or digital storefront, the…
It’s nearly Wednesday, and you know what that means: a fresh load of comics and graphic novels! With so many publications hitting your local comics store or digital storefront, the…
There was a time when dramatisations and readings of the stories of M.R. James seemed almost a staple of festive programming on British television. James himself is said to have…
It’s nearly Wednesday, and you know what that means: a fresh load of comics and graphic novels! With so many publications hitting your local comics store or digital storefront, the…
It’s nearly Wednesday, and you know what that means: a fresh load of comics and graphic novels! With so many publications hitting your local comics store or digital storefront, the…
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…
No-one can remember who any more, but some bright spark back in the day commented that writing about music was like dancing about architecture. So where does that leave Filmish,…
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From Germany to Belgium, we take a look at two recent releases, by up-and-coming alt talent Jan Soeken and Judith Vanistendael, who already has two books released in English. Friends…
It’s nearly Wednesday, and you know what that means: a fresh load of comics and graphic novels! With so many publications hitting your local comics store or digital storefront, the…
A tormented couple’s personal struggles take on cosmic proportions in Ruins, a significant new work from master cartoonist Peter Kuper. With both technical proficiency and emotional accuracy, Kuper presents an…
It’s nearly Wednesday, and you know what that means: a fresh load of comics and graphic novels! With so many publications hitting your local comics store or digital storefront, the…
A compelling distillation of the character study that is at the true heart of Hugo’s novel. Mention Victor Hugo’s 1869 novel The Man Who Laughs to a mainstream comics fan…
Mark Stafford has built up a reputation in UK comics in recent years for visual storytelling that is eerily macabre in tone and atmosphere. A frequent collaborator with David Hine on…
The Sculptor, Scott McCloud’s return from comics theory to narrative, has been greeted with something approaching the city-stopping ticker-tape welcomes once accorded to returning astronauts. However, for all its ambition and achievement, McCloud’s…
Scott McCloud has secured his legacy in the comic book world through his books on the theory and craft of our medium: Understanding Comics, Reinventing Comic and Making Comics. He also wrote…
Alienation; the relentless oppression of modern life; the sense that we’re trapped like lab rats in a vast, nightmarish and illogical system in which we can never truly comprehend any…
Inside Look: Ruin of the House of the Divine Visage – Eve and Spire Greenwood on Their Graphic Novel Exploring Religion and Queer IdentityJune 6, 2025
“Welcome to Foodtopia: Where the Crumbs Matter” – The ‘Aw, Nuts!’ Team Spills All on Puns, Peanut Butter, and Building a Delicious UniverseJune 6, 2025
“We Have Been Feeling the Pressure Like Never Before” – The Worrying Disappearance of Comics Commentary and Journalism Sites from a Broken Frontier/UK Small Press PerspectiveMay 19, 2025
“A Time Travel Story through Rave Culture” – Sara Kenney and Company on ‘Acid Box’, Working with Avery Hill, and Mentoring Young CreatorsMay 16, 2025
“A Single Panel Can Depict a Multitude of Narratives” – Chris King Talks ‘Cold Chips’, Psychogeography in Comics, and Cross-Media PracticeMay 7, 2025
