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The latest series from ComiXology Originals stables sees Curt Pires and Alex Diotto bringing us a really interesting talk on the teenage superhero coming of age story. Publisher: ComiXology Originals Writer: Curt Pires Artist: Alex Diotto, Dee Cuniffe, Micah Myers Price: £2.39 per issue from ComiXology Frank and River are your average teens, after a […]
With Lockdown easing off and the world, roughly, returning to some degree of normalcy, it’s time for everyone to return to work. For me, that’s the bread and butter of reviewing comics. With that, we check out Mad Robot Comics’ Bete Noir, which succeeded wth it’s Kickstarter campaign last summer. However, now we can get […]
It’s always great when two of our favourite small press creators team up to bring us a new comic. MI666 is the latest such team up and sees Vince Hunt (Awesome Comics, Red Mask From Mars) join forces with Andy Bloor (Midnight Man) to bring us a slice of supernatural all action crime procedural that […]
We’re always a sucker for a great crime comic and Rory McConville and Joe Palmer’s Write It In Blood is a bit of a cracker, with the body count of a Scorsese movie and sparkling dialogue of a Coen Brothers movie, it’s a delightful tale of two brothers on the run from a mob boss […]
Whether you believe it belongs in the medium or not, there is no denying that political views and opinions have been a fundamental part of the storytelling process in comics for a long time. This week, we check out Acceptable Losses, a new superhero comic from Joe Glass (The Pride) and Danny Flores which sees […]
Owen Pomery’s new book Victory Point is a gloriously sun kissed tale of a walk down memory lane as Ellen returns home to the coastal town where she grew up with her father. What follows is an effortlessly charming and gloriously conceived thought piece on returning home, based in one of the most unique settings […]
We’ve all had that awkward first meeting with a new partner’s parents, but what if they turn out to be hideous people who actually make your partner worse by being around them? This is the central premise of Charlot Kristensen’s debut book from Avery Hill, but will our heroine Farai deal with this encounter? Publisher: […]
Fraser Campbell and James Corcoran’s mind-bending 60s spy series Alex Automatic is back with a new double issue, but is this small press stalwart still an automatic choice?! Publisher: Cabal Comics Writer: Fraser Campbell Artist: James Corcoran, David B Cooper, Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou Price: Now funding on Kickstarter The strange and outlandish world of Alex Automatic […]
Following in the technicoloured footsteps of the Eisner award winning The Private Eye, comes the new book from Panel Syndicate called Friday. Joining artist Marcos Martin is an up and coming writer called Ed Brubaker, who seems like he might quite good at this comics game! Publisher: Panel Syndicate Writer: Ed Brubaker Artist: Marcos Martin, […]
It’s been a couple of years since we first saw pages from Matthew Dooley’s long awaited debut graphic novel Flake about rival ice cream men in a small Northern town, and now it is finally here. And the great news is that its now melted in the sunshine! Publisher: Penguin Random House Writer: Matthew Dooley […]