Review: Memoirs of a Book Thief (SelfMadeHero)
In Memoirs of a Book Thief Alessandro Tota and Pierre Van Hove explore the idea of existentialism in 1950s Paris through disillusioned law student Daniel Brodin.
Comic Reviews
We review the newest and best digital comics, from big name titles on platforms like ComiXology to essential indie titles and the latest app-based publishers.
Review: Tyna of the Lake: Gamayun Tales Book 2 (Nobrow Press)
The third book in Alexander Utkin’s series of Slavic folktales, Tyna of The Lake: Gamayun Tales Book 3, feels more like a Studio Ghibli movie than a classic fairytale
Review: Queen of Bad Dreams #1 (Vault Comics)
Queen of Bad Dreams is set in a world where dream entities, known as “figments”, have sentience and specialist law enforcement becomes a necessity.
Review: Cannabis: An American History (SelfMadeHero)
Acclaimed cartoonist’s Box Brown’s latest Cannabis: An American History looks at the back story for the drug’s use in the US, as well as a round the world.
Small Press Spotlight: Faraway, Book Of Joe, Meouch and Area 07
Our latest round-up of the best of small press comics features battling wizards, an anarchic afterlife, a feline super assassin and the discovery of a new small press superstar in the making!
Review: Gun: Slaughterball Part 3 (Reckless Eyeballs Press)
Set in a world where the good guys are ‘capes’ and the bad guys ‘guns’, Jack Foster’s Gun:Slaughterball is one of the premier indie superhero series.
Review: Death Inc. Books 1 & 2 (Not So Tiny Comics)
We’re big fans of books set in the afterlife, from the existential like Sandman and Fearscape to the more idiosyncratic like Afterlife Inc. The latest to join this motley group is Charles Raymond’s Death Inc. but will it be heavenly, or just stuck in purgatory?
Review: Beastlands (To Infinity Studios)
Now funding on Kickstarter, we get an advance look at Curtis Clow’s mix of fantasy, magic and animal sidekicks.
Review: Songs for the Dead Volume 1 (Vault Comics)
We take a look at this new book from Vault Comics, the story of a young Necromancer looking for her place in the world. But can this tale get people to sing its praises or is it better off buried?
Review: Space Captain #5 & #6 (Never Ever Press)
With the final two issue of Chris Baldie’s epic space adventure Space Captain, now firmly in our hands, it was a fantastic opportunity to re-read and truly appreciate this wonderful series from start to finish.