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 […]
Even though the world is in global lockdown there are still people out there making comics and promoting them on Kickstarter. One such person is Ryan K Lindsay, creator of Eternal, Deer Editor and Beautiful Canvas. His latest offering, SHE: At the Tower Of All That Is Known is a slice of glossy all action […]
With it’s haunting image of a stag on the cover, and the strange and wonderful creatures inside, Claire Spiller’s Raze is a wonderfully thoughtful look at man’s impact on nature. With a lot to consider and taken in after our review of it last week, we contacted Claire to find out more about it’s inspiration […]
With the World in Lockdown and Diamond closing its doors, temporarily ceasing distribution of comics to shops, the source for new titles (besides Comixology) now falls to the indie campaigns on platforms like Kickstarter. With the fourth instalment of their series currently undergoing its own campaign, we take a look at the first three issues […]
SparkCon 2020 is the latest online comic convention that is helping to fill our schedules now that Coronavirus has seen all the real world convention cancelled. Hot on the heels of last month’s #KitchenCon, this one is being run by the fantastic team at Little Heroes Comic Kits and Fairspark Books (publisher of The Spark, […]
Wedding days are supposed to be unforgettable, however this one just got even more memorable when a group of gun wielding Evilses interrupt the nuptials in Going to The Chapel a new high concept screwball crime caper from the team at Action Lab. Publisher: Action Lab/Danger Zone Writer: David Pepose Artist: Gavin Guidry, Liz Kramer […]
With the world still in a state of self isolation we take a look at three more great small press comics to keep you entertained, including rabbit detectives, silver age creators on a space age adventure and dinosaurs with machine guns! Hopper ! Detective of the Strange (Fair Spark Books) This latest series from Fairspark […]