Review: Crow Song (Anthony Vanraes)
Crow Song is an anthology of four stories from writer Tony Vanraes feels more like a pitch for 4 exciting new comic series than a collection of shorts.
Small Press Spotlight: Project Hoax, Zarjaz #35, Cat and Meringue
We begin working through our pile of new small press books that we picked up at this month’s True Believers Comic Festival. Project Hoax (Signal Comics) As big fans of Samuel George London’s Milford Green books, the prospect of him teaming up with Vanguard’s Dan Butcher to bring us a story set in the early […]
Review: Mr Doyle’s Class Presents A Study In Scarlet (Portsmouth City Council)
One of our most eagerly anticipated comics for 2020, Mr Doyle’s Class Presents A Study in Scarlet sees Mad Robot Comics’ Matt Hardy (Murder Most Mundane) team up with Russell Mark Olson (Gateway City) to bring as a unique all ages reimagining of the first ever Sherlock Holmes story. But will this problems of adapting […]
“Even the strangest of places need some sort of framework” Norm Konyu discusses the dreamlike world of The Junction
Norm Konyu’s The Junction has firmly found itself at the top of our favourite reads of 2020 so far, and so with the Kickstater for this wonderful new book coming soon, we caught up with Norm to find out more about the inspiration for the book and also some of the hidden meaning going on […]
Review: The Show Complete Collection (Jed McPherson)
Television has always been considered the ultimate form of voyeurism, but no more so than today with the advent of so many reality shows. Therefore, it stands to reason that comics would eventually start using this ‘genre’ as inspiration for its stories. This week, having previously looked at a couple of its single issues, we […]
Review: Vessels #3 (Card Shark Comics)
After the fantastic success of Killtopia last year, writer Dave Cook as returned to his fantasy adventure series, Vessels for a third issue. Set in a society renown for being able to travelling through their dreams they must face down a force which could link them to a world not unlike our own. Can Vessels […]
Review: Lad: The Homecoming #1 (Umar Ditta)
Lad: The Homecoming #1 is the kind of foul mouthed and sweary comic your mother warned you about. Yet it has a really dark charm that draws you in.
Kickstarter We Love: The Show – Complete Collection
With it’s mix of media satire and all out zaniness, we were sold on Jed McPherson’s reality TV gone wrong, The Show, from the minute we saw it’s outlandish cover. It reminded us of everything from the Truman Show to Korean movie Oldboy, with it’s concept based around a man being locked in a room, […]
News: Big plans ahead for ComicScene Magazine in 2020
It’s been an amazing year for ComicScene magazine, but 2020 is set to be even more exciting! We catch up with editor Tony Foster to find out more!
Kickstarter We Love: NPC Tea Volume 1
It’s amazing to think it’s been nearly 4 years since the first issue of the glorious NPC Tea from Sarah Millman first landed on our reading list. This glorious tale of orcs, elves and Cardiff tea shops has evolved from being a quirky tale of a human at magic school to being been one of […]