Category: Graphic Novel Reviews
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Legend: The Labors of Heracles Graphic Novel Review
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Campfire, 2010 Script: Ryan Foley Art: Sankha Banerjee Colours: Ajo Kurian Campfire is a New Delhi based publisher comprised of Western writers and Asian artists, with an ever-expanding range of titles mostly comprised of adaptations of literary classics. Legend: The Labors of Heracles isn’t adapted from a celebrated novel, but is instead a faithful recounting…
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Punisher MAX vol. 6: Barracuda TPB Review
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Marvel, 2006 Story: Garth Ennis Art: Goran Parlov Colours: Giulia Brusco One consequence of Frank Castle’s hardline approach to vigilantism is that his enemies rarely get the opportunity to stage comebacks; usually because he’s deposited several dozen bullets in their skulls. While Garth Ennis may have introduced the Marvel Universe to the mountain of moronic…
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Hope Larson’s Mercury Graphic Novel Review
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Mercury is an ambitious narrative of two coming-of-age tales, tied by blood but separated by time.
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Trial and Error: The Aviated Efforts of Jean Baptiste de Bomberaque Review
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Tabella Publishing Written and illustrated by Øivind Hovland Oh to have lived in the era of madcap pioneers, an age when the boffins contributing to the advancement of mankind weren’t just academics in white overcoats but brave dreamers willing to risk life and limb in order to change the world. Trial and Error: The Aviated…
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A Day in the Life of Alfred Book Review
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Tabella Publishing Written and illustrated by Øivind Hovland There’s something wrong within A Day in the Life of Alfred. An insidious, gradual feeling of unease that will work its way into your subconscious without you even realising it. Perhaps it’s due to the book’s format, a sort of picture book for adults in which Norwegian-born…
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Hiyama Graphic Novel Review – Vol. 1 & 2
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Written and illustrated by Gruff79 Hiyama’s depiction of 2019 London isn’t far removed from our present – which I found peculiar until I realised that England hasn’t changed drastically since 1999 – but with amplified levels of crime and an irrevocably corrupt police force willing to turn a blind eye. Tired of watching his superiors…
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Poetry in (e)Motion: The Illustrated Words of Scroobius Pip Review
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Words: Scroobius Pip Art: Mister Paterson, Anthony Gregori, Michael Spicer, Joe Cunningham, Damian Claughton, Inna Aizenshtein, CJ McCracken, Matt Frodsham, Ben Williams, Cowfree… amongst others Named after the unclassifiable creature from Edward Lear’s classic poem, Scroobius Pip, aka David Meads, is a likewise curious beast. A spoken word hip hop artist whose music with cohort…
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Thomas Wogan is Dead Graphic Novel Review
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2009, Tabella Publishing Written and illustrated by David Hughes Thomas Wogan is Dead is a little gem. In fact, I think it’s safe to say that you won’t find another book like this out there. Whereas many indie comic writers strive to emulate the mainstream industry, David Hughes has created something that probably couldn’t have…