Does Kristoff have trenchant personal hygiene issues? Is Sven moonlighting on Christmas eve as a sleigh-pulling reindeer hailing a strangely jolly bearded man in red through the sky? And, most importantly because enquiring sentient snowman minds want to know, are the stockings hung by the chimney because they’re wet? Are Continue Reading
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Comics review: Star Wars – Allegiance
To whom or what do you owe allegiance? Is it to an unshakeable set of ideals or unassailable principles? Is it to those who hold and fight for those beliefs? Or is it simply to the highest bidder, to whomever offers the greatest opportunity for wealth, advancement or power? These Continue Reading
Comics Review: Snug Harbor Stories by Will Henry #WallacetheBrave
The best comic strips offer something far beyond beautiful art and pithy, clever lines of often funny dialogue – they take us somewhere reassuringly special, a place removed from our own reality that reminds us of things we have either left behind or which have fallen, hopefully just temporarily, off Continue Reading
Mom in space! Firefly: The Outlaw Ma Reynolds #1
SNAPSHOTCaptain Malcolm Reynolds—thief, smuggler, resistance fighter, and now captain of a crew of outcasts all the way on the farthest reaches of the ‘verse—wasn’t born an outlaw but he comes by it honestly. Turns out, his mother, the infamous Maude Reynolds, is at the top of the Alliance’s Most Wanted, Continue Reading
Comics review: Self/Made – The Inciting Incident
What does it mean to be human? To be self aware? To have a sense of self? If you think it’s too heavy a topic for anything but a deep dive into French philosophy, think again; Self/Made: An Inciting Incident by Australian writer Mat Groom with art by Marcelo Costa Continue Reading
Comics review: Monster on the Hill by Rob Harrell
What’s the first thing you look for when you’re deciding if a particular locale is worthy of your hard-earned tourist dollar? Great accommodation? Sublimely-good food? Stellar attractions? Outstanding natural beauty? Scary monsters? Sorry … wait … what what?! You heard me … MONSTERS. In Rob Harrell‘s (Big Top, Adam@Home) delightful Continue Reading
Comics review: Heartstopper (Volumes 1 & 2) by Alice Oseman
One of the best parts of growing up, or the worst if you are someone more at ease with well-etched certainty, is discovering how different life actually is to what you thought it would be. For many of us this realisation comes to bear in our teenage years, a time Continue Reading
Welcome to the inequitable new ice age: Snowpiercer (Part 1: Extinction) comic
SNAPSHOTThe prequel story to the New York Times bestselling Snowpiercer graphic novel series that inspired both movie and TV adaptations. Perfect for fans of post-apocalyptic sci-fi! The Snowpiercer saga continues with this brand new story by original artist Jean-Marc Rochette and Eisner nominated writer, Matz. Set before the extinction event Continue Reading
Comics review: Sea of Stars (issues 1-3)
There is something about the wide reaches of spaces that damn near screams out for sprawling, epic space operas. (Not that anyone in space can literally hear you call out but figurative screams are not required, thankfully, to heed the cumbersome laws of physics.) Fortunately for anyone who craves great, Continue Reading
Comics review: Midas
Diving headfirst into a truly-imaginative, brilliantly-executed story like which inhabits Midas by author Ryan North (Squirrel Girl) and beloved illustrators Shelli Paroline and Braden Lamb (One Day a Dot: The Story of You, The Universe, and Everything) with an equal touch (deliberately chosen word; you’ll see why soon) of menace Continue Reading