It is said we stand on the shoulders of those came before us, and in so far as belief systems persist, physical reminders of their presence persist, culture, arts and political discourse are informed by their antecedents, that’s true. But what happens when all you have is fragments? A Continue Reading
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Comics review: Animosity (issues 1-9) #Halloween
Any way you slice it, and to date it has been sliced more times than a munched orange, the apocalypse is going to be a harrowing, end of-the-world existential nightmare. How can it not be? You’re losing everything, and quite possibly, everyone that matters to you, with all the Continue Reading
Comics review: I Hate Fairyland
Gertrude is one sick, twisted, murderously-narcissistic individual. But then the odds are pretty good that you would be too if you’d tumbled into the sugar-drenched delights of Fairyland, where fauns and Giggle Giants and sentient moons and stars romp, at the age of 6 and spent 30 years trying Continue Reading
Comic book review: Giant Days
Giant Days is one of those comics you fall in love with almost instantly. To be honest, instantly. How can you not? The three main characters – Esther de Groot, Susan Ptolemy and Daisy Wooton, all first year students at the University of Sheffield when the series opens – are Continue Reading
Hamfam: A trippy porcine ride into a comic post-apocalyptic wasteland
SNAPSHOT Hamfam – a 25 page digital comic set within a dark, dangerous wasteland – following the exploits of a surreal and quirky pig! The World has ended, but the party has just begun!Hamfam is more than a pig, more than a place – it’s a way of life. Continue Reading
Archer and Scooby Doo in the same cartoon? Butch Hartman winningly marries up kids and adult cartoons
Unless you want to spend the next month answering awkward questions and/or potentially scarring dear little John, Judy or Millicent for life, you’re likely not to sit them down with you to watch Family Guy, Rick and Morty or South Park. SpongeBob SquarePants or Peanuts? Sure! Archer or The Continue Reading
Rip’d from the pages of my childhood: The Adventures of Asterix #BastilleDay
When you’re growing up, you don’t really have the insight or emotional maturity to fully understand why something matters to you or why you like it so much. But when you reacquaint yourself with a much-loved childhood book series like Asterix or The Adventures of Asterix, originally written by René Continue Reading
A slice of heaven: RIP Murray Ball, cartoonist extraordinaire
One of my fondest childhood memories is lying sprawled on the family room floor with comic books spread out before me, everything from British comics like Cheeky Weekly and Whoopee through to Peanuts, Tumbleweeds and Murray Ball’s Footrot Flats (1975-1994). It’s that last title that has particular resonance for Continue Reading
More comics reinvention: Looney Tunes meets DC Comics
Now that they have (mostly) successfully re-imagined a slew of Hanna-Barbera characters such as Scooby Doo, The Flintstones and Wacky Races, Warner Bros, through their DC Comics imprint, have decided to move on to the goofy cast of Looney Tunes. The idea, according to the press release (below) is Continue Reading
Weekend pop art: Apple’s T & Cs re-done in the style of famous cartoons and comic strips
Who actually reads Terms and Conditions (T & Cs) documents? Anyone? anyone? Bueller? Just as I thought – NO ONE. Yeah, yeah we totally should so we know if the vendor we’re signing up with is going to require our firstborn in the event of a missed bill or Continue Reading