Fantasies always seem to convey, by some intangible sensibility woven into the word, the idea of limitless, epic adventure where anything can happen, anyone can exist and the world can be anything and everything. They are a feast for the imagination and that’s why they are seductive for so many Continue Reading
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Graphic novel review: Low (Vol. 2 – 4) by Remender, Tocchini, McCaig
Hope is usually not something in plentiful supply at the end of the world. Or if the superlative storytelling in Low by Rick Remender (writer) and Greg Tocchini (artist) with colours by Dave McCaig is to be believed, for quite a few millennia afterwards. In the long-running graphic novel series, Continue Reading
Graphic novel review: The Me You Love in the Dark by Skottie Young and Jorge Corona
Halloween is a lot of things, scary, dark and horrifying well among them. The Me You Love in the Dark by Skottie Young (I HATE FAIRYLAND) and Jorge Corona (NO. 1 WITH A BULLET) embraces all those tantalising terrific elements, and much more, in a seductively disturbing tale of what Continue Reading
Graphic novel review: The Heartstopper Yearbook by Alice Oseman
SNAPSHOTNow an acclaimed live-action Netflix series! Boy meets boy. Boys become friends. Boys fall in love. This joyful trip into the LGBTQ+ world of Heartstopper is the perfect gift for anyone who loves the graphic novels or Netflix TV series – from Alice Oseman, bestselling author and winner of the Continue Reading
Graphic novel review: Buckhead by Shobo Coker and George Kambadais
We demand a lot from our storytelling. Not consciously of course (some notable extremes of fandom aside), but somewhere in that liminal space where unexamined thought and emotional need intersect, we crave a story that will enliven our sometimes dreary lives, that will seem inexpressively epic but accessibly intimate, and Continue Reading
Upending the fairytale! BRIAR wonders what might happen if Sleeping Beauty had to save herself?
SNAPSHOTBRIAR [is] a brand new four-issue limited comic book series from Eisner Award-nominated writer, producer, and director Christopher Cantwell (Regarding the Matter of Oswald’s Body, Iron Man, Halt and Catch Fire), rising artist Germán García (Ka-Zar: Lord of the Savage Land), and colorist Matheus Lopes (Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow) that Continue Reading
Graphic novel review: Wynd Book One – Flight Of The Prince by James Tynion IV (writer) and Michael Dialynas (artist)
The idea of being home, of having a home – and not just the physical dwelling but the intangibly ephemeral emotional sense of belonging t00 – is so universal that it’s taken as a given that everyone has one. But not everyone does; for a whole host of reasons, people Continue Reading
Graphic novel review: Comics review: Crowded (TP 3) by Sebela / Stein / Brandt / Farrell / Rae
Crowded TP 3 is a LOT. And that, it has to be said at the outset, is a very, very, VERY good thing. From the outlandishly bright and vivid colours of every panel to the characters who leap off the page so vivaciously and fulsomely realised are they to dialogues Continue Reading
Graphic novel review: Time Before Time (issues 1- 10) by Declan Shalvey / Rory McConville + Joe Palmer
When you’ve consumed a lot of science fiction in a variety of forms, it’s very hard to be surprised, let alone thrilled and astounded by any one story. It’s not that the new stories you come across are bad; they’re usually far from it, refreshingly original takes on well-worn sci-fi Continue Reading
Graphic novel review: What’s the Furthest Place From Here? by Boss and Rosenberg with Otsmane-Elhaou (issues 1-5)
There’s something brilliantly exhilarating about plunging into a graphic novel series and having only the vaguest sense of what you’re in for, especially when said series, in this case What’s the Furthest Place From Here? by Tyler Boss & Matthew Rosenberg (with Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou) takes that trust and goes to Continue Reading