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
Graphic novel
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
Graphic novel review: A Thing Called Truth by Iolanda Zanfardino and Elisa Ramboli
Who doesn’t love an adventure? Hitting the figurative road, going places you’ve never been and experiencing life in an altogether different way to normal – it’s intoxicatingly alluring and thrilling beyond measure! Unless, of course, you’re A Thing Called Truth‘s Doctor Magdaelene Träumer, a workaholic scientist working in medicine R Continue Reading
Graphic novel: Lightfall (book 2) – Shadow of the Bird by Tim Probert
It makes your heart glad when you can return to a place and to characters you have come to love. Picking up Lightfall 2: Shadow of the Bird was one of those moments you have when consuming any kind of pop culture where you feel like you are back in Continue Reading
Graphic novel review: The Aquanaut by Dan Santat
Ask anyone who knows me and they will say, hand on heart, that what I love most of all when it comes to storytelling is a quirky premise, something that dances with alacrity and glee a little, or a lot left of centre, and which is gentle surreality and heartwarmingly Continue Reading
Graphic novel review: Bubble by Morris-Morgan-Cliff-Reiss
Who says you can’t cross media without leaching the life and fun out of the source and leaving a pale, timid imitation in its wake? Bubble, in all its gloriously colourfully imaginative and sharply satirical is proof positive that you can take a podcast-based audio serial, which played out over Continue Reading