It is rare, so supremely rare, to find a story in any genre or format, that feels as if it simply cannot be improved on. Many come close but few feel so immersively perfect, so vividly alive with character, narrative and faultless execution, that you can truly say they are Continue Reading
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Comic book review: Race For Your Life, Charlie Brown (adapted by Jason Cooper and illustrated by Robert Pope)
Adapting the work of any well-known and much-loved comic strip artist, especially one as iconically revered as Charles M. Schulz who, over almost 50 wonderful years, gave Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Lucy, Linus and more, must be a daunting undertaking. Especially when you’re seeking to adapt one of the strip’s endlessly Continue Reading
The journey begins anew for Jessica Harrow in GRIM for whom death is just the beginning
SNAPSHOTJessica Harrow is dead. But her journey has only just begun! Discover the world of the afterlife, where Jessica has been recruited as a Reaper, tasked with ferrying countless souls to their final destination. But unlike the rest of the Reapers, she has no memory of what killed her and Continue Reading
Graphic novel review: Star Wars – Doctor Aphra (Vol. 1-2, issues 1-9) #StarWarsDay #MayThe4thBeWithYou
There is a lot going on in the Star Wars universe (unless, of course, you are on of those people still mourning the killing off of the Expanded Universe in which case it is no longer quite big enough). That is quite possibly because despite catching up with all the Continue Reading
Graphic novel review: Marjorie Finnegan, Temporal Criminal by Garth Ennis and Goran Sudžuka
There is a gloriously mischievous energy that tumbles with vivacity and cheekiness through every last frame of Marjorie Finnegan, Temporal Criminal, a graphic novel which imagines with imaginatively unholy glee what might happen if Lara Croft has a few less scruples, a whole lot more je ne sais quoi and Continue Reading
The beginning of one thing can be the rest of everything: Get ready to fall in love with Heartstopper
SNAPSHOTThe story of two British teens, Nick Nelson and Charlie Spring, at an all-boys grammar school. Charlie, a high-strung, openly gay overthinker, and Nick, a cheerful, soft-hearted rugby player, one day are made to sit together in class. Their friendship quickly becomes something more for openly gay Charlie, but he Continue Reading
Graphic novel preview: Far from Wonderland, is it a one-way ticket to the asylum in Alice Ever After?
SNAPSHOTAlice first visited Wonderland as a child. Now grown up, it’s become her only escape from a cold, harsh world that feels even less real—a distant family, a tormented lover, and a father with secrets he’ll do anything to protect. But in order to return to her fantasy, Alice will Continue Reading
Graphic novel review: Peanuts by Schulz – Scotland Bound, Charlie Brown by Jason Cooper & Robert Pope
Going anywhere with Charlie, Snoopy, Lucy and the gang is to feel like you are with friends. That might seem cloyingly sentimental but the truth is that if you have grown up with Charles M. Schulz’s delightful creations, all drawn from the expansively imaginative and heartfelt panels of his justly Continue Reading
Graphic novel review: Specter Inspectors by Bowen McCurdy and Kaitlyn Musto
Here’s to stories that wonderfully defy expectations! While the media release for Specter Inspectors clearly quotes co-creator Bowen McCurdy describing this delightfully scary but heartwarming five-part tale of the supernatural as one featuring “queer characters on adventures, ghosts, romance, and only a handful of demons”, this reviewer somehow ordered it Continue Reading
Graphic novel review: 6 Sidekicks of Trigger Keaton (Vol. 1) by Kyle Starks and Chris Schweizer
What a joy of a read the 6 Sidekicks of Trigger Keaton (Volume 1) by Kyle Starks and Chris Schweizer is! Possessed of snappy, hilarious, insightful writing, memorable characters all brilliantly well-realised and a plot that is manic, over-the-top and pure comedy gold laced with some very real pain and Continue Reading