http://forbiddenplanet.co.uk/blog/2008/from-our-continental-correspondent-best-of-the-year/ The Best In Sci-Fi & Fantasy, News, Reviews, Graphic Novels, comics and more! Thu, 24 May 2012 20:32:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4386 http://forbiddenplanet.co.uk/blog/2008/from-our-continental-correspondent-best-of-the-year/comment-page-1/#comment-258190 Secret Acres News Sun, 28 Mar 2010 22:06:00 +0000 http://forbiddenplanet.co.uk/blog/?p=10721#comment-258190 [...] Forbidden Planet International Blog Log, Wim Lockefeer: “And finally, the book of the year: Wormdye by Eamon Espey (Secret Acres), a plunge into the subconscious of contemporary America. It’s a portrait of life in a merciless world, with every perversion you can imagine (sadism, cannibalism, drug abuse and lactating grandfathers). It is about everything and nothing; it’s an orgy of primitive imagery, an appeal to your primal senses and most basal thoughts. Espey manages to combine Mike Diana’s scandalousness with Crumb’s obsessions, and lifts it all up to incredible heights. Wormdye is nothing less than the Howl of comics. I cannot find any higher praise.” [...] [...] Forbidden Planet International Blog Log, Wim Lockefeer: “And finally, the book of the year: Wormdye by Eamon Espey (Secret Acres), a plunge into the subconscious of contemporary America. It’s a portrait of life in a merciless world, with every perversion you can imagine (sadism, cannibalism, drug abuse and lactating grandfathers). It is about everything and nothing; it’s an orgy of primitive imagery, an appeal to your primal senses and most basal thoughts. Espey manages to combine Mike Diana’s scandalousness with Crumb’s obsessions, and lifts it all up to incredible heights. Wormdye is nothing less than the Howl of comics. I cannot find any higher praise.” [...]

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