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Walking The Dog – an exercise in making comics?

26. January 2010

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Walking The Dog by David Hughes Jonathan Cape David Hughes is too close to fifty, out of shape, drinking way too much and really needs to get out and take some exercise. At least that’s what his doctor tells him, Hughes isn’t so convinced. But his family come up with a perfect Christmas present in the shape of [...]

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New British Comics 2

25. January 2010

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New British Comics # 2 Editor In Chief: Karol Wisniewski The second issue of anthology title “New British Comics” is available, just like the first issue in both English and Polish. The Polish edition successfully premiered at the 2009 International Festival of Comics in Lodz, and it’s an interesting and brave attempt at breaking new artists in [...]

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Paragon 4: Football, space Ganesh and mysterious dead folks – but not all in the same strip

22. January 2010

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Paragon 4 Published by Dave Candlish Contributors: Dave Candlish, Alan Candlish, Terry Wilkinson, The Emperor, Stephen Prestwood, Paul Harrison Davies. An anthology title with a strange mix of strips this. Indian mythology, strange psychological horror and a sitcom style strip about football fans. Add in the magazine size, a couple of pinups and finally the inclusion of a [...]

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Betelgeuse – the Aldebaran journey continues

21. January 2010

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Betelgeuse: The Survivors (Includes Betelgeuse: The Expedition) by Leo Cinebook This volume contains parts 7 & 8 of the Aldebaran/Betelgeuse chronicles. I looked at the previous volumes back in September 2009 (review) and I wasn’t exactly enamoured with it: Aldebaran is pure space-opera, with the growing development of Kim and Mark and the rest of the diverse group set [...]

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Sole Searching – fabulous footwear tales

20. January 2010

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Sole Searching by Francesca Cassavetti Fabtoons I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, Francesca Cassavetti has a lovely, smooth cartooning style and a wonderful line in gentle storytelling. Her cartooning really is a delight in every one of her comics I’ve seen. And this is no exception. Sole Searching is a mini comic all about shoes. Now, [...]

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More Great Deeds Against The Dead

18. January 2010

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Great Deeds Against The Dead Issue 2 by Rob Jackson Self Published The second and concluding chapter of Rob Jackson’s surrealistic tale of madness, mysticism and creepy looking toys. When we finished issue 1 (reviewed here), everything looked very dark indeed; with ageing artist Tisdale Carnegie being controlled by his dead wife and her suspiciously demonic lawyer, the [...]

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Hiyama – dark, dark vigilante family saga….

15. January 2010

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Hiyama Volume 1 & 2 by Gruff79 Tabella Publishing London 2019. Violent crime is out of control, the gangs rule the city, the prisons are full, the law favours the criminal and most of the police are corrupt. But one man, one highly trained martial artist, takes a stand, links up with one good cop and takes [...]

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Uncompromising stuff from Schmurgen…..

14. January 2010

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Schmurgen’s Uncompromising Comic! by Schmurgen Jonerhaffs Self Published Schmurgen Jonerhaffs is a very uncompromising artist from Norway recently moved to these shores who just happens to keep his face covered with a wrestler’s mask. He’s fallen in with the London comics crowd and seems to be rather influenced by them in his work. I swear I can see [...]

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Find Comet, Read Comet, Love Comet…..

13. January 2010

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Find Comet, Hit Comet, Watch Comet, Sleep. # 1 by Hugh “Shug” Raine Self Published One of those comics I really could judge by the cover. One look at it’s tiny size (it’s just the size of a cd inlay) and the unusual design (yes, the cover is drawn directly onto what looks like graph paper) and I [...]

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Much Ado About Nothing

12. January 2010

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Manga Shakespeare: Much Ado About Nothing By William Shakespeare, adapted by Richard Appignanesi, illustrated by Emma Vieceli SelfMadeHero Another entry in the impressive line of Manga Shakespeare graphic novels of which I’ve previously looked at A Merchant Of Venice and Twelfth Night. And just like those previous two volumes, I have to say I really liked this contemporary [...]

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Best of the Year – Richard’s Propaganda List

11. January 2010

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God, I’ve read an awful lot of comics this year and yet again, it’s been a year filled with some wonderful new discoveries and some old favourites. I’m not even going to try to explain why the things I’ve chosen are on here, instead I’ll post a link to my review and a pull quote. [...]

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Electric Sheep – another loss for print…

11. January 2010

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Electric Sheep Magazine – Winter 09 Edited by Virginie Sélavy with assistance by Alex Fitch, Sarah Cronin and Toby Weidmann. The latest print edition of Electric Sheep magazine was released in December 2009. But it’s not just the latest , it’s also the last. Financial realities have forced Electric Sheep out of the print game. It’s continuing [...]

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The Ulster Cycle – legendary tales.

8. January 2010

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The Ulster Cycle: Ness and The Cattle Raid Of Cooley issue 1 by Patrick Brown Self Published A rather ambitious project from Patrick Brown, albeit one that I’d warrant many of us have no knowledge of – The Ulster Cycle is a series of legendary stories from medieval Irish literature, set around the time of Christ that [...]

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The game’s afoot – The Trial Of Sherlock Holmes

7. January 2010

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Sherlock Holmes Volume 1: The Trial Of Sherlock Holmes by Leah Moore, John Reppion and Aaron Campbell Dynamite Entertainment There are two ways to go with any classic icon such as Holmes; either reinterpret an existing Holmes tale, as with SelfMade Hero’s series (reviewed here) or, as is the case with The Trial Of Sherlock Holmes, take the [...]

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All this and it smells great too. Solipsistic Pop Vol 1…

6. January 2010

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Solipsistic Pop Volume 1 Editing, art direction and design by Tom Humberstone Contributors: Phillipa Johnson, Julia Scheele, Anna Saunders, Daniel Locke, Howard Hardiman, Rachel Reichert, Matthew Sheret, Robbie Wilkinson, Stephen Collins, Mike Rimmer, Andrew Blundell, Joe Decie, Tom Humberstone, Phillip Spence, Richard Cowdry, Mark Oliver. (Full list with relevant weblinks here) Solipsistic Pop Books Solipsism: The belief that all [...]

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