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In the dark in London…..

28. March 2012

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It’s Dark In London: A Graphic Collection Of Short Stories Edited by Oscar Zarate by Woodrow Phoenix, Neil Gaiman & Warren Pleece, Josh Appignanesi, Graeme Gordon & Dix, Alexei Sayle, Chris Webster & Carl Flint, Steve Bell, Stella Duffy & Melinda Gebbie, Alan Moore, Iain Sinclair & Dave McKean, Carol Swain, Chris Petit & Jonathan [...]

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Lucky Luke – bringing gambling to the West

27. March 2012

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Lucky Luke Volume 33: The One-Armed Bandit Written by Bob de Groot, art by Morris Cinebook “Brothers Adolph and Arthur Caille are mechanical geniuses. They’ve just created one of the first slot machines and have presented it to their local senator, a notorious gambler. Much taken with the device, he agrees to send them on [...]

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Dick Turpin and the Crimson Plague….

26. March 2012

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Dick Turpin and the Crimson Plague By Steve Tanner and Graeme Howard Time Bomb Comics “Stand and deliver, because Dick Turpin is back! From the hanging tree at Tyburn to the pleasure houses of Pall Mall, there’s only one thing standing between notorious highwayman Dick Turpin leaving 18th Century London to return to the open [...]

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Phoenix Issue 12

25. March 2012

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The Phoenix Comic Issue 12 Three months in and The Phoenix just keeps on delivering what it’s always set out to deliver; a really strong comic, great for children, loads of fun for me, packed with a variety of interesting, exciting, and just plain good old fashioned fun comic strips. It’s turned into a regular [...]

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Horror under the Harbor Moon

23. March 2012

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Harbour Moon Story by Brian Anderson, written by Ryan Colucci and Dikran Ornikian, art by Pawel Sambor and Nikodem Cabala “When Timothy Vance receives a call from a man claiming to be his long-lost father, he takes a trip to out-of-the-way Harbor Moon, Maine. But the man is nowhere to be found and unfortunately for [...]

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Hope For The Future

22. March 2012

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Hope For The Future issue 13 and issue  14 (plus #1-12 whilst I’m at it….) By Simon Perrins “Hope For The Future is an ongoing comic book series in which three ordinary twentysomethings attempt to avert the impending apocalypse, defeat the forces of chaos, and get drunk on a student budget.” I’ve not read any [...]

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Cat Island…. Dan Berry’s 24 hour comic in beautiful print

21. March 2012

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Cat Island By Dan Berry Okay. Here’s the deal. Take a look at the following first three pages from Cat Island. Then try to process these two little quotes from Dan Berry. I’ll meet you underneath the art. “So here’s the 24h Comic I made at the Maison des Auteurs in Angouleme this year. I [...]

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Darkness Returns….

20. March 2012

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Twisted Dark Volume 2 Written by Neil Gibson Art by Marc Olivent, Atula Siriwardane, Arijit Dutta Chowdhury, Hugo Wijngaard, Heru Prasetyo Djalal, Jan Wijngaard, Mark Martel, Antonio Balanquit Jr, Caaspar Wijngaard. Volume 1 of Twisted Dark was reviewed back in August last year. I finished off that review of the anthology with these lines: “The stories ……. [...]

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Andi Watson’s Gum Girl – perfect, polished, pop (in pink)

19. March 2012

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Gum Girl Volume 1 – Catastrophe Calling By Andi Watson Walker Books It’s been nearly two years since Andi Watson’s last four volume series for Walker Books finished. That was Glister, and it was as sweet, sentimental, full of a melancholy wistfulness as you could wish for, a perfect little comic for adults AND children, [...]

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Travelling the world, dropping through time…. first stop Rome, second stop Egypt

16. March 2012

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A Charlie And Bandit Adventure: A Roman Rescue and An Egyptian Escape By K.A. Gerrard and Emma Dodd Templar Publishing You know what these reminded me of? Jamie & The Magic Torch meets Biff & Kipper as an educational graphic novel. Jamie & The Magic Torch many of you know (if not, head to You Tube) [...]

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Cindy & Biscuit…. beautifully sad, beautifully real…

15. March 2012

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Cindy and Biscuit #2 By Dan White It’s about time. It really is. I fell in love with Dan White’s wonderful Cindy and Biscuit the moment I saw them in New British Comics #3. The manner in which White used just 7-pages so well was wonderful. Not just introducing two wonderful characters but to take [...]

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‘Orful Comics # 2 – again, not orful…. but….

14. March 2012

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Orful Comics Volume Two By Rob Cureton I looked at volume one of this just a couple of weeks ago, and although Cureton is justifiably proud of getting this second issue ready for the recent London Super-Con, he may well feel he may have been better served holding off sending it to me until later [...]

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The end of the Crusade…

13. March 2012

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Crusade Volume 4: The Fire Beaks By Jean Dufaux and Philippe Xavier Cinebook “With the Master of Machines as their new leader, the Crusaders are ready to assault Jerusalem once more. The Sultan must now choose between his love for a Christian princess and his faith. And Gauthier of Flanders, to free his ally Osarias’s [...]

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Hector Umbra – the coolest sci-fi noir thriller horror you’ll read this year.

12. March 2012

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Hector Umbra By Uli Oesterle Blank Slate Books Munich, present day. Master DJ Osaka Best has disappeared, mysteriously vanishing in a flash of blinding light during the climax of his set at Robot Mitchum nightclub. Enter, Hector Umbra—Osaka’s best friend and artist-turned-detective—to solve the mystery of a lifetime. 61 hours, seven packs of cigarettes and [...]

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The 2012 2000AD Pledge: Prog 1773 – the novice reads on….

11. March 2012

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2000AD Prog 1773 Okay, here we go again. Caught up in the whole 35th anniversary celebrations I made a pledge to give 2000AD a go weekly in 2012, something I’d never done for any length of time before. The pledge: “But here’s a deal for you. If you’ll do it, so will I. 2012 will be [...]

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