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Chico & Rita – fifty years of a musical love story

17. May 2011

Chico & Rita By Javier Mariscal & Fernando Trueba SelfMadeHero I’ll start this by telling you that the ending made me cry, which is always a good sign with a love story. Chico & Rita built so well, established and developed the characters so vividly that by the end, in a swell of emotional intensity, despite [...]

From the left hand of Matthew Craig…

16. May 2011

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Trixie Biker: Right Hand Down By Matthew Craig I do like Matthew Craig’s work. Have done since I first saw it with Hondle. Since then I’ve read a fair number of his works, and across most of his comics there’s a really strong mix of well developed characters, an interesting blend of fun and sentimentality [...]

Paper Science 4 – Science Fiction Special

12. May 2011

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Paper Science Issue 4 – Science Fiction Special Edited by Matthew Sheret Contributors; Luke Pearson, Philippa Rice, Timothy Winchester, John Allison, Daniel Merlin Goodbrey, Adam Cadwell, Joe List, Dan Berry, Andrew Waugh. (Cracking way to start – under a great (what else?) Luke Pearson cover) You may have heard of Paper Science already – I’ve [...]

Paying For It – Chester Brown tells all…..

11. May 2011

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Paying For It By Chester Brown Drawn & Quarterly Chester Brown has always been an artist who takes his own, rather unique route. His debut; “Yummy Fur” was one of my first introductions to a world of alternative comics, and I absolutely loved it for its surreality and invention. A switch to the pure autobiography [...]

Cindy & Biscuit – aliens, man-wolves, heartbreak and joy. It’s all here. It’s all wonderful.

10. May 2011

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Cindy and Biscuit By Dan White Dan White’s “Cindy and Biscuit Save The World (again)” was the stand out story of New British Comics issue 3, and on the basis of that, I really wanted to see more. Well, I’m so pleased to be able to say that it’s every bit as wonderful as that great [...]

Lucky Luke – The Dalton Cousins

9. May 2011

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Lucky Luke – Volume 28 – The Dalton Cousins By Goscinny & Morris Cinebook Lucky Luke; the fastest (and coolest) cowboy in the west, is a classic character for a good reason. Goscinny & Morris created a perfect template in Luke, allowing them to create stories where every volume relies on some new situation or [...]

Propaganda’s 3 from …. April 2011

7. May 2011

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I love being able to review here on the FPI Blog, love the diversity and breadth and sheer quality of stuff that I get to see. But each review is only up there for one day and then it’s consigned to history and may not really get the recognition it deserves. So I’m going to [...]

Paragon issue 7

5. May 2011

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Paragon Issue 7 By Mark Howard, El Chivo, Matthew McLaughlin, Dave Candlish, Dirk Van Dom, Stephen Prestwood Published by Dave Candlish I’ve looked through previous issues of Paragon (#4, #5, #6) and although I’ve found it interesting, it’s never really grabbed completely. This time round, there’s an impressive new logo and good looking cover art [...]

Iznogoud The Infamous – is very good after all….

4. May 2011

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Iznogoud The Infamous By Rene Goscinny and Jean Tabary Cinebook Rene Goscinny is a master of the simple idea; the Gaulish village that holds out against the Romans with the aid of a magic potion, the laconic cowboy who shoot faster than his own shadow – perfect summaries of Asterix and Lucky Luke. But with [...]

New British Comics 3

3. May 2011

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New British Comics # 3 Editor In Chief: Karol Wisniewski Featuring Lawrence Elwick, Paul O’Connell, Dan White, John Miers, Matthew Craig, Richard Johnson, Dave Thomson, Craig Collins, Iain Laurie, Rob Miller, Wilbur Dawbarn, Van Nim, WJC, David Ziggy Greene I’ve previously covered NBC#2 here. It was yet another fine anthology in a time that seemed [...]

Graphic Novel Classic Library: 2001 Nights

29. April 2011

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2001 Nights by Yukinobu Hoshino Viz Media In three volumes containing 19 short stories Yukinobu Hoshino tells an epic tale of mankind’s glorious journey to the stars. Taking its title and themes from The Arabian Nights (short, interconnected story structure) and Kubrick & Clarke’s 2001: A Space Odyssey (pacing, grand scope and visual iconography) 2001 [...]

Sometimes tragedy hides in the strangest of places….

28. April 2011

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Bellybuttons Volume 3: The Bonds Of Friendship by Marc Delafontaine and Maryse Dubuc Cinebook “Life is cruel. Deal with it.” That’s what it says on the back of each Bellybuttons volume. And it’s so true. Especially here in the world of high school girl politics. I’ve already looked at Volume 1 and Volume 2 of [...]

Absence 3 – a Hallelujah moment for one of the best of 2011.

27. April 2011

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The Absence Issue 3 By Martin Stiff I absolutely raved about The Absence last year when I got hold of Issues 1 & 2 and it was a definite for the best of 2010 list as soon as I put it down. And now, a frustrating six months later wait later Martin Stiff has delivered [...]

One very grumpy Polar Bear playing with the comic medium….

26. April 2011

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The Polar Bear: Comics From My Cardboard Life By Philippa Rice I’ve talked about Phillipa Rice’s comics before a few times on the FPI Blog, and safe to say I thought they were rather good: “My Cardboard Life starts out as cardboard, paper and scrap material collages featuring Cardboard Colin, Paper Pauline and a host [...]

Crusade Volume 2 – plots and plot aplenty….

25. April 2011

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Crusade Volume 2: Qa’Dj By Jean Dufaux and Philippe Xavier Cinebook Crusade continues the medieval sword and a modicum of sorcery tale of “a forgotten crusade.. erased from history because it fell into the shadow of the devil“. Of Volume 1 I said this: “Crusade is attempting to tell a really interesting quasi-historical tale mixing [...]

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Chico & Rita – fifty years of a musical love story

From the left hand of Matthew Craig…

Paper Science 4 – Science Fiction Special

Paying For It – Chester Brown tells all…..

Cindy & Biscuit – aliens, man-wolves, heartbreak and joy. It’s all here. It’s all wonderful.

Lucky Luke – The Dalton Cousins

Propaganda’s 3 from …. April 2011

Paragon issue 7

Iznogoud The Infamous – is very good after all….

New British Comics 3

Graphic Novel Classic Library: 2001 Nights

Sometimes tragedy hides in the strangest of places….

Absence 3 – a Hallelujah moment for one of the best of 2011.

One very grumpy Polar Bear playing with the comic medium….

Crusade Volume 2 – plots and plot aplenty….

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