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Captain Swing And The Electrical Pirates Of Cindery Island issue 1

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Captain Swing And The Electrical Pirates Of Cindery Island issue 1 (of 4) by Warren Ellis and Raulo Caceres Avatar Press “This is a secret history. Everything I tell you is true. Ionic air propulsion. Electrostatic levitation. Electrogravitics. The Biefield-Brown Effect and electro-fluid-dynamics. Nothing here is invented. It simply appears to be uchronic, counterfactual, sitting in the break of [...]

Talking To Strangers

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

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Talking to Strangers Written by Fehed Said; Illustrated by Sonia Leong, Nana Li, Wing Yun Man, Chloe Citrine and Faye Yong. Sweatdrop Studios This is a collection of short Manga all written by Fehed Said, whose last book The Clarence Principle was thoroughly enjoyed by Katherine back here. Talking To Strangers is themed around some concept of connections [...]

The Rule Of Death Revisited – We Always Die At Noon

Thursday, March 11, 2010

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The Rule Of Death issues 5 & 6 By Daniel Merlin Goodbrey and Douglas Noble Self-Published I looked at Rule of Death last time with issues 1-4 and thought: “For a book with a man refusing death Goodbrey is never short of a comedy one liner or two. And it’s this refusal to let neither the macabre events [...]

The Unwritten – it’s all about the story, all about the fictions

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

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The Unwritten Volume 1: Tommy Taylor And The Bogus Identity by Mike Carey and Peter Gross Vertigo / Titan Books This reads very much like Vertigo books of old, with all the high fantasy elements you used to get with Gaiman’s Sandman. And so it should, since it reunites Carey and Gross, who previously shared 70 odd issues [...]

Birdsong/Songbird – yet another fantastic anthology!

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

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Birdsong Track One: Winter 2009 by Will Kirkby, Naniiebim, Nikki Stuart, David O’Connell, Sarah McIntyre, Warwick Johnson Cadwell. Failboat Press Birdsong is another entry in what is becoming an increasingly crowded category of beautifully designed and executed anthology titles. With just 6 strips in it’s 80 pages, some self-contained stories, some opening entries in serials, this is [...]

Ignition City – half a western Flash Gordon from Ellis

Monday, March 8, 2010

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Ignition City by Warren Ellis and Gianluca Pagliarani Avatar Press After choosing Warren Ellis as my favourite author for the 5th anniversary post of the FPI blog I can’t help but feel very let down by him after completing Ignition City. It’s a classic example of the sort of writing he’s sometimes capable of, especially with Avatar, who [...]

The DFC Library: The Spider Moon

Friday, March 5, 2010

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The Spider Moon Book 1 by Kate Brown DFC Library / David Fickling Books / Random House “They tell a prophecy of our homelands being crushed by a falling sky. That fate has been a shadow over our people ever since. The end has begun . . . in my lifetime.” The Spider Moon is the third in the [...]

The DFC Library: Mezolith – beautiful stone-age horror

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

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MeZolith by Ben Haggarty and Adam Brockbank DFC Library / David Fickling Books / Random House MeZolith is the one strip that my daughter Molly (age 9) would never look at in the DFC comic and although she concedes (now age 10) that it’s very beautifully done this collection hasn’t changed her mind – she still says that [...]

Meanwhile asks Chocolate or Vanilla? 3,856 possibilities from there…..

Monday, March 1, 2010

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Meanwhile by Jason Shiga Abrams Chocolate or Vanilla? That’s the simple question that starts Meanwhile, Jason Shiga’s wonderfully original take on the “choose your own adventure” idea presented in an ingenious structure full of choices and bizarre scenarios. When Jimmy takes the chocolate option he stumbles upon the lab of a mad scientist Professor K where he’s given a choice [...]

Paragon 5 – the elephant’s back…..

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

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Paragon Issue 5 Published by Dave Candlish Contributors: Dave Candlish, The Emperor, Stephen Prestwood. The Paragon anthology title, last seen with issue 4 is back with a pretty striking cover by Dave Candlish, featuring Battle Ganesh, “the six limbed superhero from the sub-continent!“. And inside it’s full (a little too full, but we’ll get into that later) of [...]

Graphic Novel Classic Library: Luther Arkwright

Monday, February 22, 2010

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The Adventures Of Luther Arkwright by Bryan Talbot Dark Horse Bryan Talbot’s visionary tale is the very definition of epic steampunk sci-fi. That it still, some 31 years after initial publication, stands up as both a masterpiece of sci-fi AND of experimentation in the narrative art of comics is testament to the vision and skill of it’s author. Luther [...]

[Forty-Five] 45: high concept superhero reportage

Thursday, February 18, 2010

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[Forty-Five] 45 Created and written by Andi Ewington Illustrated by (deep breath)……. Charlie Adlard, Jeff Anderson, Seb Antoniou, Robert Atkins, Dan Boultwood, Dan Brereton, Lee Carter, Anthony Castrillo, Simon Coleby, Boo Cook, Rufus Dayglo, Ross Dearsley, Neil Edwards, Gary Erksine, Rodin Esquejo, Dan Fraga, Eduardo Francisco, Lee Garbett, Randy Green, Trevor Hairsine, John Higgins, Sally Hurst, Frazer [...]

Outcastes – magic, mystery and murder…..

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

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Outcastes issues 1-6 by Tony McGee True Stories Comics Outcastes opens with a pair of witchy, mysterious, amnesiac twins; Winter and Summer who are found in a cave on moors in what looks like some variation of Victorian era Britain. Taken to the local orphanage it seems as if madness and magic are following [...]

Echo Volume One: Moon Lake

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

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Echo Volume One: Moon Lake by Terry Moore. Abstract Studio I picked up the first issue of Echo; Terry Moore’s first, post Strangers In Paradise series and put it down as one of those that might be interesting to follow once a collection came out. Well, it seems I was right. When these first 5 issues are read [...]

There’s No Time Like The Present 11

Monday, February 15, 2010

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There’s No Time Like The Present issue 11 (of 13) by Paul Rainey Self Published. It’s really difficult reviewing this one, since I really don’t want you to read it. At least I don’t want you to read it quite yet. Like I’ve said before, Paul Rainey’s There’s No Time Like The Present series is something you absolutely must [...]

Tag Archive | "Propaganda"

Captain Swing And The Electrical Pirates Of Cindery Island issue 1

Talking To Strangers

The Rule Of Death Revisited – We Always Die At Noon

The Unwritten – it’s all about the story, all about the fictions

Birdsong/Songbird – yet another fantastic anthology!

Ignition City – half a western Flash Gordon from Ellis

The DFC Library: The Spider Moon

The DFC Library: Mezolith – beautiful stone-age horror

Meanwhile asks Chocolate or Vanilla? 3,856 possibilities from there…..

Paragon 5 – the elephant’s back…..

Graphic Novel Classic Library: Luther Arkwright

[Forty-Five] 45: high concept superhero reportage

Outcastes – magic, mystery and murder…..

Echo Volume One: Moon Lake

There’s No Time Like The Present 11

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