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Musetopia – bring on the puns…..
Musetopia by J. Homersham Self-published. There’s really not that much I can say about Musetopia. Not because it isn’t good, merely because it’s a very simple, very visual 14 page mini comic. And when those 14 pages have just one panel gags on each page there just isn’t that much to be said (unless you really want to [...]
Continue reading...Path – there’s a rabbit, an elephant, lots of teeth, lots of tentacles. Mix and off we go…
Monday, August 24, 2009
Path by Gregory S. Baldwin Com X A bunny and an elephant get thrown together and struggle from one nightmareish situation to another, always seeming to find some bigger and nastier monster waiting for them. That’s Path in a few lines. Think of it as a bizarre buddy movie or maybe, to use a film I just had [...]
Continue reading...The Banal Pig Landscape Anthology
Thursday, August 13, 2009
The Banal Pig Landscape Anthology by oh so many fine folks… Banal Pig Publication. (Steve Tillotson’s take on Bruegel’s Hunters in the Snow – the wraparound cover to the Banal Pig Landscape Anthology.) Banal Pig is Steven Tillotson and Gareth Brookes and they’ve been publishing under the pig label for a few years now. I’ve looked at some of [...]
Continue reading...Orbital Volume 2: Ruptures
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Orbital Volume 2: Ruptures by Sylvain Runberg & Serge Pelle Cinebook I said in the review of Volume 1 that Orbital, consisting as it does of just 2 slim 60 page Volumes, could really have benefited from collecting together as one self contained story. And reading Volume 2 I’m more convinced than ever of that. At the end of [...]
Continue reading...Secret Identity – your memory of Joe Shuster just got worse
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Secret Identity: The Fetish Art Of Superman’s Joe Shuster by Craig Yoe Abram’s ComicArts Anyone with more than a passing interest in comics knows the sad and shameful tale of Joe Shuster, co-creator of one of the most iconic and enduring of all superheroes. He drew that big read S, made comic history and never received anything amounting [...]
Continue reading...Sparky O’Hare – Tiny comedy, big laughs.
Monday, August 10, 2009
Sparky O’Hare by Mawil Blank Slate This is the second book from Mawil to be released by Blank Slate (the first; his very impressive look at young life and relationships; We Can Still Be Friends was reviewed here). But Sparky O’Hare is a completely different book; a cute, charming and ever so funny series of 4 panel strips [...]
Continue reading...All Star Superman Volume 2 – the end to possibly the only Superman story you ever need read.
Thursday, July 30, 2009
All Star Superman Volume 2 by Grant Morrison, Frank Quitely and Jamie Grant DC Comics. I’ve already reviewed both the first issue and the first volume (issues 1-6) of this story and it’s not going to come as a surprise to anyone that everything I wrote then still holds good: Morrison has taken Superman; a dull, tired character (after [...]
Continue reading...There’s No Time Like The Present Part 9
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
There’s No Time Like The Present # 9 by Paul Rainey Self Published The latest comic in Paul Rainey’s rather excellent study of a group of friends, time travel and the process of ageing is rather a strange thing to review as a single issue. I talked about the problem of the comic back in the review of [...]
Continue reading...People Just Aint No Good …..
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
PJANG # 1 & 2 Written by Rol Hirst. Issue 1 art by Tony McGee, Andrew Cheverton and Kelvin Green. Issue 2 art by Davey Metcalfe. Self Published People Just Aint No Good. That’s the title and the message behind Rol Hirst’s comic PJANG. I’ve read two issues of it and it certainly lives up to it’s billing; Hirst [...]
Continue reading...Largo Winch: Dutch Connection
Monday, July 20, 2009
Largo Winch Volume 3: Dutch Connection Written by Jean Van Hamme, Art by Philippe Francq. Cinebook (Comprises the original Volume 5: H and Volume 6: Dutch Connection) Largo Winch is an absolutely cracking thriller. Incredibly cinematic in it’s plot and pacing and essentially it’s a great James Bond movie but without the ridiculously overblown set pieces that rather take [...]
Continue reading...Mustard – a funny comedy mag – now there’s original for you….
Saturday, July 18, 2009
Mustard # 4 Editor / Designer Alex Musson Self Published. (Kevin O’Neill’s great Alan Moore illstration against a backdrop of Moore comics) I Came to this one rather late after reading about the big Alan Moore interview in this issue somewhere online. I’m even later reviewing it. So late in fact that by now it’s well into it’s recession [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday Comics issue 1: comics just got big again….
Friday, July 17, 2009
Wednesday Comics # 1 Various DC Comics You might buy it on Wednesday (or more likely, here in the UK, on Thursday), but the perfect time to read Wednesday Comics is a Sunday morning. Unfold the comic to it’s full tabloid dimensions, lay it out on the floor and prop yourself up on your elbows to read it. [...]
Continue reading...Borderliners – Ceremony Of Innocence.
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Borderliners: Ceremony Of Innocence – pilot issue. Written & Drawn by Brian Gorman, Letters & Photography by Chris Harvey. Unico Comics. Borderliners is a one shot from new(ish) publisher Unico Comics that’s hopefully going to lead to a series sometime soon, because it’s a very promising start to what could become a great espionage thriller. This is described as [...]
Continue reading...The Scorpion: swashing and buckling through Renaissance Rome
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
The Scorpion Volume 1: The Devil’s Mark & Volume 2: The Devil In The Vatican. Written by Stephen Desberg, Art by Enrico Marini Cinebook Another one of those “never see this sort of things in US comics” type of books. A swashbuckling tale of Renaissance Rome; Brigands, mysterious exotic women, evil Catholic Cardinals attempting to take over [...]
Continue reading...Sushi Karaoke! Genius & Fun stuff from Lizz Lunney
Friday, July 10, 2009
Sushi Karaoke! by Lizz Lunney Self Published I last had a look at Lizz Lunney’s wonderful mini comics a while back. (damn, given away what I thought of the new comic already.) I started it with this: There are some mini-comics that really want to be grown up, proper comics, who want to be published in bigger form but [...]
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