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Sugar Glider Stories Issue 1. Too much? Too soon?
Sugar Glider Stories #1 Written by Daniel Clifford and Gary Bainbridge. Art by Gary Bainbridge, Daniel Clifford, Martin Eden, Matthew Craig, Graham Pearce & Jim Cameron, Lee Grice, Andrew Waugh, Martin Newman & The Christian, Dan Gilmore, Simon Cavanagh, Kevin ‘Gio’ Logue, James Cornell and Ian Mayor. Sugar Glider Stories is an anthology style comic, [...]
Continue reading...30 Years of Robert Rankin – Japanese Devil Fish Girl and other unnatural attractions
Friday, May 20, 2011
2011 sees acclaimed brit author Robert Rankin in print some thirty years. We have here the first of a number of reviews and articles to celebrate this anniversary, this one looking Rankin’s most recent book, where James Bacon takes time to consider the metaphorical elements to this humorist’s recent work while looking at the place [...]
Continue reading...Mega Moggies and a nice cuppa. Bostin!
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Bostin’ Heroes Issue 3 Written by Matthew Craig, art by Rich Johnson and Paul Eldridge. The third issue of the Black Country superhero title (reviews of #1,#2), and we’ve two stories of our Yam-Yam heroes, assembled by a mysterious entity underneath Dudley Castle. Dudley’s the place of my birth and I’m rather fond of it, [...]
Continue reading...More Blake & Mortimer…..
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
The Adventures Of Blake & Mortimer Volume 10: The Sarcophagi Of The Sixth Continent By Yves Sente and Andre Juillard Cinebook I’m learning to persevere with Blake & Mortimer and thank goodness, because it’s staring to pay off. Despite my continuing problems with the exposition laden heavy dialogue and plotting, the whole thing came together [...]
Continue reading...Chico & Rita – fifty years of a musical love story
Tuesday, May 17, 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 [...]
Continue reading...From the left hand of Matthew Craig…
Monday, May 16, 2011
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 [...]
Continue reading...Paper Science 4 – Science Fiction Special
Thursday, May 12, 2011
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 [...]
Continue reading...Paying For It – Chester Brown tells all…..
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
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 [...]
Continue reading...Cindy & Biscuit – aliens, man-wolves, heartbreak and joy. It’s all here. It’s all wonderful.
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
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 [...]
Continue reading...Lucky Luke – The Dalton Cousins
Monday, May 9, 2011
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 [...]
Continue reading...Propaganda’s 3 from …. April 2011
Saturday, May 7, 2011
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 [...]
Continue reading...Paragon issue 7
Thursday, May 5, 2011
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 [...]
Continue reading...Iznogoud The Infamous – is very good after all….
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
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 [...]
Continue reading...New British Comics 3
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
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 [...]
Continue reading...Graphic Novel Classic Library: 2001 Nights
Friday, April 29, 2011
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 [...]
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