Tag Archive | "UK comics"

The Wolf’s Whistle

Monday, March 14, 2011

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The Wolf’s Whistle By Bjorn Rule Lie & Co. Nobrow Press The inside front cover tells a tale on this one…. “The Wolf’s Whistle was originally conceived to be the first book in a series entitled “Behind The Tails” © Nobrow Press Ltd. Written as a collaborative effort between Alex Spiro, Scott Donaldson, and Bjorn Rule [...]

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In The Beginning….. A Graphic Cosmogony

Tuesday, March 8, 2011

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A Graphic Cosmogony By Stuart Kolakovic, Mikkel Sommers, Brecht Vandenbroucke, Luke Best, Rob Hunter, Jon McNaught, Ben Newman, Andrew Rae, Luke Pearson, Jack Teagle, Jon Boam, Jakob Hindrichs, Clayton Junior, Daniel Locke, Isabel Greenberg, Mike Bertino, Nick White, Rui Tenreiro, Sean Hudson, Luc Melanson, Katia Fouquet, Yeji Yun, Matthew Lyons, Liesbeth De Stercke. Nobrow Press [...]

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Ich Liebe Katzen….

Sunday, March 6, 2011

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Great news from Lizz Linney over at her blog. German publisher Zwerchfell Verlag have gathered together a “hearty selection” of Lizz’s various comics and are releasing them in April 2011 under the great title “Ich Liebe Katzen und Katzen Lieben Mich!” Personally, I think a lot of people will think this is great and couldn’t [...]

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Armageddon Patrol Book 1 – Super-Nam

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

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Armageddon Patrol Book 1 By John A. Short, Alwyn Talbot and Alex Paterson Kult Creations Armageddon Patrol is a simple book based around a simple concept – What if superheroes had fought in Vietnam? That’s Armageddon Patrol’s thing. It’s not a new idea and it’s not that original a comic. And I’m sure John Short would [...]

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Tree Of Skulls

Thursday, February 24, 2011

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Tree Of Skulls Volume 1 by Wynston H. S. Ross Self Published Tree Of Skulls is a collection of Wynston H.S. Ross’ Manga style webcomic – and at 20 pages really does struggle to qualify for a Volume 1 tag – maybe issue 1 would be a better description. It’s another lovingly well produced comic, [...]

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People really, really aint no good….

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

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PJANG #5 By Rol Hirst, Paul Rainey and Kelvin Green The latest issue of PJANG – it stands for People Just Aint No Good – is Rol Hirst’s comic of unsavoury characters doing various unsavoury things. And although the two comic strips and a 3 page short text story by Hirst have the required elements of “no-good-ness”, [...]

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The Sixpenny Murder….

Thursday, February 17, 2011

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The Sixpenny Murder Written by John A Short, art by David Hitchcock. Original idea/Editor Emily Alison Kult Creations The Sixpenny Murder is an 8 page A4 black and white comic with a little editorial at the back. It’s been produced as part of the “Changing Places +” programme, aimed at highlighting gang related violence in the [...]

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Sugar Glider – everyday teen tales with added (perhaps unnecessary) spandex…..

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

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Sugar Glider Issue 1 Written by Daniel Clifford, art by Gary Bainbridge Sick of Saturday Jobs and College – become a superhero! That’s the call on the front cover of Sugar Glider. And that’s pretty much what happens inside this debut issue issue from relative newcomers Clifford and Bainbridge. Susie isn’t quite your average teen [...]

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Church Of England Supernatural Defence Agency? Welcome to Cross……

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

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Cross Issue 1 Written by John A. Short, illustrated by Jason Dennis Kult Creations I looked at this when it arrived and thought… hmmmmm. Didn’t look all that promising. Which just goes to show, as always, that first glance can be a deceptive thing. A good read of this first issue proved Cross to be [...]

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Complex? Absolutely. But magnificently, wonderfully complex.

Thursday, February 3, 2011

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Complex Issues 3, 4 & 5 By Douglas Noble There’s an Eddie Izzard skit in one of his concerts (the video of it is here) where he discusses fashion, clothes and the circular path of coolness. His contention is that there’s a razor’s edge between looking supremely cutting edge cool and “looking like a dickhead“. [...]

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Chloe Noonan 3 – Still no powers. Still great.

Monday, January 31, 2011

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Chloe Noonan Issue 3 by Marc Ellerby Oh, it’s about bloody time. Issue 2 was back in 2009. Granted, it’s not Ellerby’s fault. This issue was meant to be out in time for Thought Bubble in November 2010, but as a very obviously disappointed and pissed off Marc told me then – his printer had [...]

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The Jikan Chronicles Volume 1

Thursday, January 27, 2011

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The Jikan Chronicles Volume 1 Written by Dave Candlish, Mark Howard, Matt McLaughlin, Chris Cronin. Art by Dave Candlish, El Chivo, James Corcoran, Filip Roncone. I’ve seen Jikan before in Paragon #6 where I said: “As for Jikan, the two parter in this issue, it’s got enough nice artistic touches, with it’s angular style and limited [...]

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Evolution of a Ninja Bunny…..

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

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The Adventures Of Ninja Bunny: The Search For Daruma Philip Spence Ninja Bunny is over five years old now and although the characters and the size of the comic remains (pretty much) the same as it’s always been, this latest volume is a remarkable step up for both Spence and the reader. Gone is the [...]

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Gin Palace 2 – not much gin this time round….

Monday, January 24, 2011

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Gin Palace Volume 2 by Rob Jackson, Andrew Cheverton, John Robbins, Dave Hughes, Francesca cassavetti, Jarod Rosello, Pete Batchelor, Barry Cook, Paul Rainey, Sin-Cat, Brad Foster. Curated and published by Rob Jackson The second volume of Rob Jackson’s Gin Palace anthology title – review of Volume 1 here. Gorgeous cover, don’t you think? Last time [...]

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James Nash makes Skyscraper Diary Comics…..

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

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The Present Is Not A Purgatory and Speaking Of Not Knowing – Diary Comics 2008 and 2009 James Nash James Nash draws a diary comic, three panels a day, pretty much every day over a year. And then they’re collected together in one of the most unusual formats I think I’ve ever seen in comics. [...]

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