Spookids Part One – Brain Hat by Marc Jackson published by Weirdo Comics Would you let your friend attach your brain to an experimental machine which reads your thoughts and turns them into real life stuff? Not sure that would be a great idea in my case, although I can see the positive side. In Spookids that is exactly what Bud does for his eccentric … Continue reading Something inside your Brain is Drooling
Woodland Creatures: Wild Souls Volume One by Cristina Roswell, Fali Ruiz-Dávila, Tomás Aira Experts think that we should reintroduce the wolf to the more remote parts of Scotland. The deer are out of control, are destroying the trees and generally causing chaos to the ecosystem. A pack of our lupine friends ranging across the highland landscape would cut down on deer numbers and help save the … Continue reading Charismatic Animals
The Spark As a history nerd I must admit that my first thought when I saw The Spark was, did they name it after Lenin’s pre-revolutionary Bolshevik newspaper Iskra? I mean, it would be educational but maybe not the best for an audience of primary school age. No, this Spark is a new title that describes itself as “an all-ages, sci-fi comic magazine”. The Spark … Continue reading Bright Sparks
Stig & Tilde – Vanisher’s Island and Stig & Tilde – Leader of the Pack by Max de Radiguès In our town for as long as anyone can remember, when a kid turns 14 years old, they must leave by boat to one of the hundreds of islands around the town and survive alone, for a year. When they return they officially step into adulthood. … Continue reading Island Life
Vanguard Book Three – Dan Butcher Defeat is a state of mind. No one is ever defeated until defeat has been accepted as a reality. The British superhero team. I love them, I especially love small press and indy versions and they continue to bring energy and invention to the genre. Vanguard is a long-running webcomic by Dan Butcher that has also been successfully collected … Continue reading The Wolf Comes out of the Woods
La Voz de M.A.Y.O.: Tata Rambo Writer Henry Barajas, Artist J. Gonzo, Letters Bernardo Brice, Editor Claire Napier Henry Barajas in La Voz de M.A.Y.O.: Tata Rambo has set out with great ambition to bring focus to a little-remembered part of recent American history. He has also brought to light the role of his great-grandfather – Ramon Jarigue – and the highly effective grassroots campaigning … Continue reading History Reclaimed
Hopper! Detective of the Strange – ‘The Case of the Bank Robbing Mummies’ –Rob Barnes, Fair Spark Books Fair Spark Books create comics aimed at younger readers, and Hopper! Detective of the Strange is a good example of their work. Who is Hopper? Well with a name like that it should maybe come as no surprise that Hopper is a rabbit. But not just any … Continue reading Hard Boiled Bunny
Memoirs of a Book Thief Written by Alessandro Tota, Illustrated by Pierre Van Hove, Translated by Edward Gauvin Paris in the early 1950’s wasn’t all philosophers smoking Gitanes on the Rive Gauche. It was a time of political tension and uncertainty. The old order had been destabilised by the nazi occupation. The Communist Party was popular, having played a leading role in the resistance, with … Continue reading City of Sophistry
Plagued – The Miranda Chronicles. Written by Gary Chudleigh, art by Tanya Roberts A plague has ravaged the planet, a plague which it seems comes from the ground itself. Cities like Glasgow are reduced to burned out wastelands, preyed on by bandits. I once lived in Govan, so can relate to this, however in this instance the blame is placed on witches rather than multiple … Continue reading Witches Matter
Berezina by Ivan Gil & Frédéric Richaud, adopted from the novel by Patrick Rambaud It snowed. The winter burst avalanche-like over the endless blanched sheet of the plain. Nor chief, nor banner in order could keep. The wolves of warfare were wildered like sheep. I watched a documentary about the great Scottish painter Peter Howson recently. He is a serious minded man and not one given to … Continue reading Edge of Empire
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