Neon Wasteland by Rob Shields The first thing I have to tell you about Neon Wasteland is that I can’t show you what it is like, no jpeg or gif will do it justice. No, you will have to rely on my pitiful description. Mere words. Neon Wasteland is something you need to experience. I’m not sure calling it a comic is strictly accurate, because … Continue reading Thrashing in the Body Electric
Ghost Comics Festival 2019 – Glasgow School of Art I dropped in on the Ghost Comics Festival at the weekend. This was a new event for me – I only heard about it a few days before, and it so happened I was going to be in Glasgow that day. There were a number of other events running as part of the festival including workshops … Continue reading Ghostly Glasgow
Walking Distance by Lizzy Stewart Like Lizzy Stewart I like walking. I particularly like walking if I don’t have a destination or some kind of commitment to structure my path. What I really like is the independence and autonomy of walking. In Walking Distance Lizzy walks around London contemplating what it means to be an adult. She thinks of her cinematic role-models. Independent women making … Continue reading Closing the Distance
Blue Collars issues 1 and 2 by Tom Smith and Clare Thompson Joe Kavanagh is a sponsored worker. A global financial collapse has resulted in an explosion of personal debt. The only way to pay back that debt is via The Sponsorship Act. Sponsors can purchase individual debt in return for the labour of the indebted. It is often said that the best science fiction … Continue reading Tales for Dark Times
50 Signal Volume One: The First Day by Nick Gonzo This is the tale of an astronaut and his love and companion, his space ship. This is no ordinary ship, this is a living sentience that has been with the astronaut since birth. Bonded together they have a mission. No, not a five year one to boldly go…but to Investigate, Document and Salvage. Their mission … Continue reading Another Planet
Killtopia 2 – Dave Cook and Craig Paton, Card Shark Comics Killtopia 2 returns us to the heart of the action as our heroes take on everything that the city has to throw at them in the search for Crash, the robot who can cure the Rot, the nanotech-borne disease that is ravaging the humans of the city. Once again we travel through the malls, … Continue reading Killtopianism
Internet Crusader by George Wylesol It is the early days of the internet. The days of slow, dial-up modems. Of Mosaic and Netscape Navigator, of IRC and message boards. Of Geocities, flashing text and rotating gifs. An evil cult determines to spread chaos around the globe with a simple computer virus which spreads faster than a cold sore in a glam metal tour bus. The … Continue reading God Times dot exe
The Legend of La Mariposa by James Lawrence La Mariposa is a luchadora, a legendary one at that. What, you may ask, is a luchadora? A female luchador obviously – a luchador being a masked Mexican wrestler. The flashy antics and crazy storylines of WWE owe a lot to the Mexican version of the sport – lucha libre. Mexican wrestlers are closer to superheroes, wearing … Continue reading Iron Butterfly
Cover of the Week – Captain Britain 13 – January 1986 The news from San Diego is that Excalibur is back. Well it has come back a couple of times before with mixed results so I will suspend my judgement on that announcement. One new feature is that Captain Britain will be Betsy Braddock – Brian’s sister and better known as Psylocke from the X-Men. … Continue reading Captain Betsy
In Waves by A J Dungo First of all I need to make a confession. I have never surfed in my life. The freezing North Sea might produce some good waves but only the very bold with very good wetsuits brave the surf here. Hypothermia would be the probable result of any attempts on my part to catch some green room action in the Firth … Continue reading Surfing with Poseidon
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