The Black Rubric Art – Katie Fleming, Script – Christopher Mole, Lettering – Hassan Otsmane-Elbaou, Cover – Benjamin AE Filby, Logo Design – Joe Stone, Pinups – Katie Sawatsky I appreciate a comic that comes with its own Spotify playlist. I must confess (do Satanists confess?) that I needed it. As a C86 vintage indie kid, Black Metal is terra incognito for me. The closest … Continue reading Mosh Pits of Hell
Camp VA07 issue 1. Writer – James McCulloch, Art – Jonathan Scott, Letters – Rob Jones Comics face a crisis, hell society faces a crisis, so why should comics be left out? No comics have been printed by the ‘big two’ since we entered the coronaverse. Local comics shops have been shut. Free Comics Day became No Comics Day. At a time like this the … Continue reading Bled Dry
Cassandra Darke by Posy Simmonds And there I was, late in life, nursing plans for death and had barely lived, it seemed. Cassandra This week the Comedy Women in Print award for 2020 announced its longlist of nominees with a graphic novel category appearing for the first time. The list could easily double as a shopping list and I may be skipping over to Page … Continue reading Down and Out in Surrey and Chelsea
Dunce by Jens K Styve At times like these we need to be transported. Somewhere far away maybe, somewhere exotic. I have to say that the Norwegian city of Tromsø in the Arctic Circle might not be the first place to spring to mind. But with the Northern Lights dancing in the sky around the snow engulfed mountains it seems like a perfect place to … Continue reading Social Duncing
Barking by Lucy Sullivan Everyone forgets, once you’re dead…you’re an innocent, no matter how crap a human you might have been. Lucy Sullivan’s graphic novel Barking had a fittingly difficult birth. Originally published through the Unbound crowd-funding website it faced problems when the initial print run was not up to scratch. Lucy did the difficult but right thing, she had the book reprinted so that … Continue reading Days of the Black Dog
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
Sketch by Paul Moore I have had a few sketches commissioned of Faiza Hussain over the years, and the latest is this fantastic rendition from Paul Moore. So who is the mysterious Faiza? It was Paul Cornell who created the character of Faiza in the pages of Captain Britain and MI-13. Faiza was a doctor who gained the magical sword Excalibur and powerful healing abilities. … Continue reading Faiza Hussain
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