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
Space Captain by Michael Park and Chris Baldie Something, I don’t know what, caused every living human to disappear. Human colonies across the galaxy were suddenly abandoned. All communication with Earth ceased in an instant. Humanity just…vanished. Except for you. With the success of the final Kickstarter for this series at the end of 2018 the epic saga of the final human – Space Captain … Continue reading Rare as an Earthling
Plan A/Plan B by John Tucker Another title I picked up from Dunfermline Comic Con 2019 was Plan A/Plan B by John Tucker. I always have a lot of time for creators who use the format to push the boundaries. After all you can’t get a Netflix show that tells two interweaving stories, can be read in reverse and meets in the middle, well maybe … Continue reading The Upside Down
Killtopia by Dave Cook/Craig Paton/Robin Jones/Ludwig Olimba Shinji is a wrecker, he scours the forbidden Killtopia hunting grounds looking for salvage from rogue, diseased mechs. Technology is building the city – terraforming mechs using nano tech for industry and agriculture. The same technology is killing humanity – nanotech is being consumed by humans who succumb to ‘the rot’ – unable to heal themselves as the … Continue reading Kaiju Cost of Living
Left by Steven Ingram Sam is the kind of young person you might see in Edinburgh. Maybe a student, maybe a young worker. Cool haircut brushed long over the left side. But get to know her, and you might find out why she wears her hair like that. Her left ear has been removed. Samantha grew up in The Community. I suppose in normal society … Continue reading Cult reading
A New Jerusalem by Benjamin Dickson published by New Internationalist As we stumble towards the latest Brexit political crisis we have heard of lot about our valiant island history and the sacrifices of our stoic forbears. ‘No deal? – well we managed through World War Two, through the blitz didn’t we?’ The reality of war is rather different of course and when the war is … Continue reading Did those feet in ancient times
Break the Cake – David Robertson – Fred Egg Comics First things first. I need to confess. I was a resident of the fair city of Dundee for several years. Billy McKenzie? I saw him walking the city streets with his whippet and his cool hats. Philosophy lectures in the Tower Building? I sat through them (when they weren’t too early). One thing I didn’t … Continue reading Let them eat eggs
Brigantia by Chris Mole, Melissa Trender, Nikki Foxrobot As a new kickstarter has been announced for issue 2 of Brigantia, I thought it would be timely to talk about Brigantia issue 1 – Stranger in a Strange Land which I picked up last year. A flame-haired Celt gets in a fight and ends up wandering in a confused fashion outside of Embankment tube in London. … Continue reading Out of Time
Berlin: City of Stones and Berlin: City of Smoke by Jason Lutes – a messy review by Sarah Wilson, a non-comic reading sociologist With a new instalment out, it might be a good time to offer something on the series….before knowing the fate of too many of the characters and giving too much away. I have a horrible feeling that the story might end where … Continue reading Drowning in Berlin
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