NPC Tea by Sarah Millman Hannah Nayar is a student. Young, keen but feeling a bit out of place amongst some of the posh kids at uni. She also needs a job. The Y Draig tea shop is just the place, especially if you are a student of magic. Y Draig is a bit special. Not only is it Cardiff’s least popular tea shop (tip: … Continue reading Tea for Tuatha
Lycan by Rachel Cush Bears, ravens. What comes next for the intrepid comics reviewer? Well as the nights darken and the cold winds begin to shriek in anguish through the trees it has to be wolves. Werewolves to be specific. It’s not easy being a young person making their way in the modern workplace. Zero hours contracts, the gig economy. If, like Felix, you are … Continue reading Zero Howls Contract
Valravn by Zhou Fang Zhou Fang is the SICBA award winning author of Garden. Garden is an arresting work of imagination which fully deserves the praise it has garnered and I really should be reviewing it, but instead I’m taking a look at Valravn. This short comic tells a tale from Viking Denmark. The Valravn is a raven of great cunning…power and trickery…It would not … Continue reading That’s so Valravn
Death and the Bear (A Fable) by Paul Tonner Upon perusing Google maps recently I discovered that I dwelt near to a rather unusual business. To be precise it was a Shamanistic Healing Centre. I had hoped that they would allow me to travel the spirit plane to find a fox spirit or maybe a squirrel to guide me through my next annual review. But … Continue reading Bear Necessities
The Stowaways – The Story of the Boys on the Ice by John Donald – adapted by Ardgowan Primary School with artist Mhairi M Robertson and writer Paul Bristow Magic Torch comics are doing amazing work with Scottish schools using comics to promote literacy. You may have seen their brilliant history/comics mash-ups including the story of the Stone of Destiny heist in the style of … Continue reading Defrosting History
Finding Home by Hari Conner I have spent many years travelling and seldom settled for long. I suppose I do not have a home to miss. – Chepi Home is not always you were born, it’s not always where you live. Janek is travelling home, he is far away and longs to get back. Janek is a skilled chef, warm, comfort loving. He finds a … Continue reading Veridian Voyaging
Magpie by Kathryn Briggs “We raise our fervent prayer in defiant devotion: Fuck you. May the spirit of Other bless and keep you always” Gods and goddesses contest their wills in an endless cycle of victory and defeat, desire and revulsion, hope and despair. They meddle with the lives of mortals at their whim. But can the glorious clashes of the gods compare with the … Continue reading One for Sorrow, Two for Joy, Three for a Girl
SHIFT: Gravitaxis by Ver “Shift sway rivers shift, oceans fall and mountains drift It’s a Man Ray kind of sky Let me show you what I can do with it” REM, Feeling Gravity’s Pull Daniel has episodes. He has episodes that he can’t explain, can’t tell anyone about. That make no sense. He finds himself falling uncontrollably through the sky. All he wants to do … Continue reading Feeling Gravity’s Pull
Marina and the Wanderer by Kat Hall Marina is lost. She is a forest mage in training and has been left in the forest with only minimal tools and has to get back to her school. But her magic is failing her, undermined by her own lack of confidence. I can sympathize with Marina, I was once dropped in the hills with my Scout patrol … Continue reading Not all those who wander are lost
Safe From Harm by Joan Edam I ventured to Small Press Day in Edinburgh last weekend. In a room off the lower sub-basement of the magnificent and sprawling Edinburgh Central Library (enjoy it now before it gets turned into a hotel/student flats/luxury apartments.) The very first person I met was Joan who charmed me into picking up some of his work. I’m glad I did. … Continue reading Unsafe
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