Canopus by Dave Chisholm
quick read, a fun sci-fi psychological thriller!
Tag: comic book
Paying the Land by Joe Sacco
not a sacco sh*it
the underwater welder by jeff lemire
spooky graphic novel
Preacher: Book Six by Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon
underwhelming end to an overlong series
My Lesbian Experience With Loneliness by Nagata Kabi
it’s good though it’s very optimistic
Berlin: City of Stones by Jason Lutes
the first part of a lauded comic about the weimar republic
Preacher: Book Five by Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon
back on old school bullsh*t
Mi novio Caballo [My Boyfriend, the Horse] by Xiomara Correa
a book about modern love i.e. travel and drugs and sex with a horse
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel
this is not a test, it’s a memoir
Angel Catbird by Margaret Atwood & Johnnie Christmas
Atwood made a comic book, it’s fun but that’s about it
Preacher: Book Four by Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon
Preacher is fine, but it’s irrelevant to real life. I should adopt a Syrian child refugee.
Killing and Dying by Adrian Tomine
What next? I thought I’d go with something a little different, a little rounder, wider, more fictional and less harrowing.Continue Reading
Ian Fleming’s James Bond 007: The Quasimodo Gambit by Don McGregor and Gary Caldwell
By the time I came to read the copy of The Quasimodo Gambit I’d bought on eBay at far more than itsContinue Reading
The Art of War by Kelly Roman
This week, amidst the 21 hour shifts and the bottomless corporate bar tabs of a December in hospitality, I’ve foundContinue Reading
Sex: The Summer of Hard by Joe Casey and Piotr Kowalski
Again, I am too caffeinated to concentrate, too buzzed up to stop typing for more than the fifteen minutes orContinue Reading
Dotter of her Father’s Eyes by Mary M Talbot and Bryan Talbot
There’s something both lower-case romantic and sweetly anachronistic about a husband-wife literary collaboration. What makes this one, Dotter of herContinue Reading
Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Iran. Who knows much about it? We’ve all seen Argo, we’ve all heard of nuclear weapons, we’re all aware thatContinue Reading
Lost Dogs by Jeff Lemire
Jeff Lemire’s Lost Dogs is a graphic novel first published in 2006. It is a dark, terrifying and immersive pieceContinue Reading
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (The Omnibus Edition) by Alan Moore and Kevin O’Neill
I hadn’t read a graphic novel/comic book in a while, so thought I’d have a go with one of theContinue Reading
Preacher: Book One by Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon
I first read about Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon’s comic Preacher at the 2014 British Library exhibition, Comics Unmasked. OfContinue Reading
Batman: The Killing Joke by Alan Moore and Brian Bolland
Due to a bereavement, I spent a lot of time with my family over the Summer, and one of theContinue Reading
Habibi by Craig Thompson
This graphic novel is a beautifully drawn attempt at a modern writing of a new Arabic myth. Unfortunately, as it isContinue Reading
From Hell by Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell
I’d like to point out, before I begin this review, that I didn’t like graphic novels before they were cool.Continue Reading
Maus by Art Spiegelman
Art Spiegelman’s Maus is famous. And serious. And acclaimed. And important. And canonical. And worthy. There is very little I canContinue Reading
The Walking Dead: Compendium Two by Robert Kirkman & Charlie Adlard
Reading two comic books within two months makes me look like far less of the sleek, hip-hop player most peopleContinue Reading
Triumph Of The Now 