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Review: The Boy & His Bee by Jenny Smith

Review: The Boy & His Bee by Jenny Smith

The Boy and His Bee – the perfect story, encompassing all fields of human emotion: love, loss, loneliness, friendship and honey, all within a matter of 10 pages.

Read on for the full review and images from the book...

Posted Apr 14, 2011 733 Reads Read Review...

Review: Grandville - Mon Amour by Brian Talbot

Review: Grandville - Mon Amour by Brian Talbot

Many people claim that graphic novels are poor relations to “real” books, suggesting that they lack depth, substance and good writing, substituting this for flashy, hollow images. Others say graphic novel artists have no real artistic skill, so draw a series of small images, rather than individual pieces of work, to disguise their inability to draw.

Can Grandville: Mon Amour by Bryan Talbot silence the graphic novel haters?

Posted Feb 15, 2011 940 Reads Read Review...

Review: Kochi Wanaba - A Graphic Novel by Jamie Smart

Review: Kochi Wanaba - A Graphic Novel by Jamie Smart

I like Jamie Smart a lot, especially the cuddlier side such as Space Raoul, Find Chaffy and Whubble. I'm not such a fan of the psychotic side of his work, such as Bear and Ubu Bubu, but that is merely personal preference.

His latest work is Kochi Wanaba, a free web comic that is available to all, but most certainly only suitable for adults! Read on for our short review...

Posted Dec 22, 2010 1,172 Reads Read Review...

CLiNT - Comic Heaven or Lad Mag Hell?

CLiNT - Comic Heaven or Lad Mag Hell?

CLiNT is the new comic book magazine edited by Mark Millar - the writer of Marvel Civil War. With content from Jonathan Ross and Huw Edwards (yes, the Welsh news reader...), and with a front cover with the slogan “Kick Ass 2 Starts Here”, it would seem that this is the perfect magazine, right?

OK, try this:

CLiNT is the new Lads Mag edited by Mark Millar - the writer of Wanted. With content from Jimmy Carr and Frankie Boyle (yes, the foul mouthed Scottish prick...), and with a front cover with the slogans “Chinese Tom Cruise” and “Hot TV Mums”, it would seem that this is the worlds worst magazine, right?

Posted Sep 10, 2010 1,412 Reads Read Review...

Review: The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick

Review: The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick

All books are unique, some less so than others, but in essence each has something about it that makes it special.

The Invention of Hugo Cabret takes this uniqueness to a whole new level, immersing you in 1930's Paris (although in truth the location is not that important) with a combination of carefully selected words and lovingly crafted pencil drawings.

Posted Aug 18, 2010 615 Reads Read Review...

Grandville by Bryan Talbot

Grandville by Bryan Talbot

Grandville: A Detective-Inspector LeBrock of Scotland Yard Scientific-Romance Thriller, is the latest graphic novel by Bryan Talbot. Inspired by nineteenth-century French illustrator Gerard, who worked under the nom de plum J.J. Greandville, the novel is the story of DI LeBrock on the hunt for the ruthless killers of a British diplomat. All fairly standard so far, but that is all that is standard in this graphic novel...

Posted Jun 30, 2010 999 Reads Read Review...
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