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Joe has been a bookseller since the early 1990s, with a special love for comics, graphic novels and science fiction. He has written for The Alien Online, created & edited the Forbidden Planet Blog and chaired numerous events for the Edinburgh International Book Festival. He's more or less house-trained.
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In Review: Art Deco Dredd with Megatropolis
Joe Gordon checks out a stunning alternate take on Mega City One from Kenneth Niemand and Dave Taylor…
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In Review: Putin’s Russia – the Rise of a Dictator
Darryl Cunningham delivers a complex, fascinating, disturbing history of Russia’s president, says Joe Gordon…
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In Review: The Stainless Steel Rat Deluxe Edition
Pitch perfect, it’s great to see The Stainless Steel Rat back in action
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In Review: Bumble & Snug and the Angry Pirates
Looking to excite younger readers? Joe Gordon firmly recommends Mark Bradley’s “Bumble & Snug and the Angry Pirates”
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Remembering Cartoonist and Writer Rod McKie
Joe Gordon pays tribute to the cartoonist and comic creator Rod McKie
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In Review: Breakwater
A beautiful, warm, engaging, gorgeously-drawn graphic novel
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In Review: Tripwire Winter Special 2020/2021
A cracking return to print for this longtime comics industry title
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In Review: The Sea Shepherd by Sean Azzopardi
Sean Azzopardi brings the motivations that inspired the Sea Shepherd organisation’s ongoing struggle to vivid and disturbing life…
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In Review: Edward Ross’s Gamish: A Graphic History of Gaming
This new graphic novel takes a very positive but thoughtful look at gaming…
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In Review: Judge Dredd – America, Lost & Found, The Rediscovered Scripts
Judge Dredd: America – Lost & Found, the Rediscovered ScriptsJohn Wagner, Colin MacNeilRebellion Review by Joe Gordon “Rights? Sure. I’m all for rights. But not at the expense of order. That’s why I like to see that Statue of Judgement… Read More ›