Author Archives
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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Doctor Who: Worlds of Wonder Exhibition
Joe Gordon explores the latest Doctor Who exhibition, now in Edinburgh
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“Pure joy” – Bumble & Snug and the Excited Unicorn
Joe Gordon has been waiting for this new book from Mark Bradley for AGES – and isn’t disappointed!
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BFI Announces Major Anime Season
Visit the BFI and be surprised that Anime can be so much more than you ever imagined…
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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