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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: 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 ›
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In Review: Victory Point by Owen D. Pomery
Owen D. Pomery’s latest graphic novel is out soon from Avery Hill Publishing
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In Review: Mongrel by Sayra Begum
Joe Gordon reviews this beautifully-told autobiographical tale of inter-generational strife…
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In Review: Judges Volume Two
A compelling must-read for Dredd fans…
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In Review: Bluebeard, a Feminist Fairy Tale
Joe Gordon reviews the latest fairy tale retold from Metaphrog, an entrancing retelling of Bluebeard…
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In The Spotlight: “Dani’s Toys” from David Bishop & Ruairí Coleman
Joe Gordon checks out a comics project that’s far from what it seems on the surface…
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Avery Hill release trailer for Owen D Pomery’s upcoming graphic novel “Victory Point”
Very fine UK comics Indy publisher Avery Hill has released a trailer for Victory Point, the upcoming graphic novel by Owen D. Pomery. From the book’s description: “In the 1930s, the village of Victory Point was selected as the site… Read More ›
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In Review: The Wolf of Baghdad by Carol Isaacs
Joe Gordon reviews “The Wolf of Baghdad” by Carol Isaacs, “a beautifully-crafted, warmly emotional work”….
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In Review: Billionaires by Darryl Cunningham
Written and drawn by: Darryl Cunningham Published by Myriad Editions Out: Now Ever since Blank Slate first published his achingly honest Psychiatric Tales I have eagerly anticipated each new work by Darryl Cunningham, who has, with a mixture of detailed… Read More ›
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In Review: Americana by Luke Healy
by Luke Healy Published by Nobrow Two thousand, six hundred and sixty miles: that’s the length of the Pacific Crest Trail. Running right across America’s great west coast, it runs through some truly remarkable landscapes as it takes hikers from… Read More ›