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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In The Spotlight: “Dani’s Toys” from David Bishop & Ruairí Coleman
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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
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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 ›
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In Review – I Go Quiet
By: David Ouimet Publisher: Canongate “I am different. I am the note that’s not in tune. I go mousy. I go grey.” Oh, where to begin with this stunningly beautiful, deeply emotional little book? When a book arrives with glowing… Read More ›
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In Review: Rob Davis triumphantly returns with The Book of Forks
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In Review: Benjamin Dix and Lindsay Pollock’s powerful “Vanni”
By Benjamin Dix and Lindsay Pollock Published by Myriad Editions & New Internationalist New Internationalist and Myriad Editions have collaborated on another graphic reportage work, following the fascinating and moving Escaping War and Waves by Olivier Kugler last year (reviewed… Read More ›
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In Review: Sensible Footwear – A Girl’s Guide
By Kate Charlesworth Myriad Editions Out: 25 July 2019 Now this, my friends, has been one of the Brit comics works on my Must Read Radar for 2019; I know Kate Charlesworth has been working on it for a long… Read More ›