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La Belle Adventure – A new European Graphic Novel bookshop in Edinburgh
Joe Gordon explores Edinburgh’s newest comic shop…
In Review: “Le Monde Sans Fin” Exhibition, Edinburgh
Joe Gorodn checks out the thought-provoking exhibition at Institut Francais D’Ecosse
Have you visited Leamington Spa’s “The DB” – a comic-themed pub?
How many comic-themed pubs do you know in the UK?
New social media platform BlueSky uses comics to promote its service
Another social media platform – using comics to promote its wider launch
WebFind: Children in Comics – An Intercultural History, aka COMICS project
A pan European comics research project that’s caught our eye
2023 Independent Bookshop of the Year Awards regional and country winners announced
The winners for the annual regional and country sections of the Independent Bookshop of the Year Awards, part of the British Book Awards and sponsored by Gardners distribution, have been announced. I’m beyond delighted to say that the small but… Read More ›
“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!
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…
In Review: The Stainless Steel Rat Deluxe Edition
Pitch perfect, it’s great to see The Stainless Steel Rat back in action
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”
In Review: Breakwater
A beautiful, warm, engaging, gorgeously-drawn graphic novel
In Review: Edward Ross’s Gamish: A Graphic History of Gaming
This new graphic novel takes a very positive but thoughtful look at gaming…
In Review: Mongrel by Sayra Begum
Joe Gordon reviews this beautifully-told autobiographical tale of inter-generational strife…
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 ›
In Review: Rob Davis triumphantly returns with The Book of Forks
Joe Gordon reviews “Book of Forks”, the final book in Rob Davis’ incredible surreal fantasy adventure series, which began with ”The Motherless Oven”…
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 ›
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 ›
We Read Comics Podcast discusses Archer Coe
The fourth episode of the We Read Comics podcast was recorded this week and is now live on the Radio Summerhall website. As we mentioned in a previous post, this new podcast is a monthly series, roughly following a book… Read More ›
In Review: 2000AD – Regened!
Joe Gordon reviews the latest 2000 AD, a special issue of the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic offering an all-ages take on the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic. Does it deliver?