Category Archives: Graphic Literature

Allan Heinberg’s Young Avengers

Posted on 10th November 2020 by Robert

After reading Civil War: Young Avengers & Runaways, I decided that Young Avengers was one series I definitely wanted to follow up on. It was worth it. The story starts with the “Sidekicks” story line, and a full-page frame of … Continue reading →

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Zeb Wells’ Civil Wars: Young Avengers & Runaways

Posted on 10th November 2020 by Robert

Marvel’s crossover series, Civil Wars, has offered up at least one gem: the Young Avengers & Ruanways volume. The U.S. has passed the Superhuman Registration Act, the end result of the high-profile conflicts between various superheroes and supervillains. Superhumans, no … Continue reading →

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Neil Gaiman’s The Sandman

Posted on 15th October 2020 by Diverse Voices

This review was written by Rebecca Scott. I admit to some trepidation about writing this review. So many authors, editors, musicians, and reviewers have said so much about these books. This series altered the face of the comics industry. It’s … Continue reading →

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Neil Gaiman‘s The Sandman: Season of Mists

Posted on 7th October 2020 by Diverse Voices

Rebecca Scott penned this review. “To absent friends, lost loves, old gods, and the season of mists; and may each and every one of us always give the devils his due.” –Hob Gadling’s toast When his sister Death shames him with … Continue reading →

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Charles Vess’ The Book of Ballads

Posted on 4th October 2020 by Cat Eldridge

What we have here is a substantially revised edition from the one Vess himself released nearly seven years ago as Ballads. That in turn was based on four issues called The Book Of Ballads And Sagas which were released between … Continue reading →

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Justice Large Dark, issues one and two

Posted on 21st September 2020 by Robert

First, a disclaimer: I almost never read single-issue comics, for reasons that will become clear. Secondly, I haven’t been following DC’s Justice League Dark, a series first introduced in 2011. In fact, I have to confess to not being a … Continue reading →

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Jason Latour’s Spider-Gwen, Volume 0: Most Wanted

Posted on 20th September 2020 by Cat Eldridge

Both DC and Marvel some decades ago decided that they’d expand their universes from just this one to a multiverse in which almost anything could happen. And that’s how we came to have the quite excellent animated Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse … Continue reading →

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What’s New for the 9th of August: two London based urban fantasies, Devolving Europe Festival, Oysterband live and other interesting things…

Posted on 9th August 2020 by Reynard

There’s nothing for your comfort in the place where I was born  Someone’s got the roses ’cause my people got the thorns;  My people are the poor ones, their country made of stones  Their wealth is in persistence, in stories and in bones Oysterband’s … Continue reading →

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What’s New for the 5th of July: four American baseball films, an opera by John Gay, live music from from Mavis Staples, dim sum in Hong Kong, Middle-Earth maps and much more!

Posted on 5th July 2020 by Reynard

To the people who insist they really do have a great idea but they just can’t write, I’d say that given some of the books I’ve read, or at least started to read, it would appear that not being able … Continue reading →

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What’s New for the 17th of May: Béla Bartók’s Hungarian folk tunes, Oysterband live, a bacon cookbook, Golden Age sf from Poul Anderson, Cropredy reviewed, Darjeeling tea, space opera and much more!

Posted on 14th May 2020 by Iain Nicholas Mackenzie

There’s nothing for your comfort in the place where I was born Someone’s got the roses ’cause my people got the thorns; My people are the poor ones, their country made of stones  Their wealth is in persistence, in stories and in bones … Continue reading →

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