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Manu and the newly released Puno, Reviewed.
How about some dystopian sci-fi? Want more? Okay. How about a dystopian sci-fi with heavy cyberpunk elements? Okay, well how about all that wrapped in beautiful Peruvian landscape and culture with a flipping cyborg Jaguar? I know right, 2021 could…
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The Misadventures of Spring-Heeled Jack Issue #2, Reviewed
Remember this year's best reimagining of “devilish” Victorian-era heroes with punnily named characters and fiendishly high levels of visual comedy delights? Impossible to forget of course and their back in Issue 2 of The Misadventures…
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Abyssal Albion #1, Reviewed
Ok how about a Lovecraftian end of the world, descent into darkness slab of tantalising horror, with art that sits somewhere between a twisted Disney woodcut and an angrier less cartoony Skottie Young? Oh yes, yes indeed, you’ll want Abyssal…
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The United: Welcome To The Shitshow, Reviewed
Fancy a story of superhero teams with a plot so British and packed with layers it makes Mary Poppins travel bag seem more like a Walmart paper bag? Well, Jonny Cannon's The United provides in buckets. 2020 has been a very good year for very…
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Reaffirmation: Coming To Terms With An Autism Diagnosis, Reviewed
How about some heart, education, dispelling of myths, a deconstruction of social media culture and even a Rik Mayall quote? You’ll want Reaffirmation by Rees Finlay for all this and so much more. Here's the thing, a bit of personnel…
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The Penned Guin – Coincidence, Reviewed
What about some bitesize nuggets of just pure jokes that can satisfy all? Well, Penned Guin in the latest collected volume Coincidence has dad jokes, punnery, visual ditties and observational delights all at levels well over 9000. Alan Henderson…
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The Magic of Terry Pratchett
As a child, Terry Pratchett was easily one of my favourite authors. Now I usually have a rule of not revisiting what I enjoyed as a child, as nine times out of ten it's not the same and I ruin the good feelings that I had. Terry Pratchett books…
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Plainer Jane, Reviewed. A Rather Darkly Comic Story from Broken Face Comics
What happens when a teenager finds her calling on the dark web? Well, it definitely ain’t makeup tutorials or nursing, in this rather darkly comic story from Broken Face Comics. Plainer Jane is something a little different and it certainly…