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  • Justin Green’s Binky Brown Meets the Holy Virgin Mary Reissued

    Justin Green’s Binky Brown Meets the Holy Virgin Mary Reissued

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    McSweeney’s Press have reissued Justin Green’s 1972 comic book Binky Brown Meets the Holy Virgin Mary. Often cited as the first long autobiographical work to appear in underground comics, Binky Brown chronicles Green’s Catholic upbringing and adolescent battles with his burgeoning obsessions and neuroses. For many years the influential work has been out of print,…

  • Indie Comic Spotlight: The Erotic Adventures of Space Babe 113

    Indie Comic Spotlight: The Erotic Adventures of Space Babe 113

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    Carl Doherty
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    Site: www.spacebabe113.co.uk Written and illustrated by John Maybury Despite its promises of full frontal nudity, The Erotic Adventures of Space Babe 113 isn’t, by purest definition, as erotic as the name might suggest. Not once did it arouse sexual desire in me. Rather, John Maybury’s surreal little series is a bizarre, sex-obsessed space comedy that…

  • The Sinister Truth Premiers at MoCCA Fest 2010

    The Sinister Truth Premiers at MoCCA Fest 2010

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    Carl Doherty
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    Where: The 69th Regiment Armory @ 68 Lexington Ave b/w E25-E26 streets on Manhattan Island When: Saturday & Sunday, April 10th & 11th 2010 Time: 11:00am – 6:00pm both days Jason Ciaccia and Aaron Norhanian will debut their graphic novel The Sinister Truth: Mkultra at the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art’s MoCCA Fest 2010, on…

  • Toonpunk Goes Loco on the Gringo Trail

    Toonpunk Goes Loco on the Gringo Trail

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    Carl Doherty
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    Samuel Hamilton and James Smith have announced the release of their collaboration Toonpunk Goes Loco on the Gringo Trail, a 64 page colour graphic novel is based on the duo’s real life adventures in Mexico. Toonpunk Goes Loco on the Gringo Trail is written by Samuel Hamilton (Welcome to the Machine), who has been producing…

  • Ghost vol. 1: Blood and Fire Book Review

    Ghost vol. 1: Blood and Fire Book Review

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    Carl Doherty
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    2010, Tabella Publishing Story: Phoebe Reeves Murray Art: Daniel Scott Gabriel Murray The first of two proposed volumes, Ghost is not a graphic novel as such, but an illustrated novella printed in the comic book format. Those familiar with Terry Pratchett’s Eric or Neil Gaiman’s Sandman: The Dream Hunters, will have a good idea of…

  • Hiyama Graphic Novel Review – Vol. 1 & 2

    Hiyama Graphic Novel Review – Vol. 1 & 2

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    Carl Doherty
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    Written and illustrated by Gruff79 Hiyama’s depiction of 2019 London isn’t far removed from our present – which I found peculiar until I realised that England hasn’t changed drastically since 1999 – but with amplified levels of crime and an irrevocably corrupt police force willing to turn a blind eye. Tired of watching his superiors…

  • Poetry in (e)Motion: The Illustrated Words of Scroobius Pip Review

    Poetry in (e)Motion: The Illustrated Words of Scroobius Pip Review

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    Carl Doherty
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    Words: Scroobius Pip Art: Mister Paterson, Anthony Gregori, Michael Spicer, Joe Cunningham, Damian Claughton, Inna Aizenshtein, CJ McCracken, Matt Frodsham, Ben Williams, Cowfree… amongst others Named after the unclassifiable creature from Edward Lear’s classic poem, Scroobius Pip, aka David Meads, is a likewise curious beast. A spoken word hip hop artist whose music with cohort…

  • Thomas Wogan is Dead Graphic Novel Review

    Thomas Wogan is Dead Graphic Novel Review

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    Carl Doherty
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    2009, Tabella Publishing Written and illustrated by David Hughes Thomas Wogan is Dead is a little gem. In fact, I think it’s safe to say that you won’t find another book like this out there. Whereas many indie comic writers strive to emulate the mainstream industry, David Hughes has created something that probably couldn’t have…