Author: Carl Doherty
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Fool’s Gold Graphic Novel Project Is Far From Worthless
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in Comic NewsLast February I wrote a feature/review on Fool’s Gold, a graphic novel project from the pupils of the Dearne High Specialist Humanities College in Rotherham. The book was a lot of fun, and I felt it did a great job of both introducing the comic medium into schools and getting teenagers to think beyond the…
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Comic Book Creators Announced For London MCM Expo May 2010
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in Comic NewsThe London MCM Expo has just announced a number of comic book creators that will be attending the Comic Village region of its 29-30th May 2010 show. From the press release: Stars returning to Excel this May include Ben Templesmith, Svetlana Chmakova, Jamie McKelvie and Kieron Gillen, while we’ll also be seeing a host of…
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Indie Comic Spotlight: Lost in the Woods
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Paper Street Comics Story: Gentry Smith, Stan Wedeking Art: Daniel Wichinson (finishes, covers by Gentry Smith) Horror titles may constitute a large percentage of all indie and small press comics currently being published, but the medium is rarely used to nearly as good effect as its cinematic counterpart. Sure, horror comics can be gruesome, graphic,…
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Proxies of Fate by Matthew Moses Review
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in Book ReviewsProxies of Fate marks the first time I’ve been asked to review a purely prose novel, yet while Proxies isn’t a comic as such it’s ostensibly a classic comic book adventure under a literary veil, with equal quantities of 50s sci-fi thrown in for good measure. When an invasion by the Krush, a sadistic reptilian…
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Trial and Error: The Aviated Efforts of Jean Baptiste de Bomberaque Review
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Tabella Publishing Written and illustrated by Øivind Hovland Oh to have lived in the era of madcap pioneers, an age when the boffins contributing to the advancement of mankind weren’t just academics in white overcoats but brave dreamers willing to risk life and limb in order to change the world. Trial and Error: The Aviated…
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Farewell My Beautiful Black Greyhound
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in ColumnI’m going to begin this with two apologies. Firstly, I’d like to say sorry to all those who’ve sent me books in the past few weeks and have yet to see a review materialise. Secondly, I’d like to apologise for breaking the one rule I’ve adhered to since creating this blog/site: that I’d keep my…
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A Day in the Life of Alfred Book Review
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Tabella Publishing Written and illustrated by Øivind Hovland There’s something wrong within A Day in the Life of Alfred. An insidious, gradual feeling of unease that will work its way into your subconscious without you even realising it. Perhaps it’s due to the book’s format, a sort of picture book for adults in which Norwegian-born…
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Justin Green’s Binky Brown Meets the Holy Virgin Mary Reissued
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in Comic NewsMcSweeney’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,…