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An ambitious fictional biography of a comics artist from Singapore, which tracks the history of comics alongside the political history of the county
Graphic novel reviews
An ambitious fictional biography of a comics artist from Singapore, which tracks the history of comics alongside the political history of the county
The second book in the five-part Distant Worlds series sees Paul continuing to search for his father, though the journey becomes more difficult as he’s forced to separate from the safety of his scientific expedition
Charles Forsman relinquishes control of illustration in this charming but heart-breaking story about an unconventionally fractured family
A post-apocalyptic wasteland separates families holed-up in nuclear bunkers, but luckily, the postal service remains, to read letters into the survivors’ ventilation shafts. A surreal, sci-fi satire from 1981, translated from its native French
Judge Dredd returns to the Sov Bloc to revisit some old haunting grounds, as Dredd classic The Apocalypse War echoes from the past
The second instalment of IAN adds a little more darkness to the story, as it asks questions of whether its android protagonist is fit to operate with humans in dangerous situations
A white wolf leads Elric down a path to his most dangerous encounter yet – with the ancient wizard Saxif D’aan
The third book in the ongoing Metabaron series, written by Alejandro Jodorowsky and Jerry Frissen, and illustrated by Valentin Sécher
An anthology of short comics that personalise the impact of World War I, with stories about how it shaped the lives and landscapes of what was left behind
Olivier Schrauwen heads off into the future, exploring what humanity (and his own ancestors) might be like in thousands of years time