Johnny Red: The Hurricane Volume 1
Garth Ennis revisits the favourite comics of his youth, putting a modern spin on the classic WWII story of a British fighter pilot who flies for the Soviet air force
California Dreamin’
The graphic biography of Cass Elliot, the hauntingly beautiful voice of The Mamas & the Papas, capturing the majestic charm of an intriguing, unconventional musician
The Metabaron – Book 1: The Techno-Admiral & The Anti-Baron
Enjoy the Metabarons? Follow the continued exploits of the current Metabaron in the first part of its action-packed sequel
Tetris: The Games People Play
Box Brown’s biography of the computer game Tetris is a fascinating story, beautifully told in graphic novel form.
Alexandra Forever: Evolution
Transport a several-thousand-years-old Roman goddess into the future and what do you get? Find out in D. W. Richards’ Alexandra Forever.
Scarlet Traces Volume 1
Scarlet Traces continues the fine literary tradition of spin-offs from H. G. Wells’ The War of the Worlds
Compulsive Comics
Eric Haven’s anthology of short comics is crammed with wit, weirdness, and a ballsy attitude to the medium and its recurrent themes.
Agatha: The Real Life of Agatha Christie
We all know Agatha Christie as a writer of period murder mystery novels that have stood the test of time but how much do you know about the woman behind the novels?
By the Numbers
Anyone who grew up with an appreciation of Tintin will enjoy this: a graphic novel clearly inspired by Hergé’s work, but that deals with more adult themes and places its characters in a solid historical setting
One Hundred Nights of Hero, The
Isabel Greenberg’s variation on an Arabian Nights theme is a beautiful, entertaining and thoughtful book; magical for its stories within stories, but brutal in its portrayal of subjugated women