Stretching Things: an extended article by: GF Willmetts.
One of the most drastic types of super-humans are the pliable ones. They are also in small number with the
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Ghost Stories Of An Antiquary, Vol 2 by M.R. James, adapted by Leah Moore and John Reppion, with art by George Kambadais, Abigail Larson, Al Davison and Meghan Hetrick (graphic novel review).
M.R. James (1862-1936) is widely acknowledged as one of the foremost exponents of the English ghost story. Across a long
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How Comics Work by Dave Gibbons & Tim Pilcher (book review)
The dividing line between the way the writing was done in this book, ‘How Comics Work’, is defined in the
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Jim Shooter Conversations edited by Jason Sacks, Eric Hoffman and Dominick Grace (book review).
I have a lot of respect for Jim Shooter. I was a fan of his ‘Legion Of Super-Heroes’ tales, which
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Slugfest: Inside The Epic 50-Year Battle Between Marvel And DC by Reed Tucker (book review).
The title of Reed Tucker’s book, ‘Slugfest: Inside The Epic 50-Year Battle Between Marvel And DC’ gives away the subject
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Jack Kirby Collection Seventy-Two (magazine review).
Easily the best thing in this issue of ‘Jack Kirby Collector’ is ‘The Four-Colour War’ by Christopher Irving, an in-depth
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Kirby 100: 100 Top Creators Celebrate Jack Kirby’s Greatest Work (book review)
To celebrate the centennial of Jack Kirby’s birth in 1917, TwoMorrows Publishing asked one hundred stars of comics and animation
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Back Issue #100 October 2017 (magazine review).
‘Back Issue’ has reached its centenary issue and, with a few extra pages, the focus is on the American fanzines,
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Hannah Green And Her Unfeasibly Mundane Existence by Michael Marshall Smith (book review).
‘I need a hero. I’m holding out for a hero.’ With apologies to Jim Steinman and Bonnie Tyler you may
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The Blacker The Ink: Construction Of Black Identity In Comics And Sequential Art edited by Frances Gateward and John Jennings (book review).
Just in case you don’t know what ‘The Blacker The Ink’ edited by Frances Gateward and John Jennings subject matter
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