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March 10, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Ross Murray: Rufus Marigold
Rufus Marigold Ross Murray Earth’s End Ross Murray’s Rufus Marigold comic strip began life online – now it’s a book – expanded, new panels, new stories. It’s a wonderful examination of social anxiety. Much like Brent Williams’ powerful Out of the Woods graphic novel it is doing great work for explaining lived-experience with mental illness; for normalising, de-stigmatising. I’m not an anxiety-sufferer, but, like anyone, […]Archive
July 3, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Nick Drnaso: Beverly
Beverly Nick Drnaso Drawn and Quarterly Drawn (mostly) in and around a set of boxes – this is American ennui, the suburban inertia, there’s no real desire to be better in these stories, no hope, no hype, but no coasting either – just people in the middle. Dreary, weird, detached lives with sexual repression barely […]Archive
May 23, 2016 by Simon Sweetman