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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 6, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Noah Van Sciver: Fante Bukowski Two
Fante Bukowski Two Noah Van Sciver Fantagraphics; 1 edition I was a huge fan of Noah Van Sciver’s first iteration of Fante Bukowski; so much so I swiftly studied up on some of his other comics – but I loved this despicable character of Fante Bukowski, a self-appointed literary hero; self-assured but also clueless – […]Archive
June 6, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Life, Animated: DVD
Life, Animated Director: Roger Ross Williams A&E Television Networks, LLC/Madman Entertainment Owen Suskind was a normal, happy kid. Until he was three. Almost overnight he seemed locked in, his development halted. A profound autism the diagnosis. He was bullied at school and became further locked in a world of his own; his sanctuary – Disney’s […]Archive
April 30, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Sandrine Revel: Glenn Gould – A Life Off Tempo
Glenn Gould: A Life Off Tempo Sandrine Revel NBM Publishing Glenn Gould was a fascinating man – a genius, troubled, difficult. And with her graphic memoir Sandrine Revel gives us an impressionistic take on Gould; it’s a rather brilliant book if you know anything about the man and/or his music. But it could be a […]Archive
August 11, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Jessica Abel: Out On The Wire – The Storytelling Secrets of the New Masters of Radio
Out On The Wire: The Storytelling Secrets of the New Masters of Radio Jessica Abel Broadway Books Jessica Abel has managed to offer some sort of How To/inspirational guide to podcasting here – even though that wasn’t (entirely) the aim I’m sure. This in fact is more than just one book, or one type of […]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
June 18, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Edward Ross: Filmish – A Graphic Journey Through Film
Filmish: A Graphic Journey Through Film Edward Ross SelfMadeHero Well, it’s all there in the title really, here cartoonist/illustrator/film-buff Edward Ross takes a tour through cinema, painting himself into the picture in a narrator-role occasionally, but most often delighting in drawing up key scenes from iconic movies. Filmish is divided into seven thematic studies, seven […]Archive
June 4, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Noah Van Sciver: Fante Bukowski
Fante Bukowski Noah Van Sciver Fantagraphics; 1 edition Noah Van Sciver’s graphic novella about a talentless/struggling writer is brutal in its satire – take for example this scene where at a reading given by Dave Eggers a trio of desperate and hopeful writers gather, one says “I brought my new story. I’m gonna give it […]Archive
May 31, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Brandon Easton/Denis Medri: Andre The Giant – Closer To Heaven
Andre The Giant: Closer to Heaven Brandon Easton (Text) Denis Medri (Artist) IDW Publishing An impressive effort this, Eisner Award nominated writer Brandon Easton and illustrator Denis Medri manage to take us right into the world of Andre The Giant in this graphic biography, one part tribute, one part journalism – the impressionistic world of […]Archive
May 23, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Adrian Tomine: Killing and Dying – Stories
Killing and Dying: Stories Adrian Tomine Drawn and Quarterly Adrian Tomine has published single-story graphic novels, ongoing strips and dozens of award-winning single panels, including many of the great covers for The New Yorker but Killing and Dying is a standalone set of short stories, connected by their themes of ennui, loss of hope, modern-day […]Archive
April 19, 2016 by Simon Sweetman