cm4-mare-invernvm

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“There is nothing more powerful than this attraction towards an abyss.” —Jules Verne Der-shing Helmer’s Mare Internum is a haunting, gripping and strange sci-fi tale of survival & exploring the unknown. Dr. Michael Fisher’s time on Mars is nearing an end, and to understate; it could have gone better. He’s given up on whatever future there is for him when a chasm opens in front of him – He falls, surrendering to the uncertain, and probably death. But spoilers: Mars is strange. Content Warnings from Page 1 – But without spoilers Der-shing has described this work as a “Dark Survival Comic”; so discretion is advisedRead More →

cm3-glass-scientists

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Sabrina Cotugno’s webcomic The Glass Scientists, is a brilliant and beautiful love letter to Victoriana and the Universal Monsters. Dr. Henry Jekyll is an illustrious silver-tongued socialite with a secret or two, housing all manner of eccentric creators in his Society for Arcane Science. After rescuing the rogue werewolf Jasper Kaylock, whose zero-budget home-made cures for lycanthropy have produced…’unhelpful’ results, from the constabulary (and pitchfork-wielding townsfolk of London): He must prepare his rag-tag rabble of rogues for a grand exhibition, to show that they’re productive folk and hardly dangerous after all. …What could possibly go wrong? The art, tone and colours of this comic suitRead More →

cm2-assigned-male

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Sophie Labelle’s Assigned Male is a rarely seen story about young LGBTQ kids, long before the age where sex is relevant, discovering themselves and convincing the world around them that they exist. It is smart, complicated, intersectionally diverse and just fantastic. Stephie & Ciel are exactly the kind of heroes a lot of folks need and deserve; Today. It’s also really great to see characters grow, quite naturally, from “Not getting it” to “Mostly gets it, tries their best, and knows how to apologise”. In particular Stephie’s dad learning to respect and defend his daughter is awesomely endearing to see. AssignedMale.com Facebook | Twitter |Read More →

shaderunners

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“One part Prohibition fantasy, one part Robin Hood, and a whole lot of epic heist, Shaderunners follows a group of ragtag bootleggers and bohemians who band together in an effort to steal colour from the wealthy echelons of Ironwell’s high society” Shaderunners is as fantastical in concept, as it is in thrilling in execution. In a monochrome world where colour is hoarded by the wealthy elite, young Domigo Valdes unwittingly helps a gang of thieves and sees colour for the first time. Hypnotised, he will stop at nothing to join them and see it again. The awesome fantasy take on the prohibition era itself isRead More →

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Now on Kickstarter: Billy Veloci’s tail (achem) of post-grad life and powering through. Kelci Crawford is a comic artist (and reviewer) we’ve loved the work of for a long time now. It’s great to see such a love and want for real, human stories and diversity in the medium, and Kelci’s projects consistently deliver. Be it her and Christian Beranek’s long-running work Validation, about a young transgirl and her blog making a mark on the comic industry, or her solo series, Johnson & Sir, full of hilarious characters and pop-culture references. Her latest work, Thoughtful Dinosaur, has been shared exclusively with her newsletter subscribers, andRead More →

aero zero interview

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Aero Zero is the writer and artist of some of the most gorgeous and richly coloured fantasy online right now. I was linked to their comic Men+Monsters by a friend, and read the entire thing in one hungry binge – It’s so rare to find an NSFW comic with this much creativity, design and good/realistic kink & poly representation: it’s no wonder their other works share this fantasy world; it’s has far too much potential to squeeze into a single thing. I jumped at the chance to talk to them about it. The Interview – So you have a LOT of comics going on atRead More →

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After hungrily blitzing through the delightfully punderful comic Poly In Pictures, I asked creator Cassian Lotte Lodge (twitter/tumblr) if they’d like to chat about art, knitting and LGBTQ representation. And after much fan-personing over Doctor Who – we eventually did that. How would you describe your comic, Poly in Pictures? Cassian: I am a very literal person, to warn you in advance! I would describe it as stick people on photographs talking about polyamory, gender, and sexuality – much of it inspired by my shower thoughts and making myself laugh. Where do you find or take those photos for the backgrounds? Cassian: Sometimes I haveRead More →

Podcast 3 Thought Bubble SITE

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I went to Thought Bubble! And I LOOOOOVED IT! It’s pretty much my favourite con. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45kQtJSzDIE&w=500;s=10] Only when I started editing this did I realise how ill I sounded. That’s no glitch – I STILL have the remnants of this cold going on. List of links: – Doctor Geof | islandofdoctorgeof.co.uk | @doctorgeof – Natasha Allegri | natazilla.tumblr.com | @natazilla – Babs Tarr | babsbabsbabs.com | @babsdraws babsbabsbabs.com/post/47438704325/bosozoku-sailor-scouts – Brendan Fletcher | brendenfletcher.com | @brendenfletcher – Camron Stewart | cameron-stewart.tumblr.com | @cameronmstewart – Kate Leth | kateordiecomics.com | @katelethvillagesoundcast.com – Danielle Corsetto | girlswithslingshots.com | @dcorsetto – Hemlock | hemlock.smackjeeves.com | @mildtarantula – Paul DuffieldRead More →

o human star interview

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I sit down for another cross-continental interview: This time with queer-comics author and artist Blue Delliquanti. Blue’s comic O Human Star is a clever and beautiful story, following the father of the robot revolution Alistair Sterling, from untimely death to his even more unexpected revival – in a new synthetic body, 16 years later. In this time his work has been continued and expanded upon by his old partner Brendan Pinsky to the point where cybernetically enhanced people and full-on robots have become commonplace. Despite all this tech and progress though, Brendan says he has no idea who could have successfully revived Al, or why.Read More →

august-digest-14

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It’s been a while since I did one of these – and I think a new digest is long overdue: Feast your eyes upon these colossai of creativity! Contrived Setups to Niche Pop-Culture References Paul Savage is an incredibly fun and charming Stand-up Comedian and MC based in the UK – and now, not only can I recommend you check out one of his shows (like his upcoming Edinburgh Fringe run), but also his brand-new comic; Contrived Setups to Niche Pop-Culture References. The comic medium suits Paul’s style incredibly well – He’s like the bacon of comedy: big, delicious and addictive pieces of wit, inRead More →