World Comic Book Review

20th April 2024

Marvel Zombies: Destroy! (revisited)

Writers: Frank Marraffino and Peter David Artist: Mirco Pierfederici Marvel Comics, 2011-2012 Back in December 2005, American superhero comic book publisher Marvel Comics published a 5-issue limited series titled Marvel Zombies. It was very popular. The series revolves around an alternate universe in which all of Marvel’s superheroes, save for a handful of survivors, have … Read more

Breakwater (Review)

Creator: Katriona Chapman Avery Hill Press, 2021 Katriona Chapman’s Breakwater is a non-fiction graphic novel centered on the mundane life of Chris, a woman in her 40s who is an introverted loner that spent a large part of her life working in a local theater called Breakwater Picture House. The copy to the title reads … Read more

Weird Western Adventures: Bea and James #1 (Review)

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Writer: Greg Boucher Artist: Justin Ayres Studio Stella Polaris, October 2020 Weird Western Adventures: Bea and James is an independently-published comic book from writer Greg Boucher, with illustration done by Justin Ayers. The words “weird western” in the title alludes to a specific sub-genre, where the elements of sci-fi are mixed in what is otherwise … Read more

NJXP (Review)

Creator: Rhys Prosser Independent, November 2021 NJXP is the first graphic novel written and illustrated by Rhys Prosser (see Rhys Prosser – Comic Book Author). Mr Prosser originally started working on NJXP in 2019 but managed to finish and release the project in late 2021. (As we see so often in this age of Covid, … Read more