World Comic Book Review

26th April 2024

Salty Seductions of the Salacious Seas (review)—“Love is the motive right or wrong”

Writer: David Doub Artist: Pat Binder Diamond, February 2022 Entering this finely drawn story in the quiet meadows of Cornwall, traveling in a carriage drawn by a team of four horses, looks more comfortable than it could have been, due to the charming penmanship of both writer David Doub and artist Pat Binder, leading us … Read more

Las meninas (revisited)

Writer : Javier Olivares Artist : Santiago García 2015, Astiberri (Spain) / Fantagraphics (USA) Art, it should be noted, is not something that happens per se. The presence of a man performing the action is required, as a nook cannot be written by itself, nor a picture be painted by a paintbrush. This leads to … Read more

The Eldritch Kid: Bone War (review)

Written by Christian Read Illustrated by Paul Mason Gestalt Comics, 2019 We recently caught with Wolf Bylsma, the editor of Australian publisher Gestalt Comics. Gestalt has been a solid performer in the Australian comics scene, responsible for the sci-fi ocean adventure comic The Deep (now a very successful children’s cartoon series) and wonderfully artistic titles … Read more