World Comic Book Review

29th March 2024

Single Cell (Review)

Single Cell Independently published, 2018 Writer: Dr Machina Strongly recommended to fans of surrealism, Single Cell is one of the strangest comics we have had the pleasure to review. Single Cell consists of a series of unrelated one panel pages. Each panel consists of what appears to be obscure or forgotten comic book art, some … Read more

The popularity of Asterix – “Asterix et la Transitalique “

The popularity of Asterix – “Asterix et la Transitalique“ Orion Children’s Books, 2017 Writer: Jean-Yves Ferri We have previously written about the historical inaccuracy of Asterix. But we have not addressed the question: why is a story about two Gauls fighting Romans two millennia ago so popular? Thus far Asterix has spawned seven French language … Read more

Ack #1-3 (review)

Ack #1-3 Independently published, 2013-2018 Writers: Maxwell Yezpitelok, Felipe Choque The superhero genre can rarely be accused of not taking itself seriously enough. A man in a cape posturing under a flag, perched on a gargoyle, or flying amidst the clouds on some random but altruistic patrol are images ingrained into the global consciousness. The … Read more

Damage #1 (Review)

Damage #1 DC Comics, April 2018 Writer: Robert Venditti This comic is, put simply, about a character which is a blatant copy of the Hulk. We are tempted to leave our review at that. But we should elaborate. Damage #1 is published by American comic book publishing company DC Comics. It is written by Robert … Read more