World Comic Book Review

19th March 2024

Tokyo Ghost: Hardcover Collected Edition (Review)

Tokyo Ghost (hardcover collected edition) Image Comics, July 2017 Writer: Rick Remender Primitivism, the melange of both wistful fantasy and philosophy, is founded in the premise that a simpler life is inherently better than the complexity of modern life. It has its Anglophone origins with Matthew Arnold, an English writer who espoused through his work … Read more

A Eulogy for Marcus: Deadly Class #1-22 (review)

Deadly Class #1-22 (review)Image Comics, 2015-2016Writer: Rick Remender Marcus Lopez Arguello died in late 1987 – the exact date is unclear – aged only fifteen. Marcus’ friends, and we are amongst them, know that his death was a shameful waste. In the freefall of violence in which Marcus spent most of his life, it is fair … Read more