World Comic Book Review

18th March 2024

Morrison Hotel (review)

Writer: Leah Moore Artists: Various Doors Property 2021 WHAT A TRIP flying high with poet singer rockstar criminal lover Jim Morrison across the stage and over the crowd in flashing pastel colors while the singer chants “he went down south and crossed the border, left chaos and disorder, back over his shoulder” in time with … Read more

Rebel Rebel: The Graphic Biography of David Bowie

Creator: Con Chrisoulis Independently published, August 2020 MINIATURIZED REPRESENTATIVE ART in painting and figures, often fashioned in jewelry and worn as a talisman, at times achieves an incredible veracity to detail to portray the likeness of the original subject, like a tiny ship in a bottle. This is the perfect effect in the graphic panels … Read more

Hadden Hall v Bowie: Stardust, Rayguns and Moonage Daydreams – a comparative review

Bowie: Stardust, Rayguns and Moonage Daydreams Michael Allred and Steve Horton – writers; Laura Allred: Artist Insight Comics, January 2020 ** Hadden Hall: When David Made Bowie Writer and Artist: Néjib Self Made Hero, 2018. Comic book biographies of musicians are extremely rare creatures. In this comparative review, we look at two comic books published within … Read more