World Comic Book Review

19th September 2023

Judge Dredd: The Complete Case Files (review)—“Under house arrest awaiting a sentence”

Author: John Wagner et al. Artist: Brian Bolland, Ian Gibson, Andrew Currie et al. Rebellion / 2000AD, 2022 UNTETHER THE HOUNDS of justice. In younger years I was wary of police and would never have warmed up to a strip hero like super-cop JUDGE DREDD then dominating headlines in the UK and Commonwealth countries and … 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

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (review)

Writer: John Reppion Artist: Mark Penman Independently published, 2021 Aficionadoes of medieval English will enjoy this new interpretation of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, a tale written in around 1350AD and forming part of the canon of the tales of Camelot. Appropriately, it is put together by two Englishmen, John Reppion and Mark Penman. … 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