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Series Review: Blacksad, by Juan Diaz Canales & Juanjo Guardino

Posted on January 19, 2023 by Jeroen Admiraal

A review of: Blacksad is a series of noir hardboiled detective stories, very much in the style of Raymond Chandler and Dashiel Hammett, and stars a cynical private investigator named John Blacksad. The comic drawings dive with relish into all … Continue reading →

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Review: Little Bird (2019) by Darcy van Poelgeest & Ian Bertram

Posted on January 13, 2023 by Jeroen Admiraal

Little Bird is a beautifully drawn limited comic series set in a dystopian future of the North American continent, and has a rather standard rebels versus evil empire storyline, complete with young saviour figures that makes the story very reminiscent … Continue reading →

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Shaun Tan – The Arrival (2006) Review

Posted on December 19, 2022 by Jeroen Admiraal

10/10 It has been little over a year since I have seriously started reading comics and graphic novels. In that time I have read some that are considered classics, the best the medium has to offer – Maus, The Incal, … Continue reading →

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The Great Power of the Chninkel (1986) by Van Hamme & Rosinski

Posted on November 7, 2022 by Jeroen Admiraal

Rosinski and Van Hamme’s The Great Power of the Chninkel is an epic graphic novel that offers an odd mix between The Dark Crystal, 2001: A Space Odyssey and the New Testament. Originally published in French in 1986-87 as Le … Continue reading →

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The Sandman, Vol. 7 & 8 (“Brief Lives” & “World’s End”) by Neil Gaiman

Posted on November 3, 2022 by Jeroen Admiraal

Brief Lives (1994) “What could possibly go wrong?” Is what Dream asks his butler Lucien when he is about to embark on a journey with his crazy sister Delirium to find their long lost brother Destruction. That has trouble written … Continue reading →

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Guy Delisle – Jerusalem: Chronicles from the Holy City (2011) Review

Posted on October 6, 2022 by Jeroen Admiraal

This is the fourth time that Guy Delisle moves to another country for an extended period of time. It’s Israel as you can guess from the title. And as he flies into the country and lands, I guess, at Tel … Continue reading →

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The Sandman, Vol. 3 & 4 (“Dream Country” & “Season of Mists”) by Neil Gaiman

Posted on September 7, 2022 by Jeroen Admiraal

Dream Country (1991) In this volume, which is pretty short and only holds four short stories, Gaiman further embeds his Sandman character into classical and mythological literature. The first story brings in one of the muses from old Greek mythology, … Continue reading →

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Reviews: Persepolis (2000) by Marjane Satrapi & Persepolis (2007) the film adaption

Posted on August 19, 2022 by Jeroen Admiraal

Persepolis is often mentioned in the same breath as that other autobiographical graphic novel Maus by Art Spiegelman. Very understandable, as Persepolis chronicles the childhood of writer Marjane Satrapi as she grew up in Iran in the 1980s as the … Continue reading →

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Review: Diosamante (1992) by Jean-Claude Gal & Alejandro Jodorowsky

Posted on August 8, 2022 by Jeroen Admiraal

Man, Jean-Claude Gal can draw, man. He must be among the greatest comic book artists of all time. Previously I read Armies (1977-88) which was his first work and the artistry that he put on display in that series was … Continue reading →

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Review: The Celestial Bibendum (2012) by Nicolas de Crécy

Posted on July 1, 2022 by Jeroen Admiraal

A big fat 9/10 I loved everything about this. Nicolas de Crecy’s The Celestial Bibendum is one of those works of art that is absolutely bonkers, but is presented with so much artistry and imagination that is becomes something very … Continue reading →

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