Broken Frontier‘s Kris Bather reviews The Deep Vol.2: The Vanishing Island The Vanishing Island is the next entry (in hopefully a long series of OGNs), after the Aurealis Award winning debut of 2011. The Deep: Here Be Dragons by Tom Taylor and James Brouwer focused on the undersea adventures of the delightful and diverse Nekton [...]
ComicsOnline’s Jayden Leggett has put together an insightful review of Bobby Nenadovic‘s ‘Digested’ series: “A social commentary. An opinion piece. A journey of self-expression. An autobiography told through panels. Prepare yourself for a series that is vastly different to what you probably normally expect from the comic book medium. There are no spandex-clad superheroes here. Digested is [...]
Tim McEwen’s review of Changing Ways Book 1, No Aimless Shambling in This Zombie Horror, is full of praise for Justin Randall’s work. “It’s a compelling thriller/mystery with a supernatural, possibly zombie, conspiracy twist, and it’s very hard to put down.” Despite early misgivings, it seems McEwen is now keen to get hold of the second [...]
The taste of grit, sweat and stubble in Christian Read and Emily K. Smith‘s latest graphic novel, Unmasked #2, is reflected through the latest Deer In The Xenon-Arc Lights review. “Comics don’t often play by real rules when it comes to the real societies that they set themselves in and Christian uses this book to call them [...]
Deer in the Xenon-Arc Lights has given a crackling and almost visual review of Justin Randall‘s Changing Ways: Book 2 – “There was something else that struck me about the first book that continues here; to this day I’m still yet to see a book that does a better job with its sound effects. There [...]
Scaryminds gives Justin Randall‘s newly released Changing Ways Book 2 ten-out-of-ten stars in their review, saying Randall “might well be creating the definitive Australian graphic novel.” “Not quite sure how to describe it folks, while we’re talking pretty realistic renderings, there’s something slightly otherworldly about the pages that simply drips atmosphere. If Somerset Maugham had of done [...]
The Momus Report – promoter of Australian graphic novel titles – reveals how Emmet O’Cuana fell in love with The Eldritch Kid: Whiskey & Hate: “I would generally only trust the likes of Garth Ennis or Joe R. Lansdale on name recognition alone anyway – which is why Read’s line indicating that supernatural forces have been [...]
Broken Frontier have just published the first review of Gestalt’s Changing Ways Book 2: “This 128 page sequel to 2010’s Aurealis Award winning original graphic novel, again, lusciously produced by Randall, has tightened the suspense and upped the drama. The original Changing Ways was, and is, a great horror tale, whereas this volume takes a slightly different [...]