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I got to spend ages whittling down a list of great graphic novels and comics again! Here are some splendid books from this year theguardian.com/books/2024/d…
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So the new My Favorite Thing is Monsters is great. Start with volume 1, if you've not already...
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So I got to review this dark but fun Shakespeare meets Saltburn debut
Henry Henry by Allen Bratton review – a Shakespearean tangle of hedonism and duty theguardian.com/books/articl…
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So I reviewed this bleak but touching book about American dreams
Jonathan Abernathy You Are Kind by Molly McGhee review – sleeping on the job theguardian.com/books/2024/f…
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Always lovely to wrap up the best graphic novels of the year for the Guardian, tho whittling it down to a short(ish)list gets harder every year. Ghosts, rappers, pizza, WWII, the apocalypse and a green water pistol all feature... theguardian.com/culture/2023…
Graphic novel people! I'm starting to figure out my best graphics/comics of 2023 roundup for the Guardian. I've already got a bunch to consider but I'd love any further suggestions...
In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. And then the dirt bikes showed up.
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Edinburgh and Glasgow would not be the same without The List's culture-packed pages. I remember my days writing for them in the early 00s so very fondly crowdfunder.co.uk/help-the-l…
So I got to read lots of books with words and pictures in again this year. Always hard to choose a selection, but these are the brilliant best ones.
Best comics and graphic novels of 2021 theguardian.com/books/2021/d…
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Excited to see this finally hit the shelves! We began it before any of the strangeness hit and it's making me feel VERY peckish
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So I got to write about the year's best graphic novels again! Always a pleasure, once you get over having to leave lots of great comics out... theguardian.com/books/2020/n…
Act of Grace by Anna Krien review – a hugely impressive first novel
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At least this is the perfect time of year for the butter dish. The butter is soft enough to spread, but cool enough that yuckiness is just a distant dream
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Because I'm cool like that, I've made a playlist of my favourite ten songs of each of the last ten years. The resulting top 100 goes from Robyn to Fontaines DC and will just fit into the working day open.spotify.com/playlist/2i… #NowPlaying
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The Tempest by Alan Moore and Kevin O’Neill – it’s been a blast
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Exciting times! I just got to talk about my favourite graphic novels of the year
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