Wednesday 26 December 2018

Review: 'Space Trash' by Lydia Butz

Last week I said to watch this space... little did you all know that I was stealthily punning. [Insert mischievous chuckle here]. Today I'm blogging about 'Space Trash' by Lydia Butz, another purchase from Nottingham Comic Con 2018.

So what's this comic about? The blurb simply says:

A comic that is totally not inspired by true life events because it's set in space.




To add a little more context, the story could be summed up as this: our protagonist gets a super cool space job, except it's not quite what she thought... mishaps and hilarity ensue. To be honest, at just 16 pages per volume (and £5 each) with very little dialogue, you'd be best off just picking it up and reading it for yourself. It's worth it!

Friday 21 December 2018

Review: 'Spunk' by Rhiannon Kagoe

Let's kick things off by diving into the pile of goodies I picked up at Nottingham Comic Con a while back.

The first stall I visited was that of the delightful Rhiannon Kagoe, where we bantered about nihilistic humour, chatted about representation in comics and traded artist origin stories. Kagoe shared some great advice about starting out in comics, but that's another blog post for another time.

On to the comic:

Spunk is a horror-comedy comic which features a small but engaging cast, a dash of playful whimsy and an LGBTQ romance.