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Top 22 Graphic Novels, Comics & Manga:February 2021
Paul Gravett selects the most interesting comics, manga and graphic novels from the publisher advance listings. More...
Posted: November 22, 2020
Top 26 Graphic Novels, Comics & Manga:January 2021
Paul Gravett selects the most interesting comics, manga and graphic novels from the publisher advance listings. More...
Posted: October 25, 2020
Top 23 Graphic Novels, Comics & Manga:December 2020
Paul Gravett selects the most interesting comics, manga and graphic novels from the publisher advance listings. More...
Posted: October 13, 2020
Alexander Tucker:In The Forcefield
Running through his work is an undertow of separation, loss & longing, perhaps for transformation or transcendence. More...
Posted: October 1, 2020
Steven Appleby:Dragman
Paul Gravett reviews Steven Appleby's cross-dressing superhero in search of his true self... More...
Posted: September 25, 2020
Top 20 Graphic Novels, Comics & Manga:November 2020
Paul Gravett selects the most interesting comics, manga and graphic novels from the publisher advance listings. More...
Posted: August 25, 2020
Top 30 Graphic Novels, Comics & Manga:October 2020
Paul Gravett selects the most interesting comics, manga and graphic novels from the publisher advance listings. More...
Posted: July 28, 2020
Top 28 Graphic Novels, Comics & Manga:September 2020
Paul Gravett selects the most interesting comics, manga and graphic novels from the publisher advance listings. More...
Posted: June 19, 2020
Top 24 Graphic Novels, Comics & Manga:July 2020
Paul Gravett selects the most interesting comics, manga and graphic novels from the publisher advance listings. More...
Posted: May 25, 2020
Best Comics of 2019: An International Perspective Part 3:Year in Review
International correspondents review their favourite homegrown comics of the year... More...
Posted: April 6, 2020
Top 25 Graphic Novels, Comics & Manga:June 2020
Paul Gravett selects the most interesting comics, manga and graphic novels from the publisher advance listings. More...
Posted: March 24, 2020
Best Comics of 2018: An International Perspective:Year in Review
International correspondents review their favourite homegrown comics of the year... More...
Posted: March 21, 2020
Top 38 Graphic Novels, Comics & Manga:May 2020
Paul Gravett selects the most interesting comics, manga and graphic novels from the publisher advance listings. More...
Posted: February 28, 2020
Best Comics of 2019: An International Perspective Part 2:Year in Review
Further reviews by my International Correspondents of their favourite homegrown titles from last year... More...
Posted: February 22, 2020
Best Comics of 2019: An International Perspective Part 1:Year in Review
My global correspondents comment on their favourite titles published last year. More...
Posted: February 9, 2020
Top 36 Graphic Novels, Comics & Manga:April 2020
Paul Gravett selects the most interesting comics, manga and graphic novels from the publisher advance listings. More...
Posted: February 5, 2020
Tobias Tak: In Tribute:Cartoonist and Dancer
The doubly gifted Dutch artist made his comics a perfect partnership of motion and rhythm. More...
Posted: January 10, 2020
Top 23 Graphic Novels, Comics & Manga:March 2020
Paul Gravett selects the most interesting comics, manga and graphic novels from the publisher advance listings. More...
Posted: December 29, 2019
Ken Reid:Britain’s Monstrous Mirth-Maker
On the centenary of his birth, tributes to the Great British Comic Artist by some of his peers and admirers More...
Posted: December 17, 2019
Top 25 Graphic Novels, Comics & Manga:February 2020
Paul Gravett selects the most interesting comics, manga and graphic novels from the publisher advance listings. More...
Posted: November 24, 2019
Top 15 Graphic Novels, Comics & Manga:January 2020
Paul Gravett selects the most interesting comics, manga and graphic novels from the publisher advance listings. More...
Posted: November 1, 2019
Top 20 Graphic Novels, Comics & Manga:December 2019
Paul Gravett selects the most interesting comics, manga and graphic novels from the publisher advance listings. More...
Posted: October 6, 2019
Top 21 Graphic Novels, Comics & Manga:November 2019
Paul Gravett selects the most interesting comics, manga and graphic novels from the publisher advance listings. More...
Posted: September 8, 2019
Top 35 Graphic Novels, Comics & Manga:October 2019
Paul Gravett selects the most interesting comics, manga and graphic novels from the publisher advance listings. More...
Posted: August 12, 2019
Top 40 Graphic Novels, Comics & Manga::September 2019
Paul Gravett selects the most interesting comics, manga and graphic novels from the publisher advance listings. More...
Posted: July 19, 2019
Top 21 Graphic Novels, Comics & Manga:August 2019
Paul Gravett selects the most interesting comics, manga and graphic novels from the publisher advance listings. More...
Posted: June 2, 2019
Top 20 Graphic Novels, Comics & Manga:July 2019
Paul Gravett selects the most interesting comics, manga and graphic novels from the publisher advance listings. More...
Posted: May 5, 2019
Top 34 Graphic Novels, Comics & Manga:June 2019
Paul Gravett selects the most interesting comics, manga and graphic novels from the publisher advance listings. More...
Posted: April 7, 2019
Top 30 Graphic Novels, Comics & Manga:May 2019
Paul Gravett selects the most interesting comics, manga and graphic novels from the publisher advance listings. More...
Posted: March 2, 2019
Top 19 Graphic Novels, Comics & Manga:April 2019
Paul Gravett selects the most interesting comics, manga and graphic novels from the publisher advance listings. More...
Posted: February 4, 2019
Top 18 Graphic Novels, Comics & Manga:March 2019
Paul Gravett selects the most interesting comics, manga and graphic novels from the publisher advance listings. More...
Posted: January 6, 2019
Top 22 Graphic Novels, Comics & Manga:February 2019
Paul Gravett selects the most interesting comics, manga and graphic novels from the publisher advance listings. More...
Posted: December 3, 2018
Top 18 Graphic Novels, Comics & Manga:January 2019
Paul Gravett selects the most interesting comics, manga and graphic novels from the publisher advance listings. More...
Posted: November 11, 2018
Top 18 Graphic Novels, Comics & Manga:December 2018
Paul Gravett selects the most interesting comics, manga and graphic novels from the publisher advance listings. More...
Posted: September 28, 2018
Top 32 Graphic Novels, Comics & Manga:November 2018
Paul Gravett selects the most interesting comics, manga and graphic novels from the publisher advance listings. More...
Posted: September 1, 2018
Vannak Anan Prum:A Graphic Memoir of Modern Slavery
A Cambodian survivor of human trafficking relates his four years of slavery on a Thai fishing vessel. More...
Posted: August 27, 2018
Top 35 Graphic Novels, Comics & Manga:October 2018
Paul Gravett selects the most interesting comics, manga and graphic novels from the publisher advance listings. More...
Posted: August 18, 2018
Steve Ditko: Ditko Unleashed:A Major Retrospective Exhibition
The first major retrospective of the co-creator of Spider-Man and Doctor Strange. More...
Posted: July 7, 2018
Top 25 Graphic Novels, Comics & Manga:September 2018
Paul Gravett selects the most interesting comics, manga and graphic novels from the publisher advance listings. More...
Posted: July 6, 2018
Top 21 Graphic Novels, Comics & Manga:August 2018
Paul Gravett selects the most interesting comics, manga and graphic novels from the publisher advance listings. More...
Posted: June 1, 2018
Chris Reynolds Interview:Mysterious Stories about Times and Places
Unique auteur Chris Reynolds is overdue for (re-)discovery with The New World. More...
Posted: May 9, 2018
Best Comics of 2017: An International Perspective Part 2:Year in Review
By Correspondents from Brazil, Denmark, Finland, Flanders, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Spain & The Netherlands. More...
Posted: May 6, 2018
Top 22 Graphic Novels, Comics & Manga:July 2018
Paul Gravett selects the most interesting comics, manga and graphic novels from the publisher advance listings. More...
Posted: April 29, 2018
Best Comics of 2017: An International Perspective Part 1:Year in Review
Chosen by Correspondents from Argentina, Germany, Indonesia, New Zealand, Serbia, Singapore & South Korea. More...
Posted: April 14, 2018
Top 26 Graphic Novels, Comics & Manga:June 2018
Paul Gravett selects the most interesting comics, manga and graphic novels from the publisher advance listings. More...
Posted: March 29, 2018
Olivier Kugler:Reportage Comics
Kugler's graphic documentaries record the complex lives of displaced Syrian refugees More...
Posted: March 21, 2018
Hur Young-man:My Brilliant Korea
A household name and best-selling legend in South Korea, Hur Young-man deserves global acclaim. More...
Posted: March 4, 2018
Top 27 Graphic Novels, Comics & Manga:May 2018
Paul Gravett selects the most interesting comics, manga and graphic novels from the publisher advance listings. More...
Posted: February 28, 2018
Top 27 Graphic Novels, Comics & Manga:April 2018
Paul Gravett selects the most interesting comics, manga and graphic novels from the publisher advance listings. More...
Posted: February 16, 2018
Top 25 Graphic Novels, Comics & Manga:March 2018
Paul Gravett selects the most interesting comics, manga and graphic novels from the publisher advance listings. More...
Posted: December 29, 2017
Top 27 Graphic Novels, Comics & Manga:February 2018
Paul Gravett selects the most interesting comics, manga and graphic novels from the publisher advance listings. More...
Posted: December 5, 2017
Top 12 Graphic Novels, Comics & Manga:January 2018
Paul Gravett selects the most interesting comics, manga and graphic novels from the publisher advance listings. More...
Posted: November 8, 2017
Top 20 Graphic Novels, Comics & Manga:December 2017
Paul Gravett selects the most interesting comics, manga and graphic novels from the publisher advance listings. More...
Posted: October 18, 2017
Best Comics of 2016: An International Perspective:Year in Review
Chosen by Correspondents from Australia, Brazil, Denmark, Finland, New Zealand, Serbia, Singapore & Spain More...
Posted: September 23, 2017
Top 26 Graphic Novels, Comics & Manga:November 2017
Paul Gravett selects the most interesting comics, manga and graphic novels from the publisher advance listings. More...
Posted: September 15, 2017
Orijit Sen:His River of Stories
His plea for environmental sanity is recognised as India’s first non-fiction graphic novel. More...
Posted: August 16, 2017
Hostage:How Do You Survive When All Hope Is Lost?
Guy Delisle chronicles the endurance of a kidnap victim in solitary confinement. More...
Posted: August 12, 2017
Top 37 Graphic Novels, Comics & Manga:October 2017
Paul Gravett selects the most interesting comics, manga and graphic novels from the publisher advance listings. More...
Posted: August 5, 2017
Top 26 Graphic Novels, Comics & Manga:September 2017
Paul Gravett selects the most interesting comics, manga and graphic novels from the publisher advance listings. More...
Posted: July 10, 2017
Top 28 Graphic Novels, Comics & Manga:August 2017
Paul Gravett selects the most interesting comics, manga and graphic novels from the publisher advance listings. More...
Posted: June 4, 2017
Zao Dao:China Rising
The prodigiously gifted Chinese artist & internet phenomenon is being discovered worldwide. More...
Posted: May 14, 2017
Top 18 Comics, Graphic Novels & Manga:July 2017
Paul Gravett selects the most interesting comics, manga and graphic novels from the publisher advance listings. More...
Posted: May 5, 2017
Top 21 Comics, Graphic Novels & Manga:June 2017
Paul Gravett selects the most interesting comics, manga and graphic novels from the publisher advance listings. More...
Posted: April 15, 2017
Top 35 Comics, Graphic Novels & Manga:May 2017
Paul Gravett selects the most interesting comics, manga and graphic novels from the publisher advance listings. More...
Posted: March 11, 2017
Top 17 Comics, Graphic Novels & Manga:April 2017
Paul Gravett selects the most interesting comics, manga and graphic novels from the publisher advance listings. More...
Posted: February 4, 2017
Top 21 Comics, Graphic Novels & Manga:March 2017
Paul Gravett selects the most interesting comics, manga and graphic novels from the publisher advance listings. More...
Posted: January 8, 2017
Top 16 Comics, Graphic Novels & Manga:February 2017
Paul Gravett selects the most interesting comics, manga and graphic novels from the publisher advance listings. More...
Posted: December 4, 2016
Top 16 Comics, Graphic Novels & Manga:January 2017
Paul Gravett selects the most interesting comics, manga and graphic novels from the publisher advance listings. More...
Posted: November 19, 2016
Top Ten Comics, Graphic Novels & Manga:December 2016
Paul Gravett selects the most interesting comics, manga and graphic novels from the publisher advance listings. More...
Posted: October 30, 2016
Top 20 Comics, Graphic Novels & Manga:November 2016
Paul Gravett selects the most interesting comics, manga and graphic novels from the publisher advance listings. More...
Posted: September 25, 2016
Gaijin Mangaka:A Constant Light
A generational shift has come from the realisation that there are many alternative approaches to manga. More...
Posted: September 18, 2016
François Boucq:Twisted Tales
This French virtuoso brings to life Jodorowsky's Westerns, Charyn's mysteries & his own delirious fantasies. More...
Posted: September 5, 2016
Marcel Ruijters:Hieronymus Bosch
In his graphic biography Ruijters takes great pleasure in debunking myths about Bosch. More...
Posted: August 27, 2016
Top 22 Comics, Graphic Novels & Manga:October 2016
Paul Gravett selects the most interesting comics, graphic novels & manga from the publisher advance listings. More...
Posted: August 19, 2016
Blutch:American Dreaming
With Peplum finally in English, the cartoonist's cartoonist, Frenchman Blutch, talks about his career so far. More...
Posted: July 25, 2016
Igort:Capturing Life
For the Italian graphic novel maestro Igort, both Russia & Japan have coloured his life and his multi-faceted creativity. More...
Posted: July 10, 2016
Top 25 Comics, Graphic Novels & Manga:September 2016
Paul Gravett selects the most interesting comics, graphic novels & manga from the publisher advance listings. More...
Posted: July 4, 2016
Comic Invention:Interview with Co-Curator Laurence Grove
From hieroglyphics to Frank Quitely’s originals, this exhibition explores how comics are constantly being reinvented. More...
Posted: June 19, 2016
Top 28 Comics, Graphic Novels & Manga:August 2016
Paul Gravett selects the most interesting comics, graphic novels & manga from the publisher advance listings. More...
Posted: June 4, 2016
Top 18 Best Graphic Novels:July 2016
Paul Gravett selects the most interesting comics, graphic novels & manga from the publisher advance listings. More...
Posted: May 1, 2016
Asian Comics:A Book Review
The first book-length treatment in any language of comics from almost the entirety of the region. More...
Posted: April 26, 2016
Top 16 Comics, Graphic Novels & Manga:June 2016
Paul Gravett selects the most interesting comics, graphic novels & manga from the publisher advance listings. More...
Posted: April 18, 2016
Aline Kominsky Crumb:Me and Mr Crumb
Aline Kominsky's love affair with Robert Crumb began before they met and 45 years on it's still going strong. More...
Posted: April 3, 2016
Top 25 Comics, Graphic Novels & Manga:May 2016
Paul Gravett selects the most interesting comics, graphic novels & manga from the publisher advance listings. More...
Posted: March 13, 2016
Tillie Walden:That In-Between State
Close enough to her childhood & adolescence to recapture their intensity, yet with a maturity that belies her youth. More...
Posted: March 6, 2016
Best Graphic Novels of 2015:An International Perspective Part 2
Six of my correspondents pick their favourites from Argentina, Finland, Italy, Spain, Sweden & Switzerland. More...
Posted: February 29, 2016
Charlotte Salomon:Life? Or Theatre?
Her 1940-42 masterpiece anticipated frank autobiographical graphic novels and the rise of women cartoonists. More...
Posted: February 21, 2016
Top 21 Graphic Novels:April 2016
Paul Gravett selects the most interesting comics, manga and graphic novels from the publisher advance listings. More...
Posted: February 14, 2016
Best Graphic Novels of 2015:An International Perspective Part 1
Widen your horizons & explore the best of last year's comics from around the world... More...
Posted: February 8, 2016
The Secret History of Wonder Woman:An Interview With Jill Lepore
The Harvard historian digs deep into the story behind our favourite Amazon’s unconventional creator. More...
Posted: January 10, 2016
My Top Ten Comics Of 2015:Graphic Novels, Manga & More
Paul Gravett selects seven Top Tens of his favourite graphic novels, manga, reprints & books about comics. More...
Posted: January 1, 2016
Pablo Holmberg aka Kioskerman:Re-Entering The Gates Of Eden
The Argentine cartoonist shows how four panels can build up over time into a world of ideas and feelings. More...
Posted: December 29, 2015
Top 17 Best Graphic Novels:March 2016
Paul Gravett selects his 17 most interesting comics, manga and graphic novels from the publisher advance listings. More...
Posted: December 26, 2015
Miriam Katin:Coming To Terms
Aged 62, Katin sketched out her first graphic novel about her and her mother's escape from the Nazis. More...
Posted: December 17, 2015
Top 14 Best Graphic Novels:February 2016
Paul Gravett selects his 14 most interesting comics, manga and graphic novels from the publisher advance listings. More...
Posted: December 10, 2015
Top 12 Best Graphic Novels:January 2016
Paul Gravett selects the most interesting comics, manga and graphic novels from the publisher advance listings. More...
Posted: November 7, 2015
Marcello Quintanilha:A Brazilian in Barcelona
Though based for years in Barcelona, the gritty graphic novelist never feels even 10 centimetres away from Brazil. More...
Posted: October 29, 2015
Top 12 Best Graphic Novels:December 2015
Paul Gravett selects his 12 most interesting comics, manga and graphic novels from the publisher advance listings. More...
Posted: September 25, 2015
Books To Read: Best Graphic Novels:November 2015
Paul Gravett selects the most interesting comics, manga and graphic novels from the publisher advance listings. More...
Posted: September 1, 2015
Books To Read: Best Graphic Novels:October 2015
Paul Gravett selects the most interesting comics, manga and graphic novels from the publisher advance listings. More...
Posted: August 17, 2015
