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Article: PG Previews October 2013
Posted: July 27, 2013
OK, I know I have a tendency to over-enthuse, sorry about that. I so often rave about how much great graphic literature is coming out each month, but you’ll see that this October is pretty impressive, with new works by such sequential champions as Neil Gaiman & J.H. Williams III, delving into The Sandman‘s secret origins, Joe Sacco and Anders Nilsen, both trying their hand at lengthy, fold-out accordion-format narrative friezes, Peter Bagge doing a biography, and, most eagerly anticipated by me and many, the energising, ecstatic electricity of Paul Pope’s teen demi-god Battling Boy (above). I’m also buzzing that Sfar’s Pascin and Julie Maroh’s Blue Angel are getting translated from French, not to overlook some choice manga from the avant garde to a Viking saga. And the debut books are especially striking this month from North American and British creators. From the UK, Katie Green’s Lighter Than My Shadow and Isabel Greenberg’s The Encyclopedia of Early Earth will stand as two of this year’s greatest graphic novel experiences, not just within their national scene but as truly outstanding achievements in world-class comics. Lots of people say we’re living in a ‘Golden Age’ of comics right now, but what do we call it when that Age keeps getting better, braver and bolder, and that Gold keeps shining brighter and brighter? Prepare to be dazzled! Read the rest of my PG Previews for October 2013 here…
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