Ring Around the Rosie – We All Fall Down

Out of the Mouths of Children’s Games When something truly horrible happens, the human animal has long been in the habit of creating a piece of work to make sense out it. Picasso had his Guernica. Anne Frank had her diary. The children of the black plague chose a catchy singing game to make sense …

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Sydris 1 – Sydris is All Things to All….Nerds?

So… what do you do when, after decades collecting and reading comics, you suddenly discover a flourishing Australian independent comics scene with its own rich history? Why, you create a central clearing house/index where all things pertaining to modern Aussie comics can be found and researched by those with the desire to delve into the …

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Toby and the Magic Pencil #2 Review: Distracted

In many stories, some heroes stumble into adventure. They are those people who push on headlong, consistently carving through their path. It seems Toby is the second type: the one where the adventure stumbles upon our hero. Toby and the Magic Pencil #2 is an enjoyable knockabout story that tries to do a lot of …

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Is It A Wrath of the Cursed Story? The Pirate Queen Review

It’s a rare treat to find a story go from one time period to another, but here we are. Wrath of the Cursed has moved on from its fantasy Japan setting to another generation, with the same premise and the same promise. Even then, does it work? The Pirate Queen is swashbuckling adventure which only …

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Toby and the Magic Pencil – Issue #2 REVIEW

Set immediately after the first issue, #2 finds Toby and his friends still on the run from his dejected dragon creation (aka ‘The Great Sid Sizzle’). Together they race in search of Toby’s brother Garth, the other half of the magic pencil, and any clues to help locate the brothers‘ missing mother.  Quick on the …

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