Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
When the hero becomes the destroyer, when the bringer of salvation turns into the prophet of doom and death, then nobody on the planet can save humanity, save for the prophet himself. It is in the nature of humanity that such direct and opposing forces should be found in the body of one being.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
It is an island that sits on the edge of many different ideologies, of history having forged its distinct and positive identity and one to whom the people who nestle and cling to its rock with patience, drive and a sense of peace in their hearts. Malta has almost everything you could wish for, in both a place of relaxation and the best of holidays but also it holds secrets that implore investigation and one of them is the local outstanding poet Miriam Calleja and her anthology of dual heritage writing, the beautiful and absorbing collection that entwines throughout each page, Pomegranate Heart.
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“…And they lived happily ever after”…is the world of fairy tales most valued sentence, it is the culmination of the narrative into which the book closes and the tired parent leaves the eager child hanging on for the next adventure, for the next moment in which the reality of princes saving damsels and ogres munching on the bones of the inquisitive are taken as fact. Fairy Tales don’t really exist but Fables now that’s a different matter and as in the world of humans, nobody truly lives Happily Ever After, the cop out of innocence never runs that’s smooth.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
There is a reason why Harley Quinn is so popular with the fans of the D.C. Comics world and perhaps not for the reason that many people will think of as they conclude that it either boils down to the great characterisation employed by Amanda Conner, Jimmy Palmiotti and their team of diligent creatives or the way in which, for a character within the D.C. universe, she is seen as breath of fresh air; either could be employed to describe the phenomenon of Harley Quinn but arguably they would be lost in the truth somewhere.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
Lofty ideals are to be lauded but inevitability they fall down, they crumble to dust and mud and in the end even the mightiest most noble truth comes crashing down because of instability in keeping an archetype principle alive.
With Bill Willingham’s Fables series, the ideal has always been within the reader’s grasp, a succession of books that ranks so highly in graphic novel lovers affections that it shares its crown with only the likes of Locke and Key with ease and panache. The ideal though takes a turn in the 20th of the graphic novels through the epitome to be found in one of ancient Britain’s most enduring tales, one passed on to even greater heights in Thomas Malory’s tale of Le Morte d’Arthur, as the thought of Camelot comes into play.
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There is magic within the mind of Geoff Johns that somehow seems out of phase with the rest of humanity, for who can argue against the man who turned round the fortunes of Aquaman and revitalised the whole D.C. universe, if that is not magic then the whole concept of art is somehow askew.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 7.5/10
Snow White may have been the fairest in the land but she was not always wise in her choice of suitors. Happily married to Bigby Wolf, once enamoured by the charms of a Prince and former slave to the whims of dwarves, Snow White’s past comes back to haunt her as the truth of one the captors found in the ruins of Fabletown is revealed. It is a secret that will divide and break hearts, the mirror didn’t just speak the truth, it was able to crack glass.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
A tale well told is always something in which the reader must strive to find. Whether it is in the form of a short story, a lengthy novel or the life’s work that forms the whole of an autobiography or the succulent parts that fill across time as serials, the offerings an artist’s endeavour over several books, the tale must be told well and capture the moment, the road travelled.
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London is out of control, the age of science is gathering pace and all the while reason is thrown to the ravages of the age, peculiar goings on, dangerous events are set in motion where plagues, automatons and a changed society are at odds with each other. George Mann’s The Affinity Bridge is not just a reflection of today’s world but one in which asks the reader one thing: Who is in control?
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The power of a child’s imagination is one that can move mountains and level an entire city, it is perhaps only second in its strength to that of a parent who would tear apart a world in order to save their child. It is a power that award winning writer Bill Willingham in his much sought after Fables graphic novels captures with great joy in the book Cubs in Toyland.