Paul Bunyan: The Invention of an American Legend by Noah Van Sciver Review

Like in his Johnny Appleseed comic, Noah Van Sciver takes a look at another American legend, Paul Bunyan, the giant lumberjack that literally shaped the physical geography of America, with his trusty giant blue ox Babe.

Immortal Sergeant Review (Joe Kelly, Ken Niimura)

Detective Sergeant James Sargent (hoho geddit…) is begrudgingly retiring from the police. Worse, his estranged son Michael and his family are coming to visit for the retirement party. But Jim has other plans. A decades-old case haunts him and he’s determined to find justice for the dead before he hands in his badge…

Haunted Castles: The Complete Gothic Stories by Ray Russell Review

Haunted Castles collects horror writer Ray Russell’s “S” trilogy - Sardonicus, Sagittarius, and Sanguinarius - as well as the short stories Comet Wine, The Runaway Lovers, The Vendetta, and The Cage. The only good story in this collection is Sardonicus, which is also the most famous of the bunch, and it’s easy to see why.

Ice Cream Man, Volume 9: Heavy Narration Review (W. Maxwell Prince, Martin Morazzo)

Nine volumes in and Ice Cream Man is still able to put out a pretty decent collection - so it goes with Volume 9: Heavy Narration.

The Punisher: Year One Review (Dan Abnett, Andy Lanning)

Frank Castle’s family was gunned down by mobsters in Central Park; he survived and became The Punisher, a vengeance-fuelled killing machine waging a one-man war on organised crime.

The Butcher Boy by Patrick McCabe Review

Small town Ireland in the early 1960s and young Francie Brady is enjoying his yoof, horsing around with his best mate Joe, knocking off school, and generally being an incorrigible roustabout. Except an older Francie is narrating this story and he apparently did something to a perceived enemy of his, Mrs Nugent…

All Tomorrow's Parties: The Velvet Underground Story by Koren Shadmi Review

Koren Shadmi continues his series of biographical comics, this time focusing on the 1960s avant-garde rock band The Velvet Underground. It covers the Lou Reed-era of the group - there were other lineups and albums that followed after he left, but this is the most famous and notable era of the band so it’s a good choice by Shadmi to only highlight these years.

The Sentry Review (Paul Jenkins, Jae Lee)

Bob Reynolds is an ordinary chap with strange dreams of being a superhero called The Sentry. As those dreams turn out to be repressed memories, Bob realises he must make sure everyone else remembers who he is before his archenemy, The Void, returns.

I Was Dora Suarez by Derek Raymond Review

An axe murderer kills a trio of victims one night - Detective Sergeant No Name is on the case!

Derek Raymond was apparently one of the UK’s founders of noir. I’ve tried reading noir many times before and I feel like I enjoy the idea of it more than the books claiming to be it. So maybe Raymond truly is a noir writer because I didn’t like his novel I Was Dora Suarez very much.

Boy's Abyss, Volume 2 by Ryo Minenami Review

Reiji’s teacher, Ms Shiba, stops him and former idol Nagi from making a big mistake in the middle of a typhoon. But Reiji’s choice makes her reassess her own life and its shortcomings - and leads to her making her own, potentially dangerous, mistake.

Palookaville #24 by Seth Review

Seth’s back with a new “issue” of Palookaville even though they’ve stopped being single issue comics for some time now and have morphed into high-end glossy, pricier hardcovers over the years. Palookaville #24 has the fourth instalment of Nothing Lasts, a photo essay on a short film collaboration called The Apology of Albert Batch, a copy of the short film, and Selections From Sketchbook Thirteen, a series of short comics.

Soichi by Junji Ito Review

Soichi is an antisocial little boy who likes putting nails in his mouth and hammering them into voodoo dolls of people to cause them pain. Why does his family put up with this kind of behaviour? Because there’d be no book otherwise! How is he able to make voodoo dolls, or any of his other spells, work? No idea - he just can. Just consume and move on - thinking is for suckers!

Borb by Jason Little Review

Borb is the story of Bob, a homeless drunk, and his day-to-day misadventures which are both unbelievably horrible and surprisingly funny.

Batman, Volume 2: The Bat-Man of Gotham Review (Chip Zdarsky, Mike Hawthorne)

Oh good lord, save us from this endless torrent of multiverse shite that’s covering all things superhero these days. It worked in the first Spider-Verse movie and now everyone’s doing increasingly garbage versions of it.

A Guest in the House by Emily Carroll Review

Abby is the new and younger second wife to David, the local dentist. But she’s finding the transition to married life and being a stepmom to David’s daughter Crystal, difficult. And then she starts seeing… things… in her otherwise charming lakeside house, and finds out she’s been told lies about David’s first wife, Sheila. How did Sheila die - and what do the lighthouse and the lake have to do with it? The house’s nightly guest has some disturbing answers…

Art Brut, Volume 1: The Winking Woman Review (W. Maxwell Prince, Martin Morazzo)

The world’s greatest artistic masterpieces are being defaced: the Mona Lisa is suddenly winking, the Scream is silenced, and Hopper’s Nighthawks cafe is blowed up! A demented Andy Warhol is seen at the scene of each vandalism. Who you gonna call? Arthur Brut the Mad Dreampainter and his wooden mannequin sidekick Manny!

Spider-Man: Torment by Todd McFarlane Review

The Lizard is killing random people in New York - but whyyyyy?

The Story of a Nobody by Anton Chekhov Review

A man decides to become a manservant to a wealthy St Petersburg official. But this man has a secret and an ulterior motive for working in the house of this specific official…