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Very excited for the eventual release of this!
November 30, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Very excited for the eventual release of this!
Search and Destroy by Atsushi Kaneko. I surprise hit for me! I love Dororo and was not expecting to be so charmed by a reinterpretation. Appropriately gross, weird, funny and propulsive, this book is really firing on all cylinders and I can’t wait to catch up on the final volume.
November 30, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Search and Destroy by Atsushi Kaneko. I surprise hit for me! I love Dororo and was not expecting to be so charmed by a reinterpretation. Appropriately gross, weird, funny and propulsive, this book is really firing on all cylinders and I can’t wait to catch up on the final volume.
Love Languages by James Albon. Look at this book! Perhaps the most beautiful thing I read this year, an inventive and tender story that also contains the best kiss I’ve ever seen in a comic. I should read more comics with great kisses!
November 30, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Love Languages by James Albon. Look at this book! Perhaps the most beautiful thing I read this year, an inventive and tender story that also contains the best kiss I’ve ever seen in a comic. I should read more comics with great kisses!
Cornelius: The Merry Life of a Wretched Dog by Marc Torices and translated by Andrea Rosenberg.
Really hard to overstate how ambitious and creative this book is. Constant invention and complete control of tone meant this was the funniest and most depressing book of the year for me.
Really hard to overstate how ambitious and creative this book is. Constant invention and complete control of tone meant this was the funniest and most depressing book of the year for me.
November 29, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Cornelius: The Merry Life of a Wretched Dog by Marc Torices and translated by Andrea Rosenberg.
Really hard to overstate how ambitious and creative this book is. Constant invention and complete control of tone meant this was the funniest and most depressing book of the year for me.
Really hard to overstate how ambitious and creative this book is. Constant invention and complete control of tone meant this was the funniest and most depressing book of the year for me.
I had so much fun reading this one! A joy to have it demand an immediate reread
November 28, 2025 at 6:21 PM
I had so much fun reading this one! A joy to have it demand an immediate reread
A very stressful read (this is a complement) and a delight to feel immediately compelled to reread the book! Thanks and well done!
November 24, 2025 at 9:19 PM
A very stressful read (this is a complement) and a delight to feel immediately compelled to reread the book! Thanks and well done!
My copy arrived yesterday, very excited to dig in this weekend!
November 22, 2025 at 4:26 PM
My copy arrived yesterday, very excited to dig in this weekend!
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At least Reform and the Conservatives don't try and pretend that attacking some of the most vulnerable and marginalised groups in society is "progressive", yet Labour does. The hypocrisy of Labour and those defending its policies is rage inducing and deserving of nothing but contempt. 3/
November 16, 2025 at 9:41 AM
At least Reform and the Conservatives don't try and pretend that attacking some of the most vulnerable and marginalised groups in society is "progressive", yet Labour does. The hypocrisy of Labour and those defending its policies is rage inducing and deserving of nothing but contempt. 3/
Digital copies of both new issues seem to be delayed until November 25th for some reason! Something to look forward to at least.
November 12, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Digital copies of both new issues seem to be delayed until November 25th for some reason! Something to look forward to at least.
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Another discussion of The Power Fantasy! Have a read before tomorrow’s new issue comes out and see if you can pinpoint the moment in the conversation where my new child was born and my mind disintegrates mattreadscomics.com/2025/11/11/t...
The Power Fantasy: Part Twelve
What is Etienne Lux’s end goal? That’s the big question Callum Smith and I were left with after finishing issue 12 of The Power Fantasy.
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November 11, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Another discussion of The Power Fantasy! Have a read before tomorrow’s new issue comes out and see if you can pinpoint the moment in the conversation where my new child was born and my mind disintegrates mattreadscomics.com/2025/11/11/t...
Another discussion of The Power Fantasy! Have a read before tomorrow’s new issue comes out and see if you can pinpoint the moment in the conversation where my new child was born and my mind disintegrates mattreadscomics.com/2025/11/11/t...
The Power Fantasy: Part Twelve
What is Etienne Lux’s end goal? That’s the big question Callum Smith and I were left with after finishing issue 12 of The Power Fantasy.
mattreadscomics.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Another discussion of The Power Fantasy! Have a read before tomorrow’s new issue comes out and see if you can pinpoint the moment in the conversation where my new child was born and my mind disintegrates mattreadscomics.com/2025/11/11/t...
This thread is so helpful and fun - I’ve picked up some real gems on the back of it!
November 9, 2025 at 5:34 AM
This thread is so helpful and fun - I’ve picked up some real gems on the back of it!
I did not know that there was a reprint of Mushishi out until now! Very excited to pick that up
November 9, 2025 at 1:31 AM
I did not know that there was a reprint of Mushishi out until now! Very excited to pick that up
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94. Yokai Monsters: Spook Warfare (1968) - Restored Japanese creature feature with some of the strangest creatures you'll find anywhere. There's a one-legged cyclops umbrella with a giant tongue, a Howard the Duck, and a lady with a snake neck battling an evil Babylonian vampire. Fun and silly.
November 1, 2025 at 5:08 AM
94. Yokai Monsters: Spook Warfare (1968) - Restored Japanese creature feature with some of the strangest creatures you'll find anywhere. There's a one-legged cyclops umbrella with a giant tongue, a Howard the Duck, and a lady with a snake neck battling an evil Babylonian vampire. Fun and silly.
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In the mood for even more creepy cartoon viewings for Halloween? Here's my rundown on 24 animated shorts from the Fleischer studio. I have an immense love for the cartoons of Betty Boop, Bimbo and Koko, and ramble on for nearly 5000 words about it here.
Halloween Animation: Fleischer
Animators, filmmakers, inventors, producers, brothers Max and Dave Fleischer are best known for the animated works produced by the studio bearing their family name, but Fleischer Studios didn’…
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October 25, 2025 at 2:00 PM
In the mood for even more creepy cartoon viewings for Halloween? Here's my rundown on 24 animated shorts from the Fleischer studio. I have an immense love for the cartoons of Betty Boop, Bimbo and Koko, and ramble on for nearly 5000 words about it here.