Category Archives: Graphic Novels and Comics

The Sunday Salon: Book or E-book?

Posted on November 23, 2014 by thewanderingbookmark

Some time last month I went to the post office to pick up a package that I’d been waiting for for a few weeks; It was my copy of Chris Ware’s Building Stories. While I was at the pick-up window … Continue reading →

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Hardears Issue #1 by Nigel Lynch and Matthew Clarke

Posted on September 5, 2014 by thewanderingbookmark

  The first issue of Hardears (2014) is a combination of invocation and reinvention. Having already read the first volume of Heart Man I was already prepared for Clarke’s ability to construct a fresh visual narrative with existing folklore. However, … Continue reading →

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The Sunday Salon: Comic Books and the Question of Diversity

Posted on August 10, 2014 by thewanderingbookmark

Recently Comic Book Resources Managing Editor Albert Ching made himself a target for the internet trolls, when his only negative comment in a glowing review about the Guardians of the Galaxy movie was, “While it is a little disappointing that … Continue reading →

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The Black Beetle Volume 1: No Way Out by Francesco Francavilla

Posted on August 8, 2014 by thewanderingbookmark

  Francesco Francavilla’s The Black Beetle Volume 1: No Way Out is the re-invocation of the classic hard-boiled costumed vigilante blasting and exploding his way to the truth. From battling the Werewolf Corps (a Nazi sect) who are hunting down … Continue reading →

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Heart Man: The Bayker’s Ridge Horror by Matthew Clarke

Posted on July 19, 2014 by thewanderingbookmark

I remember my first centipede sting. I was still in primary school and it was a week night. I’d already settled in and was probably sleeping when I felt a sharp pain on the right corner of my mouth that … Continue reading →

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Dear Mr. Watterson

Posted on June 2, 2014 by thewanderingbookmark

“There are plenty of exotic lands for a cartoonist to map, if he or she will leave the well-known paths and strike off for the wilds of the imagination” – Bill Watterson This weekend I was scrolling through Netflix looking … Continue reading →

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Bye bye, Bim Lit Fest

Posted on May 17, 2014 by thewanderingbookmark

Something magical happens when writers, book lovers and book sellers gather into a single space. There is a kind of electricity in the air. Either that, or I’ve been drinking way too much coffee over the last couple of days. … Continue reading →

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A Graphic Novel Odyssey

Posted on May 11, 2014 by thewanderingbookmark

With NGC Bocas Lit Fest just gone and the Bim Literary Festival and Book Fair right around the corner, I’ve been focusing a lot on  Caribbean literature. I’ve been also been reading Zadie Smith’s White Teeth very slowly, which is not … Continue reading →

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