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Something City
» Graphic Novel » Slice of Life
Family
Friendship
Something City is an exploration of modern day living through representations of the lives of different groups of people in an imagined place. Segregated communities of young people, elders, fanatics, techies and the religious live side by side, interweaving and cohabiting in a city they build around themselves.
Swear Jar
» Comic » Slice of Life
Friendship
Humor
Occupying itself chiefly in flirting with neurosis and mundanity, Swear Jar is a collection of strips where Abe Christie attempts to keep a gentle humour whilst querying the value of ones nemesis, failed friendships, and the inconveniences of finding oneself radioactive and powerless.
Terrible Means
» Graphic Novel » Fantasy
Magic
Mythical
In the city of Ismyre, something is stirring…
An aristocratic businessman reveals the latest must have: a pillar of crystals that when placed within a home allows for the creation of beautiful illusions and more powerful spells to be performed. At the same time, Henriett, a disgraced biological professor now studying botany in a town far away, feels the disquiet in the air as specimens she has...
The Great North Wood
» Graphic Novel » Non-Fiction
Modern
The magic that once filled the ancient forest can still be felt even when the trees are long gone. Memories of the Great North Wood are recorded in the place names – Forest Hill, Honor Oak, Norwood. Stories are told of the bandits, outlaws and gypsies that once roamed the forest, and their presence can sometimes be sensed when the hum of the city is quiet. Tim Bird’s longest work to date...
The Tower in the Sea
» Graphic Novel » Fantasy
Friendship
Magic
Mythical
Off the coast of Ismyre, a group of illicit magicians have been gathering for years, schooling others in the ways of long forgotten divinations. From high up in this forbidden home, a young scholar keeps dreaming terrible visions and looks out across the ocean for answers...
Untitled Ape's Epic Adventure
» Graphic Novel » Adventure
Anthropomorphic
Friendship
Magic
On this particular morning in this particular place, Untitled Ape has decided he needs to see his family. His friend Cat doesn’t think it’s a particularly good idea, but at this very moment a massive storm rolls in, and their epic adventure begins.
Without a map or a plan, they journey through flooded cities and stormy seas, across frozen plains and snowy mountains, and even up into the world...
Walking Distance
» Graphic Novel » Non-Fiction
Modern
Walking Distance is Lizzy Stewart's poignant and contemporary illustrated essay on the experience of being a woman out walking. Merging the personal and the political, observation and contemplation, Lizzy examines what her life is and wonders what it should be; what is expected of a thirty year old woman by society, by family and friends and by herself.
Grey Area: Issues One to Three Collection
» Comic » Slice of Life
Family
Friendship
Love
Psychological
Collecting together the first three issues of Tim Bird's acclaimed series, this includes While The City Sleeps, The Old Straight Track and From the City to the Sea which won the Best Comic award at the British Comic Awards in 2015.
Psychogeography figures largely in Tim's work and sees him examining people's relationships with the space around them and how the space around them shapes people.
The Flood That Did Come
» Graphic Novel » Sci-Fi
Dystopian
Post-apocalyptic
Science
In the year 2036 the whole of Kingsby county has been flooded after several weeks of torrential rain. Only a few villages have escaped the flood. One of these is the village of Pennyworth, where Tom and Jenny live. When the inhabitants of nearby Brook Falls arrive and attempt to lay claim to Pennyworth, a struggle ensues that places the residents of each village against each other in a battle of...
What We Don't Talk About
» Graphic Novel » Psychological Fiction
Family
Love
Psychological
Farai has finally persuaded Adam to introduce her to his parents, but the visit to the in-laws turns out to be a horrible experience for her. She starts to feel uneasy and ostracised. When confronted about this experience Adam tries to play down the situation and does not show any understanding for his partner's concerns. Then things get a whole lot worse and Farai has to question if she can be...
Victory Point
» Graphic Novel » Adventure
Holiday
Mature
On a summer's day, Ellen returns to the coastal town she grew up in, the picturesque, yet architecturally strange, Victory Point. Revisiting old haunts and people from her past, she feels increasingly disconnected from her previous life, and exhausted by the constant struggle of trying to forge the path ahead. Exploring a town, which itself is an experiment in how to live, Ellen searches for some...
Zebedee and the Valentines
» Graphic Novel » Abstract
Music
1982. A pub, somewhere in a small suburban town in the South of England. Zebedee and The Valentines have just played the gig of their lives. The seven people watching them agree. With a big battle of the bands approaching, lead singer Zebedee and his motley crew of punks seem ready to blow up. But when the Devil is booking your gigs and the competition is fierce, was it ever really going to be...