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Star Hawks: Vol. 1

Gil Kane, Ron Goulart and Dean Mullaney

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The classic 1970s science fiction newspaper strip created by Ron Goulart and Gil Kane is coming back...

Ten Minutes On Mars

Jonathan Fisher

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Welcome to a place beyond the borders of the imagination. The signpost up ahead reads Blackest Hole...

The Spaceman's Omega

Tabatha Austin

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Twenty years ago, boy-next-door actor Brandon Ward played a geeky superhero on a floundering...

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The Encyclopedia of Early Earth

Isabel Greenberg

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This book is the winner of the Best Book Award at the 2014 British Comic Awards Readers! This book...

Reaching Angelica (Tag #2)

Peter Riva

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Simon’s only hope is to plunge into other dimensions with his mind—into the secrets of the...

Her Body and Other Parties: Stories

Carmen Maria Machado

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In Her Body and Other Parties, Carmen Maria Machado blithely demolishes the arbitrary borders...

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Spirit Circle

Satoshi Mizukami

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Fuuta Okeya can see ghosts. Besides that—and the bandage he always keeps on his cheek—he's a...

manga spirit circle comic adventure science fiction fantasy

Sean Farrell (9 KP) rated Artifice in Books

Mar 15, 2018

I had been meaning to read this graphic novel for a while, having heard good things about how it used a sci-fi / action story to talk about homophobia, racism, free will, first love, and self-acceptance; and in light of recent current events, it seemed like the perfect time. The artwork is absolutely wonderful, and perfectly captures all the nuances of the story, which is pretty great in itself. While it can occasionally feel a little predictable, the tale of Deacon and Jeff was sweetly romantic and contained many moments that I found very relatable, in spite of the science fiction setting and sporadic bursts of violence. In a way, this story is similar to recent British hit anthology show "Black Mirror", in that it uses its sci-fi setting to tell a deeply human story to great effect. While it may fall a little short of being a masterpiece, it is a great comic, and one I would love to see continued.