Book Reviews


Silence is No Reaction: Forty Years of Subhumans – Ian Glasper (Earth Island Books)

Without doubt my favourite Anarcho band, in both the breadth of their musical creativity and the lack of pretension and preachiness in Dick Lucas lyrics. Subhumans have been consistently popular throughout their 40-year ‘career’ and…


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Silence Is No Reaction: Forty Years Of Subhumans

Anarcho legends Subhumans are the latest subject of of a deep dive courtesy of punks most informed writer Ian Glasper. His newest newest labour of love is now available to pre-order. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ww3/subhumans Formed in Wiltshire,…


Garbage Man – Aaron Lopresti,Matt Ryan,Dave McCaig,John Kalisz,Jared K. Fletcher (Dark Horse Books)

He only has one thing on his mind-TAKING OUT THE TRASH! For the first time in over 10 years, the brilliant Garbage Man, gets the spotlight shone upon him once more, as Dark Horse, reprint…





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The Modern Frankenstein – Paul Cornell, Emma Vieceli, Pippa Bowland (Heavy Metal Comics)

That place where ethics and scientific boundaries meet, has always been the basis of Frankenstein novels right from Mary Shelley’s original, but this is explored even deeper and in contemporary fashion by writer Paul Cornell…



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B.P.R.D. – The Devil You Know – Mike Mignola, Scott Allie, Laurence Campbell, Sebastian Fiumara & Christopher Mitten (Dark Horse Comics)

Hellboy has been around since 1993, and the Bureau For Paranormal Research And Defense since his first adventures. They’ve been through several heavy-duty arcs, and the world has ‘potentially’ ended several times during what amounted…


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Masters Of The Universe: Revelation – Kevin Smith/ Rob David/Tim Sheridan/Mindy Lee/Rico Renzi/Deron Bennett (Dark Horse Books)

By now, you should have caught up with the Netflix Masters Of The Universe: Revelation show in all it’s glory, if not, then why not? Kevin Smith and Rob David’s vision for Eternia carried on…


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Terrorized: The Collected Interviews Volume 1& 2 – Ian Glasper (Earth Island Books)

For a very long time in the nineties and early noughties, Terrorizer Magazine was essential reading every month. It was the acceptable face of music journalism that rarely veered into covering bands of a “Kerrang…