Afterlife Inc Volume 2 Near Life and Other Stories Written by Jonathan Lock Art by Ash Jackson, Jack Tempest, Sean McSorley, Grant Perkins, Jack Davies, Jade Sarson, Mark Pearce, Warwick Fraseer-Coombe, Will Tempest, Nadine Ashworth Available from www.jonlock.com • £10 The huge ideas come thick and fast in “Near Life”, …
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(opens in new tab) Tripwire has been a mainstay of the comics journalism scene for two decades, a magazine that consistently put out some of the most interesting, innovative and accessible comics journalism on the market. The role of magazines like Tripwire can’t be overstated, firstly because it bridges the …
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