Simak - The Hermetic Library Blog
Hermetic Library Fellow T Polyphilus reviews Simak: Manhunt on Solar Corona [Amazon, Bookshop, Publisher, Local Library] by Jerry Frissen and Jean-Michel Ponzio, nominally from The Incal universe Simak is a graphic novel (originally a series of two BD volumes) set in an science fictional interstellar empire. It has noir and horror elements, along with overt […]
Kill Wolfhead - The Hermetic Library Blog
Hermetic Library Fellow T Polyphilus reviews The Incal: Kill Wolfhead [Amazon, Bookshop, Libro.fm, Publisher, Local Library] by Brandon Thomas and Pete Woods I enjoyed Kill Wolfhead, but I definitely thought it was the least of the three post-Jodo Incal books brought out by Humanoids in 2023. The Incal character Kill Wolfhead is not exactly the […]
Dying Star - The Hermetic Library Blog
Hermetic Library Fellow T Polyphilus reviews The Incal: Dying Star [Amazon, Bookshop, Libro.fm, Publisher, Local Library] by Dan Watters and Jon Davis-Hunt This “Incal Universe” book is centered on the character of Commander Kaimann, the mutant leader who featured conspicuously in The Last Incal. His ship is called the Dying Star, and it gives its […]
Commies from Mars - The Hermetic Library Blog
Hermetic Library Fellow T Polyphilus reviews Commies from Mars: The Red Planet: The Collected Works [Amazon, Abebooks, Publisher, Local Library] created and edited by Tim Boxell, foreword Jerry Garcia, & al. Commies from Mars was an anthology series, with each issue presenting the work of several of the contributing artists and writers in short pieces rooted in the […]
Final Incal - The Hermetic Library Blog
Hermetic Library Fellow T Polyphilus reviews Final Incal [Amazon, Bookshop, Libro.fm, Publisher, Local Library] by Alejandro Jodorowsky and José Ladrönn Final Incal is a reworking and completion of After the Incal, the twenty-first century sequel to Jodorowsky’s mystical space opera bandes dessinées published in the 1980s. While After the Incal had featured art from the […]
FreakAngels, Vol. 4 - The Hermetic Library Blog
Hermetic Library Fellow T Polyphilus reviews FreakAngels, Vol. 4 [Amazon, Bookshop, Publisher, Local Library] by Warren Ellis, Paul Duffield, & al., part of the FreakAngels series. Although I think they have the same page count, and quite nearly the same panel count, each successive volume of FreakAngels seems to read faster than the one before. In this fourth installment, […]
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