Manga Math: Hal Clement x Olaf Stapledon x H.P. Lovecraft = 7 Billion Needles
Three preconceptions I had about manga, before I started reading the stuff, were that it had: a puzzling fascination with teenage girls, extending into their sexual [...]
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Words and Pictures: The 2012 Hugo Nominations for Best Graphic Story
I realise that the big news about the 2012 Hugo nominations lies in another category entirely (congrats to the whole SF Signal crew of 2011!), but I thought I’d fire off a [...]
Words and Pictures: Free Comics! Abominable Charles Christopher, Lady Sabre and Valentine
I guess most folks round here have noticed that there’s been something of a digital revolution turning book publishing on its head, the last year or three. Difficult though [...]
Words and Pictures: Chew
Chew, Vol 1-4: Taster’s Choice, International Flavour, Just Desserts, Flambé written by John Layman, art by Rob Guillory, published by Image Chew is science fictional [...]
Words and Pictures: If Isaac Asimov Wrote Manga (‘Pluto’, and a Bit About ‘Watchmen’)
You sometimes hear the science fiction genre described as an ongoing dialogue between current authors and those who have gone before (I’m paraphrasing. I want to say [...]
Words and Pictures: Planet of the Apes and Elephantmen
Two comics based on an identical science fictional trope: humanoid animals walking, talking and fighting. Both pretty good, but doing radically different things with that [...]
Words & Pictures: The Introductory Bit
Welcome, gentle readers (and the not so gentle ones too, I suppose), to Words & Pictures, a modest little corner of SF SIGNAL devoted to talking about comics and graphic [...]
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