Nightbus Review at FPI

Richard Bruton of Forbidden Planet International Blog has only gone and reviewed Nightbus! Not just the new one but the whole series. Mint. Here's a couple of quotes, firstly on issues one and two.

"The story and art in those first couple issues are snappy, jumpy things, script and storytelling fast and interesting, designed to impress in a quick hit."

That kind of hits the nail on the head with what we were going for, telling the beginning and middle, or maybe just the middle of stories and letting the reader fill in the blanks. On to issue three,

"Bainbridge had a lot more to do here, both scripting the story and delivering more pages of art, and it definitely shows in the storytelling, as this finale is something far more satisfying, something whole, something with a definitive ending."

Richard picks up on a lot of subtleties of the series and as you'd expect from something I started while I was at university, there are faults here. Nightbus isn't perfect, because it's conventional in unexpected ways and unconventional in unexpected ways. But perhaps that's why I've revisited it.

You can read the full review here and buy digital or phyical copies of Nightbus here.

Sugar Glider Stories 2 Review at FPI

Richard Bruton at Forbidden Planet International Blog has reviewed Sugar Glider Stories 2. And very pleasant it is too.

Richard had reservations about SGS 1, too many extra additions to a title that hadn't established itself. Too much too soon, as he put it. Now we've got four Sugar Glider comics under our belts and there's a precedent for these extras; a set up for SG 3 and a little context and clues for those who want to delve deeper into the characters. It's almost like a two tier system for the fans, if you're quite interested, pick up the main title, if you want more, pick up SGS too.


"There’s a sense that some of the things covered here are not only interesting context for Sugar Glider, but may even prove important to the  story... This is definitely a good thing."


If you want to read the whole review, it can be found here. You can buy Sugar Glider Stories 2 and the rest of the series from here.