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THE FULL programmes from the Screenplay and Wordplay festivals have been revealed ahead of tickets going on general sale tomorrow (Friday). The Shetland Arts festivals, which will both be held in September, will offer a mix of in-person and virtual guest appearances. Programmes. ....
Taken from Breakwater by Katriona Chapman AS an addendum to Graphic Content s choice of the best graphic novels of 2020, we asked a few comics professionals to name their favourites of the year. Edward Ross published his graphic history of gaming, Gameish, his follow-up to Filmish, this year. His own choice of graphic novel of the year is set in an old Brighton cinema: Breakwater, Katriona Chapman, Avery Hill, £12.99 I ve not been affected by a graphic novel like this for a while. Breakwater follows Chris, a cinema usher, who befriends Dan, a charming new member of staff. Stunningly illustrated in charcoal black and white, it s a haunting, contemplative graphic novel that brilliantly captures the strange ebbs and flows of working in a cinema, and the ennui of a life put on hold. Chapman does so much with such a pared-down setting and script. The images do much of the talking, capturing the beautiful isolation of empty streets and abandoned spaces to reflect the ....
The best of this year s graphic novels, including The Impending Blindness of Billie Scott (main image), Matthew Dooley s Flake, above right, and Derf Backderf s Kent State Kent State, Derf Backderf, Abrams Comics, £17.99 Derf Backderf’s account of the shootings at Kent State University in 1970 is a work that balances anger and sadness, while reminding us of the cold terror of American soldiers opening fire on innocent students. At the end of a presidency that has ramped up political division and fuelled anger, it’s sobering to be reminded where this can lead to. Backderf’s potent, clear-sighted cartooning, the result of deep reading and original research, brings that home very clearly. Graphic Content’s book of the year. ....