ANGUS REID, ANDY HEDGECOCK and MARIA DUARTE review On The Sea, A Useful Ghost, Brunello: The Gracious Visionary, and Pinocchio Unstrung
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Comics to Marvel at in the year ahead
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RON JACOBS enjoys a great tale, told by a US communist, of the lives of working-class New Yorkers
BRENT CUTLER searches a new history of contemporary Iran for an understanding of the Islamic Republic, finding both interesting detail and glaring omissions
MARIA DUARTE recommends the true story of the remarkable woman who sued Donald Trump for sexual assault not once, but twice
KENNY MacASKILL is disappointed by a polemical, rather than factual, account of the Lone Star State and its political path since the civil war
PAUL DONOVAN is fascinated by the lives of Charles and Mary Bagot, and the insight this biography shines on the morals of pre-Victorian society
GORDON PARSONS appreciates fine performances and a feel for ambiguity, but misses the music of the dialogue
DESPITE the fact that sales are on the decline, 2018 should still be a great year for comics because the quality of story being produced is better than ever.
Over the next 12 months, I'll be picking up on the sublime all-new Guardians of the Galaxy. The success this team has had on the big screen translates to the page and the Marvel writers never fail to come up with new twists and character development to keep the reader entertained.
As things currently stand in the series, Drax the Destroyer is now a pacifist, Groot is still a baby and unable to grow, while Rocket Racoon, Gamora and Peter Quill continue to annoy each other in the way that only loving family members can do.
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