to that of Daniel Clowes. Yet I believe that Bird’s writing is far superior to the American illustrated in The Knowledge. The Knowledge follows a taxi driver who wants to show off how much he knows. Bird’s writing has a feel of Scott Synder as he develops the taxi driver. The House by Majory Wallace is a nice, bittersweet story. The contrast from white to
black works well. It is perfect to show what an anthology story should be like. The silent Cloudriders by Claire J C Stewart has stunning art work
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and in particular Bad Times Ahead. Anthologies usually are things that have the good and the bad but here we have the exceptional, including stories that I cannot wait to see what happens next in. Luke Halsall
One of the great things about the first Reads was its innovative style. Thankfully this continues again. Volume two is an incredibly strong follow up with som