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SHIFT Presents - Brian Bolland's The Actress and the Bishop
This special edition is produced with Brian Bolland, and features all of Brian's amazing The Actress and the Bishop strips to date in glorious black and white, in the standard big SHIFT size so you can see the masterful line work in all it's detail.
All parts so far are here - first featuring in "The Actress and the Bishop Go Boating" and "... Throw a Party" in issues 1 and 3 of A1, respectively, and ".. and ".. The Thing in the Shed" from Bolland Strips! We also have "... Go To The Seaside" in print here (and in colour in Shift vol 2, issue 5) for the first time.
Rounded off with two unprinted prose stories with new spot illustrations from Brian - ".. Go Shopping" and "... Take Up Sport", plus pin ups, covers and an interview.
** NOW ALSO FEATURING RECENTLY DISCOVERED PENCIL PRELIMINARY PAGES FROM "THE THING IN THE SHED" ***
All parts so far are here - first featuring in "The Actress and the Bishop Go Boating" and "... Throw a Party" in issues 1 and 3 of A1, respectively, and ".. and ".. The Thing in the Shed" from Bolland Strips! We also have "... Go To The Seaside" in print here (and in colour in Shift vol 2, issue 5) for the first time.
Rounded off with two unprinted prose stories with new spot illustrations from Brian - ".. Go Shopping" and "... Take Up Sport", plus pin ups, covers and an interview.
** NOW ALSO FEATURING RECENTLY DISCOVERED PENCIL PRELIMINARY PAGES FROM "THE THING IN THE SHED" ***
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First published November 1, 2022
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November 2, 2024
This is mature content. Not because of the nudity (which is only natural), the mild drinking of alcohol, or the milder swearing. More accurately this is content that requires a certain amount of maturity from the reader.
That the title is a play on a classic joke format tells you all that you need to know; it is supposed to be funny and poke fun at itself too. It laughs at all sorts of institutions including the local supermarket.
The written form is quadruple rhyming verses. There may be more technically accurate terms for this but that is far beyond this review. Essentially each story is a rhyming poem of which most are illustrated. The rhyming is deceptively simple. It can't have been easy to write and what is written is so descriptive and often very clever.
It is incredible how skillful this requires the author and illustrator to be (same person). He is clearly adequately adept at both uses of the pen here.
But don't read this if you are going to choose to be offended. Buy it and give it to someone else instead as it deserves to be read by more people.
That the title is a play on a classic joke format tells you all that you need to know; it is supposed to be funny and poke fun at itself too. It laughs at all sorts of institutions including the local supermarket.
The written form is quadruple rhyming verses. There may be more technically accurate terms for this but that is far beyond this review. Essentially each story is a rhyming poem of which most are illustrated. The rhyming is deceptively simple. It can't have been easy to write and what is written is so descriptive and often very clever.
It is incredible how skillful this requires the author and illustrator to be (same person). He is clearly adequately adept at both uses of the pen here.
But don't read this if you are going to choose to be offended. Buy it and give it to someone else instead as it deserves to be read by more people.
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