This week’s 2000 AD is a good and useful edition. Prog 1973, which you can buy online or use one of the apps to read, is a special “jumping on” issue. All the stories in the edition are new. In other words you don’t have to go into the back issues to catch-up with the […]
Comic book news and discoveries
Welcome to Geek Native's hub for comic books and graphic novels. This is your portal for news and reviews from big hitters like Marvel and DC, to trailblazing indies such as Oni Press and Boom! We cover everything from the latest superhero sagas to the funniest webcomics, and we also keep an eye on the wider world of fantasy and sci-fi books. Whether you're here for dynamic panel art or a sprawling literary adventure, this is your home for storytelling. Dive in and find your next favourite.
The Pride hardcover collections to Kickstarter
There are gay superhero franchies but they’re hardly common and few as successful as The Pride. Joe Glass has taken to Kickstarter to put together a hardcover collection. At the time of writing there’s nearly a month left on the Kickstarter and a target of £13,000 to hit. You can follow progress here. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/131616880/the-pride-vol-1-hardcover-collection-lgbtq-superhe [Back […]
IDW expand DriveThruComics deal; bringing Magic, GI Joe and Transformers
IDW Publishing already has its Dungeons and Dragons Classics comic series on OneBookShelf’s DriveThruComics. They’ve now expanded that offering to include Magic: the Gathering, GI Joe and Transformers. More comics are expected to appear on the site each week. The launch as gone well with GI Joe taking the top two spots in the DriveThruComic’s […]
Billions Dead: A review of Surface Tension
Surface Tension is a graphic novel from Jay Gunn and Titan Comics. Gunn is both the author and illustrator so, straight off the bat, I’m impressed. The comic book picks up on a remote British Island after sea sickness has killed most of the people on the planet. The sea sickness was horrible; it gave […]
Pathfinder launches Humble Comics Bundle
There’s more than 30 digital comics, 20 battle maps and 2 exclusive maps in the new Humble Comics Bundle from Pazio’s Pathfinder and Dynamite. That’s about $100 worth of content which you get by paying whatever you want. At the time of writing nearly 8,500 copies have been sold. Tempted? You’ll have to be quick […]
Preview of Dark Souls #1
Dark Souls is a new comic book range to accompany the computer game title of the same name. Written by George Mann (Doctor Who) the series explore the primordial forces that govern time, visits the bonfires that flicker in the darkness and watches the undead that walk the earth. This sneak peak is from issue […]
Titan Comics announces Sherlock Manga series
Titan Comics have announced an English language version of the Sherlock: A Study in Pink manga series will be available in the US and UK in June. The manga is based on the BBC smash-hit starring Benedict Cumberbatch as Holmes and Martin Freeman as Dr John Watson. Cumberbatch will be back on the big screen […]
Exclusive: Vessels design sketch – Dark Souls meets Inception
Vessels is the latest comic book project from Dave Cook. Cook’s already proven he can deliver by Kickstarting the post-apocalyptic Bust but now he’s promising a Dark Souls meets Inception inspired fantasy. You can find details of the new project on the Kickstarter campaign page. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bust/vessels-issue-1 [Back this Campaign] Geek Native has an exclusive copy […]
Jay Gunn’s Surface Tension gets ready to break
Jay Gunn’s Surface Tension was picked as one of the best mini-series in 2015 by Comic Book Resources. Now Titan Comics has picked up the creator-owned collection and it’s easy to see why the title caused a stir. The 192-paged softcover will be on sale from February 10th. That’s a date where 99% of humanity […]
An unholy epic for your eyes: A review of Elric of Melnibone
Geek Native’s looked at the new releases of Elric of Melnibone and liked them. The Michael Moorcock Library Vol.1 – Elric of Melnibone is different insofar as it brings together the original 1980 comic adaptation into a hardback. The story is the same. At least, that’s the theory. In reality, this Elric of Melnibone feels […]
