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Short film: We Were Not Made For This World Reviewed, free to download and a Voodoo Junkie Hitwoman: Cabra Cini Zombies in Space: A review of Containment Furry fun: Cogs & Claws Superheroes from comic books to live-action 1930 to 2014 [infographic]

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Short film: We Were Not Made For This World

January 6, 2015 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

We Were Not Made For This World is a short film by Colin West McDonald that follows a robot trying to cross an alien landscape. The film, simple but powerful, is based on a three-panel comic strip by the respected Paul Hornschemeier. Also called “We Were Not Made For This World” the comic depicts a […]

Filed Under: Comics Tagged With: robots, short film

Reviewed, free to download and a Voodoo Junkie Hitwoman: Cabra Cini

January 4, 2015 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Cabra Cini is an Actuality Press character who has made a number of appearances in anthologies previously and now, for 2015, is getting a series of her own. Dark New Year is a free to download Cabra Cini comic you can download from either Actuality Press or DriveThruComics. Cini is a former hooker who reached […]

Filed Under: Comics Tagged With: drivethrucomics, free to download, reviews

Zombies in Space: A review of Containment

December 23, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

Eric Red, the screenwriter (The Hitcher, Near Dark) and author, first had his zombies in space graphic novel published by IDW back in 2005. It’s been out of print for a while but is now coming out of cryosleep and is now available in both paper and digital again. How do you approach a comic […]

Filed Under: Comics Tagged With: reviews, sci-fi, zombies

Furry fun: Cogs & Claws

December 22, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

I wonder if it’s wrong to think “furry” whenever I encounter an anthropomorphic story? That’s what I did when I started to read Jimmy Pearson’s (author) and Brian Bennett’s (illustrator). There’s nothing quite like tackling your “furry assumptions” than the first couple of panels showing a fish swim into a robotic unit which swiftly becomes […]

Filed Under: Comics Tagged With: reviews

Superheroes from comic books to live-action 1930 to 2014 [infographic]

December 21, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Do you think there’s been a lot of superhero movies and TV shows this year? Dave Columbus took a host of data and transported it all into one mighty infographic. Up to date as of July 2014, the visual shows how individual superheroes moved from comic books to live action. Which has been your favourite […]

Filed Under: Comics Tagged With: dc comics, infographics, live action, Marvel Comics, superheroes

At long last – Spider-Woman gets a new costume

December 18, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Spider-Woman’s not changed her costume in a while and after the drama around the Milo Manara alternative cover which had the wall-crawling superhero in a rather awkward pose it feels like a change is long overdue. As it happens this is an issue discussed in today’s interview with David Reddick. Now USA Today as an […]

Filed Under: Comics Tagged With: Marvel Comics, spider-woman, superheroes

50 Free Comic Book Day 2015 titles announced

December 18, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Saturday the 2nd of May will be the 2015 Free Comic Book Day. Anyone popping into a participating comic book shop. Come April the FCBD store locator will update to show which shops are taking part this time around. This year, Free Comic Book Day gave away 4.7 million comic books and over 1,000,000 people […]

Filed Under: Comics Tagged With: Boom! Studios, dark horse, dc comics, doctor who, free comic book day, image comics, Marvel Comics, rebellion, valiant

David Reddick on Intelligent Life, Spider-Woman’s butt and Star Trek

December 18, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

I first encountered David Reddick’s Intelligent Life over at Comics Kingdom. There it’s one of my favourite strips, among many other good series, and I’ve actually configured the system to email me updates rather than rely on RSS as I normally do. I’ve gotten to know the characters; Skip, Gwen, Mike and Barry pretty well […]

Filed Under: Comics, Interviews Tagged With: spider-woman

Godzilla Minus Godzilla: The coolest Kaiju films that don’t feature The Giant “G”!

December 11, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Joe Badon is a freelance artist who has worked for the likes of Red Moon Comics, Assailant Comics, Rampaging Monster Comics and even University of Mary Washington. His store on Etsy lets you prints geeky prints at gamer-safe prices. Most importantly, right now at least, Joe is running a Kickstarter called Terra Kaiju. [Back this […]

Filed Under: Comics, Movies Tagged With: Godzilla, kaiju, kickstarters

Judge Dredd: The Mega Collection

December 10, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

2000 AD have teamed up with Hachette Partworks to produce a new fortnightly collection of Judge Dredd stories. The idea is that you subscribe online at JudgeDreddCollection.com and gain access to free exclusive gifts. There are, for example, six specially commissioned artwork pieces available to subscribers. Issue #1 will be out in newsagents in the […]

Filed Under: Comics Tagged With: 2000 AD, Brian Bolland, Garth Ennis, Grant Morrison, John Wagner, judge dredd, Mark Millar

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