Irregular Reconnaissance is Geek Native’s catch up with those comic book and graphic novels that have wrestled their way to the top of the pile. This is a collection of micro-reviews, chance to swap notes on what’s worth reading and what’s best left on the shelf. Recommend any comic books or graphic novels? Share your […]
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Kickstarting Blake Northcott’s Final Empire
The Arena Mode series from Blake Northcott grew on the author’s hard earned reputation, writing skills and Kickstarter funding. The first novel, Arena Mode, 543% funded and the second, Assault or Attrition, hit 401%. This is the pitch for the third in the series – Final Empire. [Back this Campaign] The novel includes art from […]
Dark cowboy horror: A review of The Shotgun Arcana
One of my favourite reads of last year was R.S. Belcher’s Six-Gun Tarot. I recall playing around with words like “Steampunk” and “Lovecraft” to describe the occult western. In the head I mentioned Cthulhu, the Deadlands RPG but not steampunk. I’ll stick to my guns for The Shotgun Arcana. There’s less Lovecraft in The Shotgun […]
Improper Books announce a limited UK release of Night Post
Night Post is the story of a strange mail service. This is one that starts at midnight and delivers to all sorts of supernatural creatures. A preview of the comic book is available below. Improper Books have announced a limited UK indie release of the book by Benjamin Read and Laura Trinder will take place […]
Free to Download: Happy Halloween the horror collection
Happy Halloween is a free comic from indie creators. It’s great to see the indie community giving back to their readers and fans. There are 13 stories in this 62 page collection. Who’s made this possible? Giuseppa Barresi, Brett Burbridge, Andy W Clift, Patrick Cline, Luke Cooper, Shaun Dobie, Mike Garley, David Hailwood, Samantha Holmlund, […]
The end of the line: A review of Plague World
Plague World is the third and final in the Ashley Parker series. If you’re looking for an easy read zombie trilogy to get your teeth into this Halloween then Dana Fredsti’s Plague Town, Plague Nation and then Plague World set is certainly one to consider. The book’s titles rather give away the escalation of Walker’s […]
Competition: Win a copy of Horns – now a Daniel Radcliffe movie
Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe has a new movie coming out. He’s not the clean cut goodie two-shoes now. The movie is called Horns and is based on the book of the same name by Joe Hill. You can buy a copy in paper, ebook or even as an audio download from Amazon. Why buy […]
Retro-tech and xenomorphs: The Art of Alien – Isolation
Set in 2137, that’s 15 years after Alien, the first-person survival horror Alien: Isolation is kind of a big deal. This is one of those games that begin to merge with the movie experience. The BBC featured it and the team’s approach to the creativity on the project. The interview included a chat with Sigourney […]
SAGA’s cover transformed into stained glass
Everyone tells me I should read SAGA. The epic sci-fi comic is written by Brian K. Vaughan and illustrted by Fiona Staples. I’ve stumbled across this project by Ravings Side that transforms the cover into an actual stained glass window. Isn’t it impressive? I think I prefer it without the light behind it. There’s more […]
Surprising facts about Wolverine’s costume [infographic]
It turns out that the iconic yellow and blue is not the costume which had the single longest run when it comes to Wolverine. However, he’s worn yellow and blue more often than any other colour. He’s also been without a nose. Need to know? This is a costume catch up infographic via Halloween Costumes.com.
