The lives of the secluded author Sadie and the ex-homicide police detective Elijah have been destroyed by the evil serial killer known only as the Hellwrapper. Three years later when a body of a teenage girl is found the fear is that the murderer is back. At the same time a mysterious outbreak of violence […]
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Dark Shepherd: A review of The Art of Fred Gambino
It’s been about 15 years since Fred Gambino’s last book, Ground Zero, and that alone tells you how established Gambino is in the world of concept art. Most recently Fred Gambino has been working with game and film studios. Gamers will certainly recognise some of the themes here. The companies Fred Gambino’s worked for are […]
Blood, death and sex: A review of Max Brooks’ Extinction Parade
Yes, but what happens next? This review of Extinction Parade is of the first graphic novel which collects the first five issues of Max Brooks’ (World War Z and The Zombie Survival Guide) and Raulo Caceres’ (Crossed) series. Zombies are stupid. They’re slow. They can’t even see vampires. No wonder the lords of the night […]
Gamer legend: A review of the Art of Ian Miller
Ian Miller is an artist that old school gamers will know well. He drew for the first edition of Warhammer 40,000 and Realms of Chaos. He illustrated for Shadowrun and sister Earthdawn as well as Everway. Miller worked on Fighting Fantasy game books and has featured on covers for the likes of H.P. Lovecraft, William […]
Superhero Week: Mike Mahle’s Justice League Series
Mike Mahle draws superheroes and sirens with bold colours and brave lines. It’s a style I adore and so encourage you to stalk his Facebook and admire his Deviant Art. The images below are part of his Justice League series. He manages to make them look far more interesting than some of the official covers […]
Superhero Week: If Batman had been in Watchmen
The Dark Knight up against Alan Moore’s “smartest man on the planet”? Not really… This strip is the work of Axel Medellin and drawn for his Comics Should Be Good’s The Line It Is Drawn challenge. The challenge for this week was to send a comic book character back in time and change a key […]
Superhero Week: Every Spider-Man ever in the Spider-verse
Every Spider-Man ever. In their own words Marvel say; Every Spider-Man ever will be taking a swing in the spotlight this fall as part of Spider-Verse, and who better to provide an early look at the united webslingers than Skottie Young? Two special variant covers are expected. The first is Superior Spider-Man #32, due August […]
David Peterson’s Muppet fairy tales
David Peterson is the artist behind the highly acclaimed Mouse Guard comic book series and Mouse Guard RPG. An old Buzzfeed post from 2012 also show he has a far wider talent for the whimsical and is capable of some clever mashups. I think Miss Piggy makes an excellent Maleficent. My favourite might well be […]
A gentle Texan murder, with vampires: A Midnight Crossroad review
Midnight Crossroad is the first in a new series, called Midnight, Texas, from Charlaine Harris. I’ve not read or watched any of Harris’ previous works and that turns out to be important. Charlaine Harris may be best known for her Sookie Stackhouse books which, on TV, are known as True Blood. Geek Native interviewed Harris […]
Competition: Looking for Group, Volume 1
Fan of Ryan Sohmer and Lar DeSouza’s Looking For Group comic series? The web comic follows dastardly Richard and the heroic Cale’Anon as they explore the world, doing good (or bad; in Richard’s case) and building a group. The site launched in 2006 and has grown hugely since then with legions of fans. I’ve a […]
