Imagine being told that you’re rapidly developing superpowers but that the process will kill you in about six months. How would you live? That’s the premise to Monty Nero and Mike Dowling’s Death Sentence. In Nero’s world the G+ Virus (nothing to do with Google Plus) is a fact of life. It’s a sexually transmitted […]
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The Halloween ComicFest returns
For the third year Diamond Comic Distributors have backed Halloween ComicFest (HCF). It’ll run on October 25th and provide free Halloween and horror themed comics. This year there will be 19 titles to pick from; suitable for kids and adults. There will be 7 min-comics and 12 full comics with this year’s line up expected to […]
2000 AD gives new artist a strip thanks to Thought Bubble
Thought Bubble is an annual convention in Leeds, UK. The convention holds a portfolio competition which offers artists the grand prize of working with 2000 AD. This year the new artist getting a strip in this iconic comic book is Tom Foster. Foster earned the right to draw for 2000 AD after impressing the judging […]
Inside the mind of a mythos creator: The Art of Neil Gaiman
Neil Gaiman is a geek native. He’s a creator of many favourite novels, comic books, characters, scripts and plenty more. He’s a curator and participant too; active on social media, blogging and part of geek culture. I’d call Neil Gaiman a “mythos creator” as he is one of those creatives who forge legacies with their […]
Hacker culture: A review of The Art of Watch_Dogs
Ubisoft’s Watch_Dogs is proving to be very popular. Aiden Pearce is a vigilante (or criminal) with a talent set that speaks to geeks. There’s no doubt that Ubisoft Montreal have created an engaging and clever game; mixing hacking with a gorgeous open world. It is also true that part of Watch_Dog’s appeal is that it […]
DriveThru Comics in the 10th birthday special
This week Geek Native reported on nearly $300 of RPG savings for just a $20 spend on DriveThru RPG. What’s going on? The site has turned 10 and is marking the occassion with a big sale. DriveThru Comics is a much younger site but it’s own sales page admits the following; DriveThruRPG is turning 10 […]
Nameless World mixes electro rock and Zombillenium monsters
Here’s a good idea. To promote the graphic novel Zombillenium: Gretchen the talented Arthur de Pins created the music video Nameless World. I’m allowed to be jealous anyone who can write and draw their own graphic novel about an amusement park run by monsters and who can then put together an animated music video to […]
Rourke the Hexbuster goes digital
The horror-fantasy comic book series from Federico Memola have gone digital and are now available at ComiXology and at DriveThru Comics. Set in Ireland and filled with witches, demons, supernatural horrors and plenty of magic, Rourke is an anti-hero who has the ability to take curses from others provided he takes them on instead. Rourke […]
Hacking humanity: The Kill Screen review
In geek history The Kill Screen was that point when a game becomes unplayable due to all the errors polluting the screen (or VDU). This isn’t a modern day problem as games are bullet tested but back in the 8-bit days it was an occasional occurrence. This Kill Screen is a comic written by Mike […]
Steampunk science and elemental magic: A Silver Mirrors review
Silver Mirrors is the sequel to A.A. Aguirre’s Bronze Gods. The Apparatus Infernum series blends some steampunk concepts and imagery with fairy concepts and imagery. As a result you have trains powered by elementals that criss-cross a busy city on an island now sealed off by magic. In the first book our two detectives (a […]
