It seemed unlikely that Steve Rogers would be able to carry on as Captain America in the current comic book series. Rogers has lost his Super Soldier Serum and is aging. He’s in no position to throw the shield. The new Captain America doesn’t have the Super Soldier Serum either. The new Captain America, the […]
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Grown up Alice: A review of The Weirding Willows
I’m not sure why but many “grown up Alice in Wonderland” comic books take a certain adult spin on the story. Yes, while it’s true that The Weirding Willows has our grown up Alice wandering around without any trousers on for the opening panels she soon dresses and it is not really that sort of […]
Pride, Prejudice and Time Lords: A review of The Seventh Miss Hatfield
When I first read about Anna Caltabiano’s story my brain focused on the time travel, magic and curse. As it turns out; there’s more and less geeky elements to the story as well. We start with a young Rebecca who ends up talking to a mysterious neighbour. True to expectations Rebecca ends up drinking something […]
Batgirl’s new outfit ticks all the right boxes
There’s a new creative team on Batgirl and she’s getting a new look. Worried? You’d have reason to be as sometimes these changes are rocky. Things are looking good for Batgirl though. Illustrator Babs Tarr, who fans rate highly, will make her mainstream debut on the title. Note to self; read some Tarr. Together with […]
Competition: A SIGNED copy of Visceral
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 […]
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 […]
