The game designer Matt Forbeck is trying to write 12 books this year. That’s one book a month. He calls the project 12 for Twelve. As I imagine any author would do this year he’s doing a Kickstarter for each project. If you want to back Monster Academy you can do so here. Here’s the […]
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Commentary on Rob Liefeld’s comic art style – or just freaky
Rob Liefeld has become something of a controversial comic book artist. There’s frequent debate on how female superheroes are drawn and that’s a good thing. One of the things to keep in mind while debating how some artists draw female figures is to consider how they draw male figures. Rob Liefeld draws male superheroes with […]
Priests of Mars, Warhammer 40K
This post was intended to show off the rather fantastic front cover of the hardcover Priests of Mars, Warhammer 40,000 book from Games Workshop games designer Graham McNeill. The early reviews are in and have a similar theme. This book does not keep the spotlight just on Mechanus. It’s very true to say that this […]
Hero Games and Larry Correia to make The Monster Hunters International RPG
Hero Games have partenered with Larry Correia, author of the Monster Hunters series of urban fantasy novels, to produce a new roleplaying game. Set in the “Monster Hunter International” setting the RPG is currently using the name The Monster Hunter International Employee’s Handbook And Roleplaying Game or MHIEHRPG for short. MHIEHRPG will be a full-colour, […]
The 2000 AD National Signing Day
When we had the news of 2000 AD coming to the iPad we also mentioned the first ever 2000 AD National Signing Day. The event celebrates 35 years of Thrill-power, in one zarjaz day! In Forbidden Planets and Travelling Man stores across the UK, on 1 September, a host of famous names would be available […]
The Art of Judge Dredd
A 272 paged collection of art from the Judge Dredd comic book series will be available in September. The Art of Judge Dredd has an introduction from Dredd’s co-creator John Wagner. Art from the 2000 AD archive to make the publication includes work from Mick McMahon, Brian Bolland, Greg Staples, Cam Kennedy, Steve Dillon and […]
Dredd and 2000 AD storm the iPad
2000 AD, Judge Dredd’s native comic, was an early adopter on the digital comic scene and publishes, DRM-Free, PDF and CBZ downloads from their online store of the magazine every Friday. This week they’ve stepped up a gear by making the comic available for iPhone and iPads. Matt Smith, the editor of 2000 AD, said; […]
Dinosaurs Vs Aliens motion comic trailer
Dinosaurs Vs Aliens is a comic by Grant Morrison and Mukesh Singh. That’s the same Grant Morrison who writes for Superman, Batman and others. It’s the same Mukesh Singh who’s worked on Guy Ritchie’s Gamekeeper and who worked with Grant Morrison on 18 Days.
It’s Christmas in July! Geek shopping frenzy!
The OneBookShelf team – known for DriveThru RPG, DriveThru Comics and DriveThru Fiction are having a Christmas sale. Yes. It’s July. Yes. It’s a Christmas sale. It’s a huge sale with hundreds of publishers in. Here are just a few random highlights! RPG: Chaosium and Beyond the Mountains of Madness Beyond the Mountains of […]
The Gotham’s Villains wall chart
Pop Chart Lab are taking orders on this 18″ by 24″ chart of Gotham’s villains. This is a giant collection of villains from the last 70 years, with villains in categories and fame ranging from Bane and Joker to the less well known Batzarro and Walrus. The latter comes into both the aquatic animals and […]
