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; […]
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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 […]
Ursula Le Guin talks about Earthsea
This is a charming video from Simon and Schuster that features the famous author Ursula Le Guin talking about her Earthsea YA series.
Comixology on the Nexus 7
The Nexus 7 is just out – and the 16GB edition is sold out on Google Play. It’s my first tablet and I was looking forward to using it as a comics in bed device. So, how does Comixology Comics app stand up? There are some problems with it. Technical stuff first – the app […]
The deadly maths of Game of Thrones
This video is fairly safe for spoilers for those people who’ve been watching the Game of Thrones TV series. In fairness, it’s pretty safe for spoilers for most people – although it begins by making the point that people die in The Game of Thrones. If you want to avoid thinking about the logic presented […]
Ian Livingstone writes new Fighting Fantasy: Blood of the Zombies
This blogger, like many other geeks, grew up on Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone’s Fighting Fantasy series of choose your own adventure series. This month, the first Fighting Fantasy book, The Warlock of Firetop Mountain turns 30. Speaking at the Develop conference in Brighton, Ian Livingstone said; “When the 30th anniversary was coming along I […]
Who’s in Guardians of the Galaxy movie?
Marvel have confirmed that they will release a Guardians of the Galaxy movie in August 2014. The comic series is likely not as well known as names like Captain America for the “mainstream audience”. In some ways the superhero team could be considered “Avengers in Space”. Indeed, after the second generation Guardians of the Galaxy […]
Review of Black Wings of Cthulhu
The Black Wings of Cthulhu is a collection of modern Cthulhu mythos stories – and I don’t know where to start. Do I start with S. T. Joshi? Joshi is responsible for compiling the book. That makes him a good place to start. He had edited a number of Lovecraft works and written studies like […]
