William A. Christensen founded indie Avatar Press in 1996. The company now looks after the likes of George R.R. Martin, Warren Ellis, Garth Ennis, Alan Moore, David Lapham, Christos Gage and many more. Titan Books has signed a deal that will allow them to distribute Avatar’s titles in the UK. It’s expected that up to […]
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Live feed from Comic-Con: the web cam view
I’m not at Comic-Con this year. By which I mean I’m not at Comic Con 2011 the international running from 21st July to 24th. Fat chance as that particular Comic Con is in the brave new world. I missed my neighbouring city Comic Con in Glasgow Scotland and won’t make MCM Expo’s Manchester Comic Con […]
John Dies At the End review
This is a happy story. David Wong had a dull and hard data entry job. When that finished he’d go to his other dull and hard data entry job. Somehow he found time to pull together some thoughts for publication on the web. A few people read these words in the first year. That’s the […]
Lost Fleet: Dauntless review
It’s rare – but sometimes being late can be an advantage. I’m late to Jack Campbell’s “Lost Fleet” series. I’m so late that Titan Books are now publishing enhanced copies of the original series. My copy of Lost Fleet: Dauntless has extra material in it. I liked Dauntless a lot. This example may illustrate precisely […]
The $500 Star Wars blueprint collection
Sideshow Collectibles have been wowing the geeky game community in recent months with a series of action hero models and figures. The craftsmanship of these mini statues is simply incredible. What would happen if Sideshow Collectibles took their skill and applied it to a book. An illustrated book. A Star Wars book? What we have […]
Teenage Mutant Jedi Turtles
Is there something the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles could do in order to improve their fighting prowess? Short answer: yes. They could all become Jedi knights. In fact, I’m surprised the comics haven’t taken this turn. I’m pretty sure it would go well with the time travelling. via
The characters in a Game of Thrones are Muppets
Wait. I think the title of this blog post may be wrong. Did I say the characters in a Game of Thrones are Muppets? I meant to say that here’s what the characters in a Game of Thrones would look like as Muppets. Who would you pick to play the Onion Knight? These rather clever […]
Has Pottermore.com hurt the Kindle and helped RPG eBook publishers?
This blog took part in the Pottermore speculation. It was fun. When the news was finally announced it felt, at first blush, a bit of an anti-climax. JK would let Harry Potter eBooks be sold from the site. She had some extra Potter mythos to share with the world. We might be able to do […]
Pottermore.com is a real life treasure hunt – hidden wands
The Times UK has been sent a memo by mistake that suggests (paywall) Pottermore.com is an online-offline game mashup. It’s a treasure hunt. We’ve seen these before; the website gives out clues to real life locations and may act as a community and scoreboard too. It’s thought that the preizes include magic Harry Potter wands […]
Supernatural: One Year Gone review
Supernatural: One Year Gone is a book that fits in between series 5 and series 6 of the TV show of the same name. This review doesn’t dig deep into spoiler territory for series 6 but if you’re not caught up with series 5, are worried about spoilers then you may enjoy it more to […]
