Titan Comics have a new Minions series coming out. It’s written by Stephane Lapuss and illustrated by Renaud Collin. This team have worked together before on Minions: Evil Panic. The premise of Minions Viva Le Boss is a familiar one. The yellow Minions are in search of a master and they want a really villainous […]
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A look inside: I Feel Machine
Comic book artist Krent Able (of Vice, Buzzfeed and The Guardian) and novelist Julian Hanshaw (Tim Ginger) have curated a set of six visual stories to explore the strange interplay between humanity and technology. I Feel Machine is set in a digital future and features “Here I Am” by Shaun Tan, “Uploading” by Box Brown, […]
TFAW exclusive cover and a look inside Stranger Things #1 comic
Dark Horse’s new Stranger Things comic book series will follow Will Byers as he finds himself in the Upside Down, a dimension of decay and destruction. If that’s not bad enough for the young tabletop roleplayer there’s a Demogorgon hot on his heels and Will will have to work hard to survive. There is only […]
New Doctor Who details: 13 covers for the Thirteenth Doctor
Doctor Who is re-starting in the winter with Jodie Whittaker in the lead role as the Thirteen regeneration of the time lord. Titan Comics are off to a strong start with this comic book support and will have their new Thirteen Doctor series out for the same time. Eisner-nominated Jody Houser (Stranger Things, Faith, Spider-man) […]
Beware the manpig: A review of Factory
Factory caught my eye at the start of the year when Geek Native was able to share a preview. Since the first Volume of Factory, a collection of the first three books, is out this month, I opted to take a closer look this week. I described it as “Fallout meets Mad Max” then and […]
Brexit inspires dark horror anthology
Something strange is happening on British shores. Unsung Stories’ last Kickstarter raised support from over a thousand backers. Needless to say, they’re giving the crowdfunding platform another go. They hit their humble £2,500 goal in less than 12 hours and so we’re straight into stretch goal territory. You can watch the progress or pledge from […]
D&D release an official colouring book
Illustrator Todd James, an artist who rose to attention by tagging the New York City Subway system as REA S, has an official Dungeons & Dragons colouring book. [I want it] [Let me colour!] Published by Wizards of the Coast, the book is full of traditional Dungeons & Dragons monsters. There’s beholders, trolls, goblins and, […]
Life in the caldera city: A review of Children of Artifice
Children of Artifice is the first book in a new series by Danie Ware. Ware’s last series a cyberpunk-or-is-it-fantasy about a rogue called Ecko that kept you guessing until the very end. Children of Artifice is a very different beast, it has a different tempo, sticks closer to fewer characters and whereas Ecko was set […]
20% off for the August 20th birthday: Lovecraft turns 128
August 20th is H. P. Lovecraft’s 128th birthday. Despite the writer’s racist views, strong even for his time, he has become a major influence on modern horror. The OneBookShelf family are offering 20% off on a wide range of Cthulhu, Great Old One and Lovecraft flavoured items for the next few days. Let’s take a […]
Explore Eberron with the Dungeons & Dragons: Infestation comics
DriveThruComics now has IDW’s Dungeons & Dragons: Infestation II part 1 and part 2. These comics originally came out in 2012, but with the recent re-release of Eberron as a 5e campaign setting it makes sense why they’re being made available again. Shaun Manning of Comic Book Resources once asked Infestation II author Paul Crilley […]
