I rather liked the look of the Newbury & Hobbes comic when Geek Native had the chance to share a preview of it last month. I toyed with the phrase ‘Steampunk Avengers’ then but shied away. I won’t any longer. Wait. I don’t mean the superheroes. In this instance, my use of the word Avengers […]
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Netflix and Mark Millar announce Prodigy as their next comic book series
In 2017 Netflix bought Millarworld and with it Mark Millar’s portfolio of characters and stories. It follows The Magic Order, which was the first comic book series from the two, and which became the biggest selling new comic book franchise is just about two decades. Rafael Albuquerque, the award-winning comic book artist, will illustrate the […]
Check out this extended preview of Moorcock’s Elric: The White Wolf
Titan Comics have a new version of Michael Moorcock’s Elric: The White Wolf due out. It’s a comic book that Moorcock himself it said to rather like, quoted as saying; fully captures Elric’s sense of utter decadence.” It’s due in shops September 5th, written by the tag team of Julien Blondel, with Jean-Luc Cano and […]
Competition: Win a copy of the Children of Artifice
Children of Artifice is a fantasy adventure by British author Danie Ware. Released this month by Fox Spirit Books, the story currently has an average of 5/5 on Amazon UK. An ancient city, sealed in a vast crater. A history of metallurgical magic, and of Builders that could craft the living, breathing stone. Caphen Talmar […]
Free comic books to kids with Skies Over Superior
Skies Over Superior is a new comic book series with monsters, music, mental illness, mythology and Michigan. At the time of writing, there are five days left to back this funded Kickstarter project. [Back this Campaign] There’s a generous preview of the comic, taken from the Kickstarter pitch, below but first, let’s take a look […]
In space, no one can hear you plot: A review of The Singularity Trap
I spent one of my precious Audible tokens on The Singularity Trap, so I hoped it would be good. If you’re not familiar with Audible, then the tokens are a blessing and a curse. It’s a subscription service, and you get one token a month. You can get whichever audiobook you want with them – […]
Preview art from the new RPG comic series Diablo
Blizzard Entertainment and Titan Comics have teamed up to produce a new comic book series set in Sanctuary, the Diablo world. Diablo is a massive computer game success. Diablo III, the latest game, set the record for the fastest-selling PC game ever with 3.5 million copies sold on day 1. The game is now available […]
The real purpose of The Village: Titan reprints The Prisoner “Shattered Visage”
Shattered Visage was first published in 1988 and has been out of print for years. The ‘The Prisoner sequel, Shattered Visage is considered to be a significant addition to the cult classic The Prisoner because (disclaimer: I’ve not read it) it features a former secret agent who discovers what happened to Number Two and the […]
Life is Strange gets four-part comic book miniseries
Life is Strange 2, the video game, is due out late September. It’s good for a host of platforms; Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and Windows/Steam too. The new miniseries from writer Emma Vieceli and artist Claudia Leonardi is set in the world of Life is Strange and takes readers back to Arcadia Bay. The comic […]
“Under” movie in the works as mutant monsters war in American sewers
Christophe Bec, the French author, and the illustrator Stefano Rafael, his regular collaborator, had a definite hit in 2010 with the release of Under in France. The English language versions of the comic book only took a year to happen. That’s lightning fast. Now, filming for a movie based on Under is scheduled to start […]
