Here’s a mystery. How can it be that Titan Comics have released a Doctor Who: The Thirteenth Doctor story before Jodie Whittaker has even aired on the BBC? The answer is to manage your expectations. This entire issue – not number 1, number 0 – is set in the few seconds of the Thirteenth Doctor […]
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Competition: Win The Lost Fleet Corsair
The Lost Fleet: Corsair is a 129-page graphic novel you can buy on Amazon for £9.26 in print or for Kindle and comiXology. The graphic novel is a sci-fi story of a war hero’s grandnephew captured by the enemy forces only to find himself leading a rebellion. If you’re a fan of spaceship battles, big […]
Hostage to Heritage: A review of Lost Fleet Corsair
Jack Campbell’s Lost Fleet was the first sci-fi military novel I enjoyed. Wait, wait… I’m not saying Lost Fleet was the first sci-fi I enjoyed. Of course not. It’s just that I found the first military variants of the genre I tried to read to be pedantic and uncharismatic. They worried about all sorts of […]
Competition: Win Halo – Silent Storm
The year is 2526 and humanity is now in open conflict with the conservative religious zealots in the alien Covenant. The United Nations Space Command understands nothing about this new and strange foe except for two things; they have better technology than us, and they’re out to get us. Humanity’s hope rests with the Spartans. […]
The code is our lifeblood: A review of Killtopia
Killtopia is a 52-page, full colour, sci-fi comic from writer Dave Cook and illustrator Craig Paton. Dave Cook’s work has been featured before on Geek Native with the likes of comic book Bust and then Vessels. The story was the same each time; a sensible Kickstarter that didn’t muck around and an output that pleased […]
A look inside the new Minions series: Minions Viva Le Boss
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 […]
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 […]
