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 […]
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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 […]
Steampunk Avengers: A review of Newbury & Hobbes – The Undying
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 […]
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 […]
