The Lost Fleet: Corsair is a new graphic novel from Titan Comics and Jack Campbell. Geek Native has dabbled in the original Lost Fleet and enjoyed the military sci-fi adventures. There’s even been a Jack Campbell interview (aka John G Hemry on the site. The promise of a graphic novel has my attention. What do […]
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Statix Press’ Alisik trailer
We’ve already been able to feature a look inside Alisik the comic by Hubertus Rufledt and illustrated by Helge Vogt. “Haunting” is probably a world that’s overused these days but it feels appropriate to this story of a girl who wakes up in graveyard only to discover that she’s probably dead. It makes sense we […]
A look inside: Shadowman #1 – Fear of the Dark
Shadowman has always been a character I’ve wanted to work me for. I don’t even recall if I stopped reading the last series or whether it stopped on me… either way I now have a fresh chance. Shadowman is back for 2018. Published by Valiant, written by Andy Diggle (Green Arrow: Year One and Daredevil) […]
Normandy Gold trailer
Normandy Gold goes on sale on April 10th. The Hard Case Crime graphic novel is published by Titan Comics and written by Alison Gaylin (What Remains of Me) and Megan Abbott (You Will Know Me). Abbot recently picked up a Writers Guild Award nominator for her work on HBO’s The Deuce. [amazon_link asins=’1785858645,B06WVCSH8T,B074DVGPQC,B074S9YZ4F’ template=’ProductCarousel’ store=’gamewyrd-20′ […]
Fallout meets Mad Max: Statix Press teases Factory
Statix Press is a new imprint from Titan Comics set up to showcase interesting comic finds from around the world. In March this year, they’ll be releasing Factory, a three-part collection, from writer and artist Yacine ‘Elgo’ Elghorri. Elghorri has worked as a character designer for Matt Groening’s Futurama but this comic is more of […]
A Look Inside: Alisik
Alisik is a gorgeous comic book and this Halloween why not take a peek at a few pages. Written by Hubertus Rufledt with haunting art by Helge Vogt the comicbook is being brought from Europe to America by Titan Comic’s imprint Statix Press. Alisik wakes up to find she’s all alone and abandoned in a […]
Competition: Buffy the Vampire Slayer – The Official Grimoire Willow Rosenberg
It’s between 20 years since Buffy the Vampire Slayer first appeared on TV. Her fandom is still strong. Andrea Robinson is a New York-based writer, deep into vampire lore, and co-author of Vampire Diaries: Unlocking the Secrets of Mystic Falls. Robinson’s latest book is a collection of all the magic from seven seasons of Buffy. […]
This time it’s personal: A review of Late Fees – Samurai Slasher
Samurai Slasher is a comic by Mike Garley based on an imaginary 80 horrors film. You know the genre, though, college students turn up at the lake for some skinny dipping and smoking weed only to encounter an immortal samurai determined to slaughter them all. Late Fees is very different. This comic, limited to a […]
Games Workshop and Titan team up for Deathwatch
A new four-issue miniseries called Warhammer 40,000: Deathwatch is due out in January. We’ve three covers from the series to show here; cover A from Ørjan Svendsen, cover B from Fabio Listrani and cover C from Tazio Bettin. The series is based on the Games Workshop Deathwatch boardgame. There’s already been plenty of novels and, […]
Close encounters of the nerd kind: A review of Survival Geeks
Survival Geeks is a sci-fi comedy from 2000AD. It has the line “Cthulhus! Thousands of them!” which is writer Emma Beeby’s favourite. Also working on the series is stalwart Gordon Rennie and illustrator Neil Googe. The premise is simple and that’s because the goal of Survival Geeks is to parody geeky clichés. We’ve a group […]
