This is a beautiful beast of a book. It’s huge. There are 544 pages, in colour, in a hardback that just oozes quality. Right now, Amazon is accepting pre-orders and the book is due out at the end of September in the UK and the beginning of October in the US. That timing is important […]
Archives for September 2012
Alien – The Illustrated Story review
Frank Miller said of this book; “Alien – The Illustrated Story might just be the only successful movie adaptation ever done in comics. It’s an amazing graphic novel.” You may disagree with Miller but the comment shows just how good this graphic novel is. Alien – The Illustrated Story is an old one; the original […]
Behind the special effects: Game of Thrones [spoilers]
This video a special effects reel for the TV series Game of Thrones. If you’re not up to date then there will be spoilers. Also, oddly, the quality isn’t really good so you may be better off not watching on full screen. Game of Thrones is a Creative Arts Emmy Winner for outstanding special visual […]
Hellboy’s Golden Army in LEGO
Fan of the Hellboy comics and movies? I thought Hellboy II was visually stunning and the Golden Army robots certainly played a huge part in that. These Golden Army constructs have been crafted, out of LEGO, by Robot H (aka Robiwan Kenobi) and are just as impressive. Robert is a professional industrial designer from Germany, […]
Harker: The Book of Solomon review
Harker is a British detective story. A comic that follows the genre of grizzled UK cops investigating the strange. So we have Detective Chief Inspector Harker and his assistant DS Critchley beginning The Book of Solomon with the discovery of a gruesome murder on the steps of a museum. The investigation quickly escalates into a […]
Charlotte Markham and the House of Darkling review
It’s quite hard to describe Charlotte Markham and the House of Darkling. It reminded me of a cross-over of an H.P. Lovecraft and an Euphemia Martins mystery. The latter being a quirky historical mystery featuring a plucky and curious maid who, due to family death, is working for a rich family even though her own […]
Happy Hobbit Day
Today is Hobbit Day. Bilbo and Frodo share a birthday – but different years. Both Hobbits were born on September 22, with Bilbo born in 2890 and Frodo in 2968 in the Third Age. Hobbit Day parties are the appropriate way to celebrate. This means food, fun and friends. A worthy celebration.
Doctor Who: Are the Weeping Angels attacking Earth, lights out across time?
This post is one in a series of speculation that follows the observation Are the Lights Going Out?. Although this post is just speculation there is the risk of spoilers. This post does not only discuss the latest events in Doctor Who but discusses what the BBC has publically shared about season 7 episodes up […]
Karthos the garden wyvern
Karthos is an impressive beast of copper and brass. He is about 33 inches high, 20 inches deep and has a large 46 inch wingspan. His teeth are made from old brass screws. As a garden wyvern he has no finish on his metal and so, should you choose to, if left outside then he’ll […]
Oh! Yes! Second official The Hobbit trailer – 152 awesome seconds!
The second official trailer for The Hobbit is out and it looks pretty awesome. Gandalf has to defend his choice of adding a Hobbit to a company of dwarves. The trailer also explains, a little, of what the dwarves want.
