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 […]
A look inside: Doctor Who – The Lost Dimension
Doctor Who: The Lost Dimension is a new cross-over of Timelord action. The Doctors have to unite as the Void, that empty space between universes, has somehow developed a fearsome hunger! This is the series that has the return of Jenny, the Doctor’s daughter, who has an urgent message for the Twelfth Doctor, Bill and […]
Charge! A review of Warhammer 40,000: Will of Iron
Written by George Mann and with art from Tazio Bettin and Enrica Angiolini the paperback of Warhammer 40,000: Will of Iron (vol 1) is due out this month. You can grab it on Kindle too. The book collects the first four issues of the Will of Iron series. The series picks up as the warp storms […]
Exclusive story and Executioner’s Heart competition
George Mann authors the audio scripts for the BBC’s Doctor Who and the Sherlock Holmes series. He writes the popular steampunk Newbury & Hobbes mystery series and the latest book in that is The Executioner’s Heart. Just what is Mann’s writing like? He had a challenge from Geek Native – write a Newbury & Hobbes […]
Exclusive extract: The Encounters of Sherlock Holmes
This month we asked George Mann whether authors should consider Conan Doyle’s vision of Sherlock Holmes sacroscant. Mann was a good person to ask as he did the hard work and edited the anthology The Encounters of Sherlock Holmes which is a collection of stories about the great detective from steampunk, horror and assorted authors. […]
Should authors tinker with Conan Doyle’s vision of Sherlock Holmes?
Should authors extend the legacy of the Sherlock Holmes? If they do; should they pitch the great detective against zombies, Daleks or insidious body snatching aliens? The Encounters of Sherlock Holmes , a new collection of adventures from Titan Books include stories from horror and steampunk authors like James Lovegrove, Paul Magrs, Guy Adams, George […]