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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Preview art from the new RPG comic series Diablo
Blizzard Entertainment and Titan Comics have teamed up to produce a new comic book series set in Sanctuary, the Diablo world. Diablo is a massive computer game success. Diablo III, the latest game, set the record for the fastest-selling PC game ever with 3.5 million copies sold on day 1. The game is now available […]
The real purpose of The Village: Titan reprints The Prisoner “Shattered Visage”
Shattered Visage was first published in 1988 and has been out of print for years. The ‘The Prisoner sequel, Shattered Visage is considered to be a significant addition to the cult classic The Prisoner because (disclaimer: I’ve not read it) it features a former secret agent who discovers what happened to Number Two and the […]
Life is Strange gets four-part comic book miniseries
Life is Strange 2, the video game, is due out late September. It’s good for a host of platforms; Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and Windows/Steam too. The new miniseries from writer Emma Vieceli and artist Claudia Leonardi is set in the world of Life is Strange and takes readers back to Arcadia Bay. The comic […]
“Under” movie in the works as mutant monsters war in American sewers
Christophe Bec, the French author, and the illustrator Stefano Rafael, his regular collaborator, had a definite hit in 2010 with the release of Under in France. The English language versions of the comic book only took a year to happen. That’s lightning fast. Now, filming for a movie based on Under is scheduled to start […]
Shades of Magic: The Steel Prince bestselling fantasy series gets comic book adaptation
I don’t think this is much of a surprise. V. E. Schwab’s Shades of Magic series has done well, it’s a New York Times bestselling fantasy series and is published by Titan. Titan Comics is stepping into the ring to take the property even further and given that there’s a film adaptation in the works […]
A first look inside: the steampunk Newbury & Hobbes
Doctor Who, Dark Souls and Warhammer 40K writer George Mann has a new project and its steampunk. Titan Comic’s Newbury & Hobbes follows special agents Sir Maurice Newbury and Miss Victoria Hobbes through the dangerous and alternative Victorian England as they tackle criminals. I’d say it’s almost like a steampunk Avengers, but I’m not familiar […]
Yo ho ho: A review of Sea of Thieves comic book #1
I enjoyed watching people play Microsoft’s Sea of Thieves during the beta. It looked like a proper sailing simulator and the crew mechanic was nice. In fact, I can see Twitch and Patreon perks quickly being used in conjunction with populating a crew. Titan Comics has a comic book from writer Jeremy Whitley coming out […]
