by Robbie Morrison and Jim Murray Publisher: Jonathan Cape Out: 20th June 2013 The Book: An epic adventure set in a flooded futuristic London that hurls down-at-heel minder Leo Noiret head first into a web of intrigue, murder, revenge and… Read More ›
Reviews
In Review: 2D Festival 2013
Maura McHugh had a wonderful time at 2D Northern Ireland Comic Book Festival in Derry last weekend. As usual there was fantastic hospitality by the gang from Derry’s Verbal Arts Centre who organised the festival. All of them, including the… Read More ›
In Review: Dan Dare – Spacefleet Operations Manual (John Freeman’s take)
by Rod Barzilay; Illustrated by Graham BleathmanPublisher: HaynesOut: Now The Book: Dan Dare is easily the most famous British comic hero. His adventures appeared in the original Eagle comic during the 1950s and 1960s, but he also featured briefly in… Read More ›
Dan Dare: Six Questions For Writer Rod Barzilay
In the 1990s Rod Barzilay had the idea to bring Eagle comic’s best known character, Dan Dare, back into print, not updated for a Star Wars audience as in 2000AD or as a political commentary as in Revolver, but rather… Read More ›
In Review: The Complete Flash Gordon Library – The Fall of Ming
by Alex Raymond Publisher: Titan Books Out: Now The Book: Continuing the comprehensive library of the greatest science fiction hero of all time, this brand new collection of library editions feature all new restorations that will preserve these legendary adventures… Read More ›
In Review: Dan Dare – Spacefleet Operations Manual (Steve Winders Take)
by Rod Barzilay. Illustrated by Graham BleathmanPublished by Haynes Publishing at £16.99Hardback 128 pages, with colour on every page Review by Steve Winders The Book: A technical manual devoted to the Space Fleet organization featured in the famous Dan Dare… Read More ›
Dan Dare: Six Questions For Artist Graham Bleathman
For most comics readers Graham Bleathman’s name is synonymous with large detailed cutaway paintings of buildings, vehicles and flying craft both real and fictional. It was not surprising then that he is now the artist behind four of the new… Read More ›
In Review: Largo Winch – 3 Eyes Of The Guardians Of The Tao/The Way And The Virtue
Largo Winch, writer Jean Van Hamme and artist Philippe Francq's James Bond-like billionaire businessman adventurer, returns in his latest two part adventure in Cinebook's The Three Eyes Of The Guardians Of The Tao and The Way And The Virtue. An… Read More ›
In Review: Peter Pan by by Régis Loisel
by Régis Loisel Out: Now (UK and Europe only) Publisher: Soaring Penguin The Book: Before he became Peter Pan, before his arrival to Neverland, he was a boy fighting for survival. Born into the suburbs of harsh, Dickensian London, to… Read More ›
In Review: Antares – Episode 3
Brazilian artist and writer Leo (Luiz Eduardo de Oliveira) continues his Worlds of Aldebaran saga with Antares Episode 3, the (presumably) middle part of the third series of his incredibly alien tales of 22nd century interplanetary settlers and the beasts… Read More ›