Written by Harry Harris and CD Mick Published by Mediaaria CDM – 336 pages – £12.00 Black and White interior illustrations Cover by Ciara McAvoy The Story: META WORLDS was conceived with the intention to introduce a new type of storytelling…. Read More ›
Reviews
Crowdfunding Spotlight Sneak Preview: The Edge Off by Fraser Campbell and Iain Laurie
Here’s a preview of a preview, if you understand what I mean. The Edge Off is a new comic that will be hitting Kickstarter on the 20th April 2018. The creators are very wisely creating a bit of buzz… Read More ›
How I Got Used to digital comics “Guided View” – and it’s all down to Shang Chi, Master of Kung Fu!
I was away on a long course for a full week recently, so began reading quite a lot of comics digitally again. US publisher Marvel had a large and outrageously priced sale recently and I picked up loads of old… Read More ›
In Review: “Bald” by John Tucker
“My scalp was so smooth, I fell clean out of my mother while she did the weekly shopping!” The Story: Essentially this is the story of one man and his male patterned baldness. This is no ordinary baldness and the… Read More ›
In Review: Spaceship Away 44
The first issue of Spaceship Away for 2018 has been out for a few weeks now but this is the first chance I’ve had to give it a plug. Wrapped in a smashing new piece of Dan Dare related art… Read More ›
In Review: Boudicca by Neal Romanek and Johan Swärd
Writer: Neal Romanek Artist: Johan Swärd Published by Markosia The Book: Britain. An island paradise, rich with gold and silver – and the world’s most powerful military machine wants it all for itself. The country and its tribes have been… Read More ›
In Preview and Review: Mycelium Seep by Nir Levie
Created by Nir Levie Published by Markosia Out: 9th April 2018 This is not a normal reading experience. This summary of the plot is both true and misleading… The Story: Khalek is a teenage boy who lives in an underground… Read More ›
Sneak Preview and Review – Hollow Monsters by MontyNero
Hollow Monsters – A Graphic Novel in Six Parts Created by Monty Nero The Story: This story deals with our lives as young people. The events of political and social upheaval that surround us as we mature, the relationships that… Read More ›
In Review: Journey Planet 39 – Judge Dredd
Journey Planet is a occasional fanzine themed around – well, whatever takes the contributors’ fancy, basically, but Issue 39, just released, has a Judge Dredd theme, dedicated overall to co-creator Carlos Ezquerra. The editor for this free, 96 page monster… Read More ›
In Review: Combat Colin #2 by Lew Stringer
By Lew Stringer Self Published Available from Lew’s web shop, direct from Lew at appearances and a limited number of comic shops The Book: The second in a six-issue mini-series reprinting Lew Stringer’s “Combat Colin” strips from the 1980s and… Read More ›
In Review: 2000AD Prog 2070
Brains in jars? All-out robot battles? creeping horror in Mega-City One? if only one of those concepts tickles your fancy, then it’s more than enough for you to pick up 2000AD Prog 2070, which comes with a thoroughly spooky, haunting… Read More ›
In Review: Dan Dare – He Who Dares
Reviewed by Andrew Darlington WARNING: Some spoilers toward the end of this review during discussion of the story finale! The Book: Dan Dare returns in an all new adventure, written by Peter Milligan, in which he faces a sinister new… Read More ›
In Review: Punks Not Dead #1
Written by David M Barnett Art by Martin Simmonds Colour Flats by Dee Cunniffee Cover A by Martin Simmonds Cover B by Bill Sienkiewicz Letters by Aditya Bidikar Published by Black Crown and IDW Advance warning: a smattering of adult… Read More ›
In Review: The Adventures of Captain Cosmic #1
Written and drawn by Andy W Clift The Story: Entire planets are disappearing and fear is spreading throughout the galaxy. Prime Consoler Zoltan of the Commonwealth of Worlds calls in the only people that can help. The Galaxy Defenders known… Read More ›
In Review: 2000AD 2069 (and a quick, enthusiastic plug for Judge Dredd Megazine 393!)
Believe it or not, I’ve actually had a short break away and I’m now playing a bit of catch up, so this week’s 2000AD review is a bit brief. Wrapped behind a striking cover by Clint Langley, one of the… Read More ›
In Review: The Skylab Haynes Owners Workshop Manual
Since the first ‘proper’ Haynes Owners Workshop Manual, for the Austin Healey ‘Frogeye’ Sprite, was published in 1966, the publisher has covered the innards of many a vehicle – both factual and fictional, some of the covered here on downthetubes…. Read More ›
In Review: 2000AD Prog 2068
Wrapped in a gripping cover by Nick Percival (oh, all right, I’ll leave the jokes for another time), this week’s 2000AD sees the end of Judge Dredd’s sojourn in Siberia – and what a trip that has been. Michael Carroll… Read More ›
In Preview: Accident Man (15)
Starring… Scott Adkins – Mike Fallon Ray Stevenson – Big Ray Ashley Michele Greene – Charlie Adams David Paymer – Milton Michael Jai White – Mick Ray Park – Mac Amy Johnston – Jane The Ripper Perry Benson – Finicky… Read More ›
In Review: 2000AD 2067 (plus a look at Judge Dredd Megazine Issue 392, and more!)
“Savage” artist Patrick Goddard provides the cover to this week’s 2000AD, on sale now in all good comic shops and newsagents across the UK now – and ABC Warriors and R0-Busters boss and long-term bad guy Howard Quartz has never… Read More ›
Sneak Peek and Review: Marie Duval, a new book spotlighting a pioneering female cartoonist
Myriad Editions have very kindly sent me an advance copy of their new title Marie Duval, a superb study of the pioneering but near-forgotten female artist behind the creation of the first “breakout” British comic characters, Ally Sloper. I can definitely recommend… Read More ›