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“In my line of work you see a lot of death” – irritable, grumpy and wonderful; Harker’s back

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Harker issue 10 by Roger Gibson and Vince Danks Ariel Press Here we go again….. by now you know how much I enjoy Harker (see the review of Volume 1: The Book Of Solomon for a reminder), so when I got the latest issue I was almost tempted just to write a quick piece announcing it’s release and [...]

Best of the Year – Graeme Neil Reid’s picks

Thursday, January 14, 2010

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Today’s guest for the penultimate Best of the Year is the very fine artist Graeme Neil Reid, who’s created some great work in the Brit small press scene (I was lucky enough to pick some up from him at Hi-Ex) and a founder member of the Scottish comics artists collective blog Scotch Corner. Let’s see [...]

Best of the Year – Richard’s Propaganda List

Monday, January 11, 2010

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God, I’ve read an awful lot of comics this year and yet again, it’s been a year filled with some wonderful new discoveries and some old favourites. I’m not even going to try to explain why the things I’ve chosen are on here, instead I’ll post a link to my review and a pull quote. [...]

And so it’s goodbye to another Captain Britain series…..

Wednesday, December 16, 2009

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Captain Britain And MI-13 Volumes 2 & 3; Hell Comes To Birmingham and Vampire State by Paul Cornell and Leonard Kirk, with Mike Collins, Ardian Syaf, Patrick Olliffe Marvel And so we have the second and third volumes of a Captain Britain book I rather enjoyed when I read the first volume. Sadly these are also the [...]

Harker twitter…

Saturday, December 5, 2009

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It could have been an excuse just to hype the Harker comic (which I do rather enjoy – see the review of Volume 1 here), but instead Harker’s new twitter feed is full of all the great one liners and sarcastic funny stuff that makes the comic so much fun. Here’s the first few tweets – [...]

“Some bloody holiday this is” – Harker issue 9

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

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Harker issue 9 Plot, story, script – Roger Gibson. Plot, art – Vincent Danks Ariel Press. And here we are again, another issue of Harker, another review (for the others try here). By now you can probably write these for yourself. But for those who haven’t been paying attention this is my standard description of Harker: “Harker’s a great [...]

Harker Volume 1: The Book Of Solomon – One of the best of 2009.

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

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Harker Volume 1: The Book Of Solomon Plot, story, script – Roger Gibson. Plot, art – Vincent Danks Ariel Press. Anyone reading the blog over the past 9 months or so will have surely picked up on my great love of Harker. I’ve championed it since issue 1 and every month have delivered positive review after positive review. [...]

Harker issue 8 – wonderful business as usual for the nation’s grumpiest cop…

Monday, October 19, 2009

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Harker 8 By Roger Gibson and Vince Danks Ariel Press Oh, I may as well give up on this review right here. By now you know I really enjoy this right? You’ve maybe seen the reviews here, here, here, here and here? Or maybe read the blurb on the back of Harker Volume 1 by me: “A great detective [...]

BICS 2009 – Pictures and things…..

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

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The British International Comics Show, as mentioned previously, was a huge success according to most of the reports I’ve read so far (the Launch Party gets universally panned, but the show itself was much loved). As is my want on Saturday and Sunday I wandered around with a camera, taking some photos. Most of them [...]

BICS Links – Who’s saying what….

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

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BICS links: we’ll keep updating these over the next few days – send us your link! More BICS stuff from the FPI Blog Comic Show part 1, Comic Show Part 2 (pics and stuff!), Alexi Conman: BICS Report. Andy Bloor: BICS Report. Andy Winter: BICS report. Birmingham Mail: BICS Report. Cy Dethan: BICS Report (done in choose your own adventure style – [...]

Harker; BICS, Annotations and Issue Zero…

Friday, October 2, 2009

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I like Harker, the crime comic by Roger Gibson and Vince Danks. To see how much you merely have to trawl the FPI archive – start here. Well, this weekend at the British International Comics Show Vince Danks and Roger Gibson will be selling their hearts out, with (hopefully) issue 8 of Harker and [...]

Harker issue 7 – It’s great. But you all knew I’d say that by now.

Friday, September 11, 2009

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Harker 7 by Roger Gibson and Vince Danks Ariel Press At this point, after four glowing reviews of the first Harker storyline I should just be writing a quick recap, a quick mention of the new issue and assuring you that the first issue of this second storyline is just as strong, just as good, just as enjoyable [...]

Harker issue 6; a fitting conclusion to a great first storyline

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

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Harker issue 6 by Roger Gibson and Vincent Danks Ariel Press It’s getting to the stage where I can’t really review Harker properly anymore. I’ve already reviewed the first 5 issues and found so much to enjoy that I’d imagine it’s obvious that, unless Gibson and Danks completely screw it up, issue 6 is going to be equally [...]

Harker update….

Saturday, August 8, 2009

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You may have realised by now after 3 glowing reviews (here, here and here), that I’m pretty keen on Harker, the refreshingly good crime procedural produced by Roger Gibson and Vince Danks. The good news is that more and more comic retailers are picking up on this fact and there’s a long list at the [...]

Tony’s Terrible Tea-time Torture Show: an interview with Tony Lee

Tuesday, August 4, 2009

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Tony Lee has been a writer for over twenty years and has worked in pretty much every medium, but in recent years has chosen to concentrate mainly on comics. In this interview, he talks mostly about his work for 2000 AD and the Judge Dredd Megazine, as well as his experience of scripting Doctor Who [...]

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“In my line of work you see a lot of death” – irritable, grumpy and wonderful; Harker’s back

Best of the Year – Graeme Neil Reid’s picks

Best of the Year – Richard’s Propaganda List

And so it’s goodbye to another Captain Britain series…..

Harker twitter…

“Some bloody holiday this is” – Harker issue 9

Harker Volume 1: The Book Of Solomon – One of the best of 2009.

Harker issue 8 – wonderful business as usual for the nation’s grumpiest cop…

BICS 2009 – Pictures and things…..

BICS Links – Who’s saying what….

Harker; BICS, Annotations and Issue Zero…

Harker issue 7 – It’s great. But you all knew I’d say that by now.

Harker issue 6; a fitting conclusion to a great first storyline

Harker update….

Tony’s Terrible Tea-time Torture Show: an interview with Tony Lee

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