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Reviews: Blake And Mortimer – back to the very beginning

Wednesday, June 19, 2013

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Blake & Mortimer Volume 15: The Secret of the Swordfish Part  1 – The Incredible Chase By Edgar P. Jacobs Cinebook “In a past almost, but not entirely, like ours, the world lives in dread of a new power, an empire centred in Tibet and led by a megalomaniac. When the inevitable attack comes, it [...]

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Review: The Man Who Laughs

Monday, June 17, 2013

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The Man Who Laughs Adapted from the novel by Victor Hugo, written by David Hine and illustrated by Mark Stafford SelfMadeHero SelfMadeHero certainly have a thing for a good adaptation, have done from the outset, when the company made its debut with the Manga Shakespeare line. Since then we’ve had excellent Holmes adaptations from Edginton [...]

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2000AD Preview – Prog 1837

Monday, June 17, 2013

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Out Wednesday 19th June Weirdly interesting and arresting cover from Chris Weston, some really bizarre colours. Can’t work out whether I like it or not, usually a sign that it will grow on me I find. Inside – well, the big news is the return of John Wagner to Judge Dredd, his first work in [...]

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Best Cover EVER? – Mike Noon

Sunday, June 16, 2013

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Time for another entry into the never-ending quest to find the Best Cover EVER? (Quick admission … there is no best cover EVER, only a best cover right here, for you, right now). This time we have Mike Noon who may not be a comics creator but he has a long history of toe-dipping; whether [...]

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The Weekly 2000AD – Prog 1836

Sunday, June 16, 2013

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Cover by Leigh Gallagher, and it’s a corker. One of the best of the year I reckon. Striking, great colours, leaps off the shelves. Well, it would if my local newsagent didn’t just ram it in behind the copies of Q and Empire. Judge Dredd: Skulls – Rob Williams and Trevor Hairsine The return of [...]

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Lost Works: Exit by Nabiel Kanan

Sunday, June 16, 2013

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Nabiel Kanan burst onto the UK scene in ’92, with a series that held all that saw it positively spellbound. Everything about it, from issue one’s day-glo, all-logo cover to the frankly beautiful black and white art filled everyone that saw it with wonder, and we knew we were in the presence of someone who [...]

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Art For Art’s Sake

Sunday, June 16, 2013

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You were only going to watch terrible TV all day – have some art instead… Kate Beaton illustrations for a new YA novel from from debut author Seth Fishman, out in Feb 2014. io9 had the reveal of the gorgeous cover and cast. Here’s Mia Kish, star of The Well’s End by Seth Fishman. Jade Sarson‘s [...]

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Comics: James Sturm’s Rhino zine…

Sunday, June 16, 2013

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Memories of Coober Skeber here (alt anthology that delivered a fab Marvel benefit issue when Marvel went temp bankrupt in ’97). This is a few pages from the James Sturm-edited/assembled Rhino tribute zine, Rhino: an Intimate Portrait (Seen via Ben Towle)

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Out Now: From Hell Companion

Sunday, June 16, 2013

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Gosh, it feels so long since I talked about the From Hell Companion, but it’s finally on release now. A reminder of what I said: “….this is a carefully curated selection, pulled from the archives and organised by Campbell. I can’t honestly even imagine many picking this up will be unaware of the scale of [...]

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Upcoming: ELCAF…. and upcoming at ELCAF…

Sunday, June 16, 2013

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ELCAF (East London Comics and Arts Festival) happens next weekend – 20th June, and they’re looking for a few good volunteers to help set up and run the show. People often forget how dependent comic events are on a small army of volunteers, doing the little jobs that help everything run according to plan. If [...]

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