Tag Archive | "Batman"

Comics: Junior…

Saturday, May 18, 2013

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Okay, it looks like a DC Comic, it reads like a DC Comic, but Junior; written by Vivien Gallasch and Megan Butler, art by Pamela Lovas, is most definitely, absolutely, completely NOT a DC Comic, as they are very quick to point out: [Copyright Disclaimer: We do not own any of the characters or their likeness. [...]

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Film – Batman: 1943

Monday, May 6, 2013

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Loving these pics – many decades before Tim Burton reinvented the Batman as a mega blockbusting film franchise, or the more recent (and superb) cinematic Dark Knight of Christopher Nolan the Batman (and Robin!) took to the silver screen. The year was 1943 and Batman and the Boy Wonder were appearing in one of those [...]

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Uncanny Figure Review: Batman Arkham City Wave 4

Wednesday, March 27, 2013

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Batman: Arkham City [Wave 4] action figure reviews: Deadshot As we near completion of the roster of characters from the Arkham Asylum/City games, we begin to get some of the more obscure characters mixed in. Case in point being Deadshot, a character who appears in a side-mission in the game. In the comics, Deadshot is [...]

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Rare Treasures at Nostalgia & Comics

Wednesday, March 6, 2013

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Collectors take note! As regular readers will know, our Birmingham affiliate store Nostalgia & Comics houses one of the biggest and best collections of classic back issues in all of the UK and Ireland. In amongst the last collections they’ve aquired are these four pre-distribution treasures that are rarely seen this side of the pond. To make [...]

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Comics: Gotham High – animated…..

Saturday, March 2, 2013

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Gotham High – I must admit to have completely missed this one – and it was a while back (2009 onwards) but I always throw things up here of interest, and hope enough of you go “oooooohhhh” to justify it. A quick Google around tells me it was a series commissioned by WB at one [...]

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News, Views and Oddities #13

Thursday, February 28, 2013

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News, Views and Oddities, where we link to various bits and bobs which have grabbed our attention, encompassing comics, books, illustration, design and film. Clicking fingers at the ready. To start with something rather lovely: take a look at these 98 glorious concept watercolours from Hayao Miyazaki. You may remember me highlighting this anthology back in November [...]

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News, Views and Oddities #12

Thursday, February 7, 2013

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News, Views and Oddities, where we link to various bits and bobs which have grabbed our attention, encompassing comics, books, illustration, design and film. Clicking fingers at the ready. Starting with something I loved this week: Kyle Platt’s illustrated biography of Japanese artist, Yayoi Kusama. You can view the whole thing here, and while you’re [...]

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Nate Bulmer’s Batman Head strips

Thursday, January 31, 2013

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Batman, is like Gary Oldman, or William Fichtner, a percentage person: add him to anything and that thing will become at least 4% more awesome. When the thing in question is pretty good to start with, like Nate Bulmer’s Eat More Bikes strips, this is what you get: a body-less Batman head trying valiantly to [...]

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News, Views and Oddities #10

Thursday, January 10, 2013

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News, Views and Oddities, where we link to various bits and bobs which have grabbed our attention, encompassing comics, books, illustration, design and film. Clicking fingers at the ready. Hayao Miyazaki’s advice on how to use transparent watercolors, taken from the Ghibli Museum Sketching Set booklet. Kenny mentioned Hellen Jo to me the other day, which triggered [...]

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Nostalgia & Comics’ Best-selling Graphic Novels 2012

Friday, January 4, 2013

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As our pros continue to list the comics they felt were critical successes in 2012, you may be curiously wondering which books did best with the paying customer’s mighty wallet. Well now’s your chance to find out as our mighty affiliate store (and second oldest comic shop in the UK), Nostalgia & Comics have posted their top-selling [...]

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