Tag Archive | "Choker"

Choker issue 1. Review #1- Michael’s take

Friday, March 26, 2010

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Choker issue 1 by Ben McCool and Ben Templesmith Image Comics Choker – a detective story in a very Blade Runner-esque setting with plenty of science fiction, horror and some very, very dark comedy thrown in for good measure.  This book comes to you from newcomer Ben McCool and the already well-established Ben Templesmith. What [...]

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Choker issue 1. Review #2 – Richard’s completely biased review….

Friday, March 26, 2010

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Choker Issue 1 (of 6) by Ben McCool and Ben Templesmith Image Comics Johnny Jackson, ex-cop turned private eye is having yet another bad day in what is turning out to be a truly horrible life. Things haven’t been the same since getting kicked off the force. Fair enough, even when he was a cop [...]

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McCool. Templesmith. Choker. Looks like a hit. But I am biased

Saturday, February 27, 2010

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Full disclosure bit – Ben McCool is a friend of mine and has been for years – we worked together at Nostalgia & Comics Birmingham, him a mere baby, me not quite so young,  I watched him take his first steps to being a comics writer, and like so many people who have had any [...]

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McCool & Templesmith on Choker

Friday, September 18, 2009

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I used to work with Ben McCool back at Nostalgia & Comics in Birmingham for several years before he left to travel to America and find fame and fortune as a big time writer of comics. I don’t know how he’s doing for money (he still owes me several drinks) but the fame thing seems [...]

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Unlike Morrissey, I don’t hate it when my friends become successful: Choker by Ben McCool & Ben Templesmith.

Monday, July 27, 2009

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Once upon a time back in the days when I used to work at Nostalgia & Comics in Birmingham, I worked with one young Ben McCool; manic, effervescent, incredibly personable, an amazing drinker and a spectacular character who could instantly control a room with the sheer force of his personality. When Ben flows into anecdote [...]

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