Reading this week’s 2000 AD (Prog 1778) and among the Thrill Powered strips what do I spy but a little teaser pic for a ‘Thrills of the Future’: Brass Sun - The Wheel of Worlds. And just which droids are responsible for this upcoming work in the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic? Only Ian Edginton and INJ [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Pride & Prejudice Adapted from the original novel by Jane Austen, text adapted by Ian Edginton, illustrated by Robert Deas SelfMadeHero “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.” For one reason or another, I’m utterly unaware of Jane Austen’s [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, June 15, 2011
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The Valley Of Fear: A Sherlock Holmes Graphic Novel Adapted from the original novel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, illustrated by I.N.J. Culbard, text adapted by Ian Edginton SelfMadeHero Oh, this is a joy. An absolute joy. I’ve enjoyed every one of Edginton and Culbard’s Holmes adaptations so far - The Hound Of The Baskervilles, A Study [...]
Continue reading...Monday, May 23, 2011
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SelfMadeHero has created a cool short video promo for their series of four Sherlock Holmes graphic novel adapations, just as the fourth and final volume, The Valley of Fear, hits the racks/ It’s a series which we have absolutely loved here (including me and I’m something of a purist when it comes to my Holmes, [...]
Continue reading...Friday, May 6, 2011
Nostalgia & Comics in Birmingham – my favourite comic shop in the world (yes, I’m biased, I did work there for 19 happy years off and on after all) is having a very special event for tomorrow’s Free Comic Book Day. There are, of course, the usual piles and piles of free comics for the [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, September 11, 2010
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Many a time we’ve talked on here about some of the brilliant comics work coming out of Europe, especially the heartland of the Franco-Belgian comics scene that Wim reports on regularly for us. But it’s also nice to be reminded that not only do we have some brilliant comics creators working here, they’re so good [...]
Continue reading...Friday, August 6, 2010
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“There’s a very rich, visual identity with the character. You have the pipe and the deerstalkers and we started by stripping that away and going back to the original texts. From that point of view it was a case of finding our feet by referring back to Doyle himself rather than anything that has gone [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, July 27, 2010
The Sign Of The Four by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Adapted by Ian Edginton and I.N.J.Culbard SelfMadeHero The third outing for Edginton and Culbard’s most enjoyable Sherlock Holmes adventures and by this point, after my fullsome praise for the first two volumes (Hound Of The Baskervilles and A Study In Scarlet), it’s hardly a surprise to find [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, April 24, 2010
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This years Hay Literary Festival takes place from 27th May – 6th June. And it’s rather embraced comics this year – or perhaps, looking at the comic related events it’s more accurate to say that the book publishers who have a hand in Graphic Novel publishing have decided to heavily promote their comics at the [...]
Continue reading...Monday, March 15, 2010
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The UniComics Festival will be taking place from the 22nd to 25th of April at the University of Hertfordshire, with events aimed at newcomers and longtime fans, both young and old. Among the guests on the roster there’s some top talent to be seen, including Dave Gibbons, Ian Edginton, Sarah McIntyre, Gary Erskine, Kevin O’Neill, [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, February 24, 2010
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Torchwood: Rift War written by Paul Grist, Simon Furman, Ian Edginton, Brian Williamson. Art by Paul Grist, D’Israeli, SL Gallant, Brian Williamson. Titan Books Torchwood: Rift War collects together the 10 part Rift War storyline that ran in the Torchwood magazine and throws in “Jetsam”, an 11 page story written and illustrated by Brian Williamson [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Sherlock Holmes – A Study In Scarlet by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Adapted by Ian Edginton and I.N.J.Culbard SelfMadeHero The second in SelfMadeHero’s Sherlock Holmes adaptations gets it’s release at almost the perfect time, hot on the heels of the recent big budget, and by all accounts rather entertaining movie outing with Robert Downey and [...]
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