New in this week from Fantagraphics is Almost Silent, a collection of four earlier original graphic novels by the brilliant Jason. Regulars will know we love Jason’s work and if you’ve been meaning to read some and somehow never quite got round to grabbing the earlier works then this lovely little hardback is the perfect [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, January 21, 2010
Barry Windsor-Smith has to be one of our most respected comics artists and his run in the early 70s depicting Robert E Howard’s great barbarian hero Conan (teamed with the equally legendary Roy Thomas) still stands as a real high point of fantasy art; actually his art on Conan is still pretty much the benchmark [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, December 17, 2009
How utterly, gloriously gorgeously 1930s pulp sci-fi is this? IDW’s lovely hardback collection of the late Dave Stevens’ Rocketeer. I just saw some heading for the shelves – if you’re in that last minute panic of present purchasing, may I humbly point you towards this wonderful collection? I’d be more than happy to have that [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, December 10, 2009
Among today’s brand new arrivals is the second volume of Tomb of Dracula, written by Marv Wolfman, Steve Englehart and David Kraft, pencilled by Gene Colan, Tom Palmer and Virgilio Redondo and which, appropriately enough, comes in an enormous tome big enough to use as a tombstone. And yes, I do still take an almost [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, July 16, 2009
Oh yes, it is here. It may be a lot later than originally intended, but dammit, its worth the wait. Not to mention the weight – its a humungous tome, just remember when picking it up to lift from the legs and not your back. Alan Moore, Alan Davis, Captain Britain. Oh yes.
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Thursday, February 25, 2010
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