Tag Archive | "Sherlock Holmes"

The Valley Of Fear – completing a quartet of sublime Holmes graphic novels

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 [...]

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Getting graphic with Sherlock

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, [...]

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Sherlock Holmes vs Skeletor

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

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Sherlock Holmes vs Skeletor by Gareth J Brookes Self Published Do you really need me to tell you that this is funny? Surely the idea alone and that cover should tell you that? And it’s a simple one to review – Sherlock Holmes meets Skeletor, they each screw around with the other in various comedy [...]

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Sherlock – en Français

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 [...]

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The world’s only consulting detective and the Timelord

Saturday, August 28, 2010

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A commission piece by Dan McDaid featuring Holmes, Watson and The Doctor…… Dan says: “The brief for this commission (c/o Neil Davidson – thanks Neil) was pretty straightforward – Sherlock Holmes meets the Tenth Doctor. I wanted to go a little further than that, and came up with a little snippet of an unseen Holmes adventure. Let’s [...]

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Culbard talks Holmes with the BBC

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 [...]

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Moffat on Newsnight

Wednesday, July 28, 2010

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Doctor Who’s Big Cheese Steven Moffat appeared on the BBC’s Newsnight to talk about his and Mark Gatiss’ recent update of Sherlock Holmes which was wowing a lot of us in the UK at the weekend (link from Kasterborous via Matt Badham):

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The Sign Of The Four – Edginton & Culbard return, with expected style, to Baker Street.

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

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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 [...]

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A Study In Scarlet – Holmes & Watson are back for the first time

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

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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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The game’s afoot – The Trial Of Sherlock Holmes

Thursday, January 7, 2010

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Sherlock Holmes Volume 1: The Trial Of Sherlock Holmes by Leah Moore, John Reppion and Aaron Campbell Dynamite Entertainment There are two ways to go with any classic icon such as Holmes; either reinterpret an existing Holmes tale, as with SelfMade Hero’s series (reviewed here) or, as is the case with The Trial Of Sherlock [...]

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