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Monthly Archives: February 2011
REVIEW: Digital Visions #4
There’s something delightfully old school about an anthology book. When I think of the word in a comic context, I think of Tales from the Crypt and other ghoulish collections, the kind of gruesome pulp Frederic Wertham and the Comics … Continue reading
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Tagged A David Lewis, anthology, Brian Buccelatto, Bruno Letizia, Cabra Cini, Chuck Bordell, comics, Deity the Darkness and the Light, Derek Bellman, Digital Visions, Gangland Avalon, Gonzalo Duarte, K. Altstaetter, Michael Angelo Lee, Robert Napton, Rodrigo Diaz, Sam Johnson, Victor Olazaba, Visionary Comics
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REVIEW: Breakneck #3
There’s something I call “The JJ Abrams Effect”, given how often it seems to happen in his shows. You’re chugging along quite happily with what seems in itself to be a perfectly good setup for a story, when all of … Continue reading
REVIEW: Extinct #1
Werewolves get a bum deal. It’s a cool concept for a monster, and can be visually stunning. But while vampires and zombies thrive, the poor werewolf seems to hobble along at a distant third, all too often reduced these days … Continue reading
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Tagged 215 Ink, comics, Extinct, Fabien Rangel Jr, Jethro Morales, Juanmar Studios, werewolf
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Grant Morrison’s Batman
Hey folks! I originally wrote this as part of my Comic Book Club series on Project Fanboy, but I thought I’d share it here too: a spotlight on Grant Morrison’s run on Batman. In the past, I’ve devoted whole blocks … Continue reading
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Tagged Batman, Batman and Son, Batman RIP, comics, Grant Morrison, The Black Glove, The Joker
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REVIEW: Buck #1
Another recent addition to the impressive roster of projects by comics publisher 215 Ink, Buck caught my interest in that it is the latest project by writer Stephen Lindsay. Lindsay is a writer that seems to specialise in bringing to … Continue reading
REVIEW: Nosferatu
The subject of today’s review is an interesting comic curio: a modern-day retelling of F.W. Murnau’s classic 1922 silent horror film Nosferatu, by writer Christopher Howard Wolf and artist Justin Wayne. The graphic novel from Viper Comics, now available to … Continue reading
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Tagged Christopher Howard Wolf, comics, Dracula, Justin Wayne, Nosferatu, The Darkcloak, Viper Comics
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The Creative Team in Comics
In comics, unless you’re one of these obnoxiously talented people who can do everything, odds are you’re working as part of a creative team. Steven Forbes has spent the past couple of Bolts & Nuts columns over at Comix Tribe … Continue reading
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Tagged art, coloring, comics, editing, lettering, making comics, The Standard, writing
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Yes, Essex County IS Literature
One of the big stories circulating around the comic news and blogosphere this week is the elmination of Essex County, Jeff Lemire’s excellent graphic novel, from CBC’s Canada Reads contest. Charged this year with finding “the essential Canadian novel of … Continue reading →