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Frakking toasters by Jeanette Atwood is in many ways the best commentary on Battlestar Galactica I’ve ever read (the fact it’s a comic is just icing on the cake for me). Shame there is no RSS link. C’mon Jeanette, sort it out.
I saw the PATH graphic novel in the comic book store the other day, but the cover design left a lot to be desired from. However I am all over the artwork on the inside. I’ve got to say that those are some of the funkiest character designs I’ve seen in a while and the [...]
For those of you in the dark, Frank Miller (he of 300, Sin City and the Dark Knight Strikes Back fame) will be directing the Spirit movie, in case you missed it. This is based on a great little series that was created by the great Will Eisner. The website is up and they’ve got [...]
Don’t forget the first issue of Warren Ellis’s Freakangels debuts later on today. Got a good feeling about this. Here’s the RSS feed for everyone.
Freakangles by Warren Ellis and Paul Duffield. Freakangel is a long form weekly comic (seems like 5 pages a week) that’s going to debut in February 2008. At some point I’m sure it’ll come out in print. This is pretty old news, but I only just noticed how good that bastard kid Paul Duffield. I [...]
Wanted trailer is out and about. For those in the dark, Wanted is an excellent little mini-series that was written by Mark Millar and drawn by J.G Jones, published by Top Cow several years ago. It was completely over the top and Mark Millar at the time made no secrets about whom he would have [...]
By now you’ve seen the latest news about the modifications to the Batsuit which looks brilliant and makes sense at the same time (to do with the cowl and the rest of the costume being seperate elements that overlap). The latest news that has come out from the upcoming Nolan sequel is the batpod. Now [...]
30 Days of Night trailer is up. And the good graphic novel to movie adaptations continue. After the success of both Sin City and 300, it seems that those people involved in moving stories from one medium to another have learnt not to fuck around with the concepts and just try and be as faithful [...]
Splash Panel podcast. Second podcast I’ve ever recorded, I talk about the podcast in general and how I got into comics in the first place.
Continuing in my series of the best of 2006, just finished my post on the best graphic novels of 2006 over at Splash Panel.
I’ve reviewed Frank Miller’s 300 over at Splash Panel. It’s most definitely one of the few graphic novels that every red blooded male should have on their shelves.
Reyyy is an excellent example of why comic book art is well above and beyond the traditional art bandied about by graphic designers. Learn how to use a pencil people.
The big news in the comic industry yesterday was the confirmation by Marvel (go to the site for more pictures and the press-release) that Stephen King would be writing his Dark Tower series in comic book format, to be released as a 6 issue serial first, before being collected as a hardcover in autumn of [...]
Stephen King’s Graphic Novel. Not really ‘news’, merely a confirmation of a promo that was released by Marvel back in July.
Artistically David Mack is one of my biggest influences. In fact he’s such an influence that my first foray years ago into actually colouring my work using water colours can be landed squarely on his lap. The man escapes the boundaries of traditional art and elevates everything he does to a level few can [...]
millarworld magazine uses wordpress. Interesting use of a blog format.
Am I a Brian Wood? I’d say I like selective examples of his work. When he’s on form he’s really good (such as CousCous Express, Channel Zero); when he’s not on form, he’s not so good, (The Couriers, Pounded). It’s not so much that he’s bad, just doesn’t live up to his potential. He’s [...]
Like last year, I’ll be commenting on all the various bits and pieces coming out of the San Diego Comic Convention (biggest anglophone comic book convention, I think Angoulême in France is biggest, although I could be wrong). This will be mainly things that I’m interested in or excited about.
A lot of crap comes [...]
Not to rain on anyone’s parade, but I really think that Free Comic Book Day is a complete crock of shit for anywhere outside of America. For those in the dark, Free Comic Book Day was inspired by Baskin Robbins Free Scoop day or some such bollocks, where you go in and get some free [...]
Hmm seems like we’ve been heard. Larry’s posted on his website about the True Facts review. That’s pretty cool. He checks out what people have said about his books across the net good and bad and presents them. He’s done this for a while now, so it’s nice to get mentioned.
Seems Larry’s also read [...]
I’m surprised all the usual comic book websites haven’t picked this up. Usuaully they’re the first to pick this sort of thing up, soo what I’ll do is I’ll talk about it here and then I’ll send them an e-mail shouting and scolding them.
Seems there’s a company called Untamed Cinema that as you guessed it, [...]
I think I’m going to start blogging about comics a bit more this year. I’m not going to comment on every bit of news that comes my way, just things that I find pretty interesting, as a mark for the future, what to keep an eye out for etc. So lets have a look at [...]
Today was the 2nd Annual Comic ‘Festival’ in London. It was shit. And I say this as being the best thing I can actually say about this organized fiasco of a convention. Fair enough this is a small time thing, but you’d expect the Capital of the Anglophone speaking sector of Europe would be able [...]
P I X E L. Just found this on the net. Thought it was pretty cute. Go check it out, makes for good fun while bumming around waiting for stuff to download etc.
Maybe I’m going to go off on one because I’m a bit ill and am not thinking straight but it’s been a while since I checked in with two site, namely the home site for ait-planetlar and brian wood’s blog.
Now I have in the past exchanged internet conversations with both gentlemen. I’ve bought a [...]
I like Udon. I like their work ethic and I like how they’ve set themselves up. They were originally a rival to Dreamwave Production, but have since grown up a lot. If memory serves me correctly several members of the then fledging DW decided to leave and setup a collective as it were. They became [...]
Well this domain name has been dormant for like 300 years now, or whatever, so it’s nice to see it’s finally starting to pick up some steam. Shame that he’s put it down for 2005 release, since he talked about this series like 1 year ago, so it’d be a bit of a wait before [...]
I’m actually excited. I generally really enjoy Jeff’s stuff. It’s full of energy and fun and lot of love has gone into every aspect of the creation of his books. Nothing is more apparent than the truely great fun Danger Girls. Go buy the hardcover or the trade or whatever, it’s Charlie’s Angels done right. [...]
Just read this off on peiratikos’s website. This was originally from
Steve Lieber’s post.
Here’s my top 11:
Blade of the Immortal - Hiroaki Samura (Dark Horse)
Pure genius, the characters are real in my eyes. That’s it’s greatest achievement as a comic book series.
100 Bullets - Azzarello and Risso (DC/Vertigo)
Crime Noir at it’s greatest. One of the [...]
I read a lot of manga. The thing is I’ve been reading manga for a good few years really, well before the recent explosion. Even this girl who was trying to be all cool and had the audacity to call me a geek had a pile of Tuxedo Gin piled next her bed, I couldn’t [...]
Warren Ellis
Like I said only information that would make me excited and books I’d buy in the future. Well I generally like Warren Ellis’s work, as an internet personality the guy can come off as a complete nob, but then I’ve never met the man, only read what he says online and in interviews, and [...]
San Diego comic con is up and running and loads of news has been coming out hard and fast these past few hours, which is nice, because loads of people are waiting for this one moment to make a breakout and make some noise.
I’ve decided I’m only going to talk about the news that I [...]
The San Diego Comic Convention is the ultimate anglophone comic book and pop culture gathering in the world. I’ve personally never been but I’ve seen and heard enough about the place to know it would be damn good fun to actually make my way there. Due to the fact that every single professional comic book [...]
Yeah well this is my blog and I’m a bit upset about this. I can’t say I was completely and utterly in love with this book. For a start it didn’t have my favorite characters in it, and it wasn’t really snappy enough for me. The thing is however is that it really was unique [...]