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Five Wounds: An Illuminated Novel Review
Five Wounds’ story would stand proud in any format, but the combination of Walker’s rich cityscape and Hallett’s spidery imagery results in something beyond a conventional book with superfluous pictures. Continue reading
Primeval: Extinction Event Book Review
Titan Books
Written by Dan Abnett
Primeval, the Saturday night sci-fi show genre fans love to hate. I’ve become a bit of the proponent of the show over the last few years; particularly the third season, in which Primeval’s ‘dinosaurs leap through rifts in time to terrorise England’ premise veered into more interesting territory, with all manner of … read more
Superheroes, Strip Artists & Talking Animals: Minnesota’s Contemporary Cartoonists Review
2011, Minnesota Historical Society Press
Written by Britt Aamodt
Beneath the colourful imagery, comic books have always held a certain tragedy. Behind every fantastical world and heroic individual rising against the forces of evil there’s some poor, solitary soul confined to a drawing board, wondering how they were ever naïve enough to believe that drawing/writing comics could pay the bills. … read more
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Avatar Collectors Vault Book 3D Review
Published by Whitman Publishing / Titan Books
James Cameron’s “Pocahontas in Space” may not have been the first 3D cinema experience, but it’s certainly proven to be the third dimension’s most prominent emissary. While cynical cinephiles interpreted Avatar’s success as further proof that visual gimmickry will compensate for all manner of plot deficiency, the fact remains that Cameron’s vivid … read more
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Firefly: Still Flying Book Review
Published by Titan Books
Firefly may have been cut down in its prime (only to be briefly brought back as a criminally underappreciated movie) but its fans refuse to move on. Not that they should, of course; few other sci-fi shows featured as enduring a cast or as distinct a universe as Joss Whedon’s western in space.
TV studios, publishers … read more
Yippee Ki-Yay Moviegoer: Writings on Bruce Willis, Badass Cinema and Other Important topics Review
Published by Titan Books
Vern is a one of a kind film critic you’ll either love or hate. The title of his previous volume, Seagology: A Study of the Ass-kicking Films of Steven Seagal, should give you a good enough idea of what to expect with Yippee Ki-Yay Moviegoer. Characterised by a writing voice that reads like the … read more
Proxies of Fate by Matthew Moses Review
Proxies of Fate marks the first time I’ve been asked to review a purely prose novel, yet while Proxies isn’t a comic as such it’s ostensibly a classic comic book adventure under a literary veil, with equal quantities of 50s sci-fi thrown in for good measure.
When an invasion by the Krush, a sadistic reptilian warrior race intent on conquering … read more
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Ghost vol. 1: Blood and Fire Book Review
2010, Tabella Publishing
Story: Phoebe Reeves Murray
Art: Daniel Scott Gabriel Murray
The first of two proposed volumes, Ghost is not a graphic novel as such, but an illustrated novella printed in the comic book format. Those familiar with Terry Pratchett’s Eric or Neil Gaiman’s Sandman: The Dream Hunters, will have a good idea of the book’s presentation.
Pasting … read more
Death Falcon Zero vs. The Zombie Slug Lords Review
Writers: William Bitner, Daniel Boyd
Art: Brendon Fraim, Brian Fraim
Were Death Falcon Zero vs. The Zombie Slug Lords a movie, it would be received as a refreshingly unpretentious return to a style of entertainment that has slowly, silently dwindled into extinction. A breed of movie once found in dingy, smoke-filled cinemas, and later confined to the 80s home video … read more
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