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Tag Archives: Dark Horse Comics
Magnus: Robot Fighter #1 Comic Review
$3.50, Dark Horse
Story: Jim Shooter
Art: Bill Reinhold, Raymond Swanland (cover)
Colours: Wes Dzioba
With Dark Horse’s new retro-fitted Magnus: Robot Fighter, Jim Shooter takes us back to the year 4000 and the futuristic city of New Am, a technological haven where robots fulfil every duty from policing the streets to working as effeminate robo-butlers (presumably preset with … read more
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Tagged comic books, Dark Horse Comics, sci-fi comics, Valiant Comics
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The Guild #1 (of 3) Comic Book Review
Dark Horse, $3.50
Story: Felicia Day
Art: Jim Rugg
The Guild is one of those cult online shows that I’ve read nothing but praise for, yet despite my best attempts have so far struggled to “get”. Part of this may be down to my newly realised aversion to MMORPGs, but also the fact that outside of the lovely Felicia Day … read more
Alien vs. Predator: Three World War #1 Review
Dark Horse, $3.50
Script: Randy Stradley
Pencils: Rick Leonardi
Inks: Mark Pennington
Colours: Wez Dzioba
Anyone who got into comics during the early nineties will likely have fond memories of Dark Horse’s numerous movie tie-ins, the most successful of which by far was Aliens vs. Predator and its thousand or so predecessors. Well, having recently resurrected the Alien and Predator… read more
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Tagged Dark Horse Comics, horror comics, movie/tv adaptations, sci-fi comics
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Mass Effect: Redemption #2 Comic Review
Dark Horse, $3.50
Story: Mac Walters
Script: John Jackson Miller
Art: Omar Francia
Colours: Michel Atiyeh
The universe Bioware have forged for Mass Effect is nothing short of magnificent, but it doesn’t take a particularly keen eye to spot the problem in expanding this blossoming space opera franchise into other media. While the promotional material for the recently released sequel … read more
Dr. Horrible Comic Review
Dark Horse, $3.50
Story: Zack Whedon
Art: Joëlle Jones, Dan Jackson
Doctor Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog was one of those odd cult hits that came out of nowhere yet was instantly embraced by pretty much anyone with a love for Joss Whedon, superheroes or good comedy. Naturally, the music has been omitted for this one-off origin tale, but everything else that … read more
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Tagged comic books, Dark Horse Comics, Joss Whedon, superhero comics
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Sugar Shock! Review
Dark Horse, $3.50
Story: Joss Whedon
Art: Fábio Moon, Dave Stewart
Sugarshock! originally debuted as part of the Myspace Dark Horse Presents project, from which it somehow went on to win an Eisner Award for Best Digital Comic. The only possible reasons I can come up with for Sugar Shock (not entirely sure on the exact spelling of the title) … read more
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Tagged comic books, Dark Horse Comics, Joss Whedon, webcomics
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The Helm Graphic Novel Review
2009, Dark Horse
Story: Jim Hardison
Art: Bart Sears, Randy Elliott
Colours: Dan Jackson
One thing that always baffles me is why, outside of buffoons like The Simpson’s Comic Book Guy, there are so few bona fide geeks in science fiction or fantasy. Sure, peculiar intellectuals can bring their idiosyncrasies to a team of nonspecific, perfect-toothed clones, such as CSI… read more
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Tagged Dark Horse Comics, graphic novels, indie comics, superhero comics
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Jim Sheridan and Bart Sears’ The Helm Finds its Head
I recently received a promo for The Helm, a fun looking graphic novel from Jim Sheridan, the legendary Bart Sears and Randy Elliot. This TPB of the original four part Dark Horse series follows the rather novel premise of “What if you had a magical superpower… and it hated your guts?”
Synopsis:
“On the same day that epic … read more
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Tagged Dark Horse Comics, funny books, graphic novels, superhero comics
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 8 vol. 3: Wolves at the Gate TPB Review
2008, Dark Horse Books
Writer: Drew Goddard, Joss Whedon
Pencils: Georges Jeanty
Inks: Andy Owen
Colours: Michelle Madsen
Covers: Jon Foster
Like the television show before it, Buffy’s season 8 was always going to take time to “get into”; but I can gladly say that Wolves at the Gate is the first volume so far where I didn’t feel the … read more
Posted in Graphic Novel Reviews
Tagged Dark Horse Comics, graphic novels, Joss Whedon, vampires
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 8 vol. 2: No Future for You TPB Review
2008, Dark Horse Books
Script: Brian K. Vaughan, Joss Whedon
Pencils: Georges Jeanty, Cliff Richard
Inks: Andy Owens
Covers: Jo Chen
Though it was far superior to IDW’s Angel series After the Fall, the opening volume of Buffy Season 8, The Long Way Home, definitely lacked the fluid wit of its television successor. Joss Whedon’s postmodern dialogue was … read more
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Tagged Dark Horse Comics, graphic novels, Joss Whedon, movie/tv adaptations
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