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Superman: Earth One Graphic Novel Review
2010, DC Comics/Titan Books
Story: J. Michael Staczynski
Pencils: Shane Davis
Inks: Sandra Hope
Colour: Barbara Ciardo
J. Michael Staczynski updates the Last Son of Kryton’s origin for the inaugural release from DC’s new Earth One imprint; the publisher’s latest attempt to attract new readers with monthly titles that are free from all the cumbersome continuity and convoluted history which … read more
Posted in Graphic Novel Reviews
Tagged DC Comics, Earth One, graphic novels, J. Michael Straczynski, superhero comics, Superman
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Comic Book Cramathon: Garth Ennis’s The Boys pt 2
Previously: Comic Book Cramathon: Garth Ennis’s The Boys pt 1
So far The Boys has been a mixed bag of superhero conspiracy theory, toilet humour and extreme ultraviolence. With Volume Three: Good for the Soul, Ennis takes a breather, letting The Legend fill Hughie in on the Ennis’s intricate back-story. This couldn’t have come sooner, and lends a genuinely … read more
Comic Book Cramathon: Garth Ennis’s The Boys pt 1
Welcome to Comic Book Cramathon, the first (and hopefully not the last) in a series I’ll be sporadically running. The basic challenge I’m setting for myself is to review a series within a week; be it a series I overlooked, underappreciated or completely misunderstood during its early years, or a run that I’ve been buying for the past few years … read more
Posted in Graphic Novel Reviews
Tagged DC Comics, Dynamite Entertainment, Garth Ennis, graphic novels, Titan Books
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Dominic Pace Demands Role of Lex Luthor in New Superman Movie
It’s hardly new for the fanboy uni-mind to decide that, technically, it owns the comic franchises it so loves and therefore has the right to dictate how Hollywood produces all comic adaptations, and Zack Snyder’s recently announced Superman: Man of Steel is likely to attract more scrutiny than any other superhero movie in development.
Actor Dominic Pace is currently campaigning … read more
Posted in Comic Movie News
Tagged comic book movies, DC Comics, superhero movies, Superman, Zack Snyder
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NBC’s ‘The Cape’ TV SHow Debuts this Sunday – iPad Preview Available
With a happy new year comes new season premieres, and one of the shows comic fans are probably most interested in/apprehensive about is NBC’s The Cape.
The show stars ER’s David Lyons as Vince Faraday, a police officer turned vigilante after being accused of a crime he didn’t commit. Faraday adopts the guise of his son’s favourite comic … read more
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Tagged DC Comics, Summer Glau, superhero comics, superhero movies
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A Sickness in the Family Graphic Novel Review
2010, Vertigo Crime
Story: Denise Mina
Art: Antonio Fuso, Lee Burmejo (cover)
If countless books and movies are anything to go by, we do love to watch middle classed families fall apart. Denise Mina’s A Sickness in the Family, the latest in DC’s Vertigo Crime imprint, is a gruesome study of one such affluent and revolting clan. The Ushers … read more
Posted in Graphic Novel Reviews
Tagged crime comics, DC Comics, graphic novels, horror comics, Vertigo Comics
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DC’s Zuda Artist Tom Kelly to Appear in New Indie Comics Magazine
Press Release: Indie Comics Magazine Editor Gary Scott Beatty recently announced nationally known cartoonist Tom Kelly will write and illustrate an eight page story titled Shadows of the Forest in the new comic book, scheduled for preorder in Diamond Comic Distributors’ January 2011 Previews catalog and available only through Previews. The done-in-one tale features Kelly’s character The Savage Samurai.
Kelly’s … read more
Action Comics #894 Review
$3.99, DC
Story: Paul Cornell
Art: Pete Woods
Colours: Brad Anderson
Yup, it’s part 5 of ‘The Black Ring’, which shall forever more be referred to as ‘that issue of Superman with Death in it’.
I’m not quite sure why it’s so jarring to see Neil Gaiman’s Goth-girl incarnation of Death chatting with Lex Luthor. Early issues of The Sandman… read more
Posted in Comic Book Reviews
Tagged comic books, DC Comics, Neil Gaiman, superhero comics, Superman
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In Maps & Legends #2 Review
Story: Michael Jasper
Art: Niki Smith
For many an aspiring writer/artist, resilience is probably a more valuable asset than any measure of talent. Michael Jasper and Niki Smith must have felt like their moment had finally come when their effort In Maps & Legends found a weekly webcomic spot on DC Comic’s Zuda site in 2009… only to have its … read more
Posted in Comic Book Reviews
Tagged DC Comics, Digital Comics, fantasy comics, webcomics, Zuda
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The Nobody Graphic Novel Review
2009, DC/Vertigo
Written and Illustrated by Jeff Lemire
With Canadian artist/writer Jeff Lemire’s Sweet Tooth currently receiving widespread acclaim, his previous efforts Essex County Trilogy and The Nobody are justly receiving a great deal of backdated attention. But it’s easy to appreciate why The Nobody slipped under the radar last year; this contemporary take on H.G Well’s The Invisible Man… read more
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Tagged DC Comics, graphic novels, Jeff Lemire, Vertigo Comics
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