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Daffodil #1 Comic Book Review
Marvel/Soleil, $5.99
Writer: Frédéric Brrémaud (translated by Stephanie Logan)
Art: Giovanni Rigano
Colours: Paolo Lamanna
You only have to glance at the website for Soleil Productions (hey, come back!) to appreciate how many titles the French publisher currently has on offer. English speakers who’ve wanted to sample some Gallic comics that don’t feature Asterix will be happy to hear that … read more
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Tagged comic books, French comics, horror comics, Marvel Comics, vampire
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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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Dante’s Inferno #1 Comic Review
Wildstorm, $3.99
Writer: Christos Gage
Artist: Diego Latorre
As the comic book and video game industries progressively compete for the same demographic, there’s understandably a lot more comics based on game franchises hitting the shelves each month. Dante’s Inferno has the distinction of being not only based on the upcoming game of the same name, but Alighieri’s epic poem The … read more
Pilot Season: Murderer #1 Review
Top Cow, $2.99
Story: Robert Kirkman
Pencils: Nelson Blake II
Inks: Sal Regla
Colours: Dave McCaig
Often considered more “content writers” than literary artistes, comic writers seem destined to grab at whatever conventions are currently popular and craft tales that are familiar enough to sell to fans of the fictional fad of the moment (at time of writing: Twilight, … read more
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Tagged comic books, horror comics, Robert Kirkman, Top Cow
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American Sinner Review
Script: Glenn Møane
Pencils: Edson Alves
Inks: Marcelo Dantas, Edson Alves
Frank Manning makes movies for a living. You wouldn’t guess this by looking at him or his dilapidated home, but this is because Frank keeps his profits concealed from prying neighbours and the authorities. His lucrative speciality is snuff movies, which Frank produces with his redneck cousin Kevin, selling … read more
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Tagged Digital Comics, horror comics, indie comics, small press
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Grim Crew Presents: Dead Future #3 Review
2009, Grim Crew
Writers: Martin Brandt II, Tiffany Brandt, Adam Wilson
Artists: Gaston Pacheco, Drake Harris, Michael Stewart, Mark Dodson
See also: Grim Crew Presents: Dead Future #1 and #2 Review
Martin Brandt and company continue to forecast the undead apocalypse in this anthology series by writers and artists from around the world. As with the previous two issues, it’s … read more
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Tagged comic books, horror comics, small press, zombie comics
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Grim Crew Presents: Dead Future #1 and #2 Review
2009, Grim Crew
Writers: Martin Brandt II, Maceda Alves, Sebastian Piccione, Candy Hart, Daniel Palmer
Artist: Paul Petyo, Martino Abreu, Roberto Maceda Alves, Julio Falkenhagen, Juha Veltti
Grim Crew began several years ago with Martin Brandt’s collaborative project Grim Furry Tales, a charming collection of linked fairy tales, journal extracts and prose stories all written by Brandt and illustrated … read more
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Tagged comic books, horror comics, small press, zombie comics
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Locke & Key: Crown of Shadows #1 Review
IDW, $3.90
Story: Joe Hill
Art: Gabriel Rodriguez, Jay Fotos
Having heard nothing but praise for Joe Hill’s original supernatural series, I bull-headedly decided to jump on the train at the third carriage. Yup, this third volume/act in the series isn’t exactly welcoming to new readers. Not that is necessarily should be, but I’d advise anyone thinking of getting into … read more
Victorian Undead #1 Review
Wildstorm, $2.99
Story: Ian Edginton
Art: Davide Fabbri, Carrie Strachan
The current trend in lazy literature seems to be the implementation of zombies or vampires into every pre-existing work of fiction under the sun. Ian Edginton’s Victorian Undead clearly craves a piece of the popular pie, and while this undead romp starring superior sleuth Sherlock Holmes falls prey to numerous … read more
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Tagged comic books, horror comics, steampunk, Wildstorm, zombie comics
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Omnitarium #1 (of 4) Review
Ronin Studios, $3.50
Story: Jamie Gambell
Art: J.C. Grande
Design, letters: Bernie Lee
Many modern comic and movie scribes seem to forget this, but nothing makes for more effective horror than the unseen. That blurred figure in the corner of your perception. A skulking shadow in a moonlit hallway. The first issue (of four) of Jamie Gambell’s Omnitarium quite uniquely … read more
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Tagged comic books, horror comics, indie comics, small press
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