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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
Shaun of the Dead Graphic Novel Review
2010, Titan Books
Adapted by: Chris Ryall
Art: Zach Howard, Sean Murphy
Colours: Thompson Knox
It’s time to hit the Winchester once more with the Shaun of the Dead comic adaptation, originally published by IDW in 2005 and brought to British shores a half-decade later by Titan Books.
Not that I’m complaining. I haven’t seen the film itself since its … read more
Posted in Graphic Novel Reviews
Tagged films / movies, graphic novels, movie/tv adaptations, Simon Pegg, zombie comics
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Ghost Whisperer Comic Episode Airs This Week
While comic book adaptations are nothing new to television, it’s only recently that comics themselves have featured so predominantly on TV. Heroes, The O.C. and Supernatural have all enjoyed episodes or story arcs involving them colourful lil’ pamphlets in some form or another.
Ghost Whisperer will also be having a comic-centric episode this Friday 2nd April, with … 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
Posted in Comic Book Reviews
Tagged Dark Horse Comics, horror comics, movie/tv adaptations, sci-fi comics
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Young Bond: Silverfin Graphic Novel Review
2008
Written by: Charlie Higson
Art by: Kev Walker
And so it is that Young James Bond, not to be confused with nephew James Bond Jr., follows in the miniature shoes of Young Sherlock Holmes and, er… the Muppet Babies by featuring in a series of children‘s stories detailing his pre-MI6 years at Eton.
After surviving a rigorous bullying programme, … read more
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
Posted in Graphic Novel Reviews
Tagged Dark Horse Comics, graphic novels, Joss Whedon, movie/tv adaptations
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Star Wars: The Force Unleashed Graphic Novel Review
2008, Dark Horse
Script: Haden Blackman
Art: Brian Chang, Bong Dazo, Wayne Nichols
Colors: Michael Atiyeh
Why do Star Wars comics so rarely work? The space opera movies, with their colourful characters, lovingly hammy dialogue, epic vistas and galactic dogfights should translate perfectly to the comic medium. And yet Dark Horse’s offerings, while seldom terrible, never manage to grasp what … read more
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Tagged Dark Horse Comics, graphic novels, movie/tv adaptations, Star Wars
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 8 vol. 1: The Long Way Home Review
2007, Dark Horse
Writer: Joss Whedon
Pencils: Georges Jeanty
Inks: Andy Owens
Colour: Dave Stewart
“Oh Buffy, how we’ve missed you. Maybe we didn’t appreciate you back in your heyday. Shucks, we were stupid, ignorant and ungrateful. But we’ve seen the error of our ways, Buff. This time you’ll get the respect you deserve.”
The Buffyverse broke many hearts when … read more
Posted in Graphic Novel Reviews
Tagged Dark Horse Comics, graphic novels, Joss Whedon, movie/tv adaptations, vampires
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