Tag: small press
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American Sinner Review
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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…
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Grim Crew Presents: Dead Future #3 Review
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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…
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Grim Crew Presents: Dead Future #1 and #2 Review
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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…
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Omnitarium #1 (of 4) Review
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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…
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Ctrl.Alt.Shift Unmasks Corruption
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in Comic NewsWhere: Lazarides Gallery, Greek Street, London When: 6th – 28th November 2009 (Tues-Fri, 11am-7pm, Sat 12pm-5pm) Ctrl.Alt.Shift, a youth charity aiming to bring social justice to public attention via digital and contemporary media, are launching a month-long Soho exhibition and accompanying comic book anthology promoting sequential art as a channel for political activation. The exposing…
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The Field on the Edge of the Woods Book 1 Review
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www.filmsandcomics.com Story: Mike “Frick” Weber Art: Loran Skinkis, Gary Morgan An ineffectual everyman finding himself sucked into a fantasy world is hardly a new concept, but it’s always been an effective one, allowing us to see foreign worlds from a relatable perspective. Volume one of The Field on the Edge of the Woods puts a…
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Indie Comics Spotlight: BICS 2009
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in ColumnI came, I saw, I lugged my own weight home in comic books. As ever, the British International Comic Show in Birmingham was an eye opener. It’s difficult to conceive of any other storytelling medium that would receive such an intimate display of affection. From the established talent that not only offered signings but were…
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A Brief History of Comic Books
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in FeaturesIn this unrepentantly subjective feature I look at the evolution of Western comic books, the present state of sequential art, the medium’s digital potential and what publishers must do to ensure future interest. Depending on whom you ask, the comic book is dying, enjoying a creative renaissance, or slowly being integrated into largely non-profitable webcomics…