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Victorian Undead: Sherlock Holmes vs. Zombies! Review
2010, Wildstorm/Titan Books
Story: Ian Edginton
Art: Davide Fabbri, Tom Mandrake
Colours: Carrie Strachan
Yet another entry built from the “classic fiction + zombies = junk culture irony” formula, Victorian Undead takes the world’s greatest detective and – if the superfluous “Sherlock Holmes vs. Zombies!” does not already made it clear enough – pits him against the hordes of the … read more
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Tagged graphic novels, Titan Books, Wildstorm, zombie 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
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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Alan Moore’s Top 10 Book 2 TPB Review
2002, Windstorm
Writer: Alan Moore
Art: Gene Ha, Zander Cannon
Colours: Alex Sinclair
Best described as The Shield with capes, Top 10 is an undeniably enjoyable cop drama with a heavy soap opera element that, while stopping it from ever being placed alongside Alan Moore’s genuine classics, allows its characters to grow on you in a way his typically finite … read more
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Tagged Alan Moore, graphic novels, superhero comics, Wildstorm
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