2009, Arcana Writer: Bruce Brown Artist: Renzo Pedesta H.P. Lovecraft didn’t lead what could be described as a happy life. During his childhood he watched his father rot in a mental asylum due to a misunderstood variety of syphilis – surely the groundwork for his later fascination with the nature of madness – while in […]
Marvel Jan 10, $3.99 Story: Charlie Huston Art: Lan Medina Colours: Brian Heberling In comic books, perhaps more than any other storytelling medium, there seems to be a large percentage of new titles that are proficiently written and finely illustrated, but so thoroughly lacking in likeable characters that it’s hard to care how Issue 1 […]
Image Oct 09, $3.50 Story: AJ Lieberman Art: Riley Rossmo Generally it’s pretty easy to summarise a new comic series by its title, and I like to think I’d be forgiven for assuming that Pirate Ninja Viking was a lazy parody of crossover events and genre mish-mashes. Well, I couldn’t have been further form the […]
Marvel Jan 10, $3.99 Story: Paul Cornell Art: Tom Raney, Scott Hanna, John Paul Leon, Matt Milla The upcoming Iron Man sequel has seen renewed interest in Natasha Romanova, and this quality origin story is definitely the way to go about promoting the super-spy to a new generation of comic readers. Paul Cornell, whose recent […]
DC Jan 10, $2.99 Story: Tony Bedard Pencils: Scott McDaniel Inks: Andy Owens Colours: The Hories Of everything to have arisen from 52, the Great Ten (essentially China’s equivalent of the Justice League) were one of the most interesting additions to the DCU. It’s somewhat peculiar that it’s taken several years for DC to give […]
IDW Nov 09 $3.99 Story: Steve Niles Art: Bernie Wrightson Colours: Tom Smith Try as he may, Steve Niles has never quite outdone 30 Days of Night. That title brought him such attention; party because it was good, but largely because it ran on such a clever and instantly “gettable” premise. Niles latest series for […]