Month: February 2010

  • Fools Gold Book Review

    Fools Gold Book Review

    Any adult with an unremitting passion for comic books is going to remember the pain of having their comic-inspired illustrations rejected by their art teacher for being “immature”. Or worse still, the shame of being told that their book review for English Literature didn’t count, because, as we’ve been told perpetually since childhood, “graphic novels…

  • Daffodil #1 Comic Book Review

    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…

  • Joe the Barbarian #1 (of 8) Comic Review

    Joe the Barbarian #1 (of 8) Comic Review

    DC/Vertigo, $0.99 Story: Grant Morrison Art: Sean Murthy Colours: Dave Stewart Joe the Barbarian is part of an increasingly popular genre; the adult kid’s book. Joe’s spacious attic bedroom is one that every adult wishes they lived in as a child (as opposed to every current child wishing they had), with 80s action figures lining…

  • Punisher MAX: Get Castle Review

    Punisher MAX: Get Castle Review

    Marvel, $4.99 Writer: Rob Williams Art: Laurence Campbell Colours: Lee Loughridge Frank Castle hits England in this one-off MAX special. Apparently two regular series aren’t enough to satiate the consumer appetites of Punisher fans. Leading on from a minor incident during the Barracuda arc, Rob Williams (the underrated Cla$$war) has crafted a simple but entertaining…

  • Solomon Kane Movie Adaptation Competition – 3 Copies to Give Away

    Solomon Kane Movie Adaptation Competition – 3 Copies to Give Away

    Those kind folks at Titan Books have provided shelfabuse.com with 3 copies of the novelization of the new Solomon Kane movie, by horror writer Ramsey Campbell. The movie is out today in the UK, is directed by Michael J. Bassett, and stars James Purefoy as the eponymous bloke-in-trenchcoat-seeking-redemption. For those who’ve yet to be exposed…

  • Events: Comic Creators

    How do comics and graphic novels go from the imagination to the page? Panel discussion with Alasdair Duncan, Alexander Wilmore, Lauren Sharp and Peter Mcleod. Followed by a workshop for aspiring writers and illustrators to have a go. Venue: Harlow Library, Harlow Date: 06/03/2010 Time: 10:30:00 Price: Free from the library   Map: Click Here…

  • Alien vs. Predator: Three World War #1 Review

    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…

  • Orc Stain # 1 Comic Review

    Orc Stain # 1 Comic Review

    Image, $2.99 Story, Art: James Stokoe Image may not be as prominent a publisher as it once was, but just compare titles such as The Walking Dead, Invincible and Chew to the stream of derivative crap the company is still best known for, and that’s perhaps a good thing. Orc Stain, Image’s new creator-owned title…