Month: August 2010

  • Coffee Graphic Novel Review

    Coffee Graphic Novel Review

    2010 By: Marc Fiszman Marc Fiszman’s Coffee is virtually impossible to synopsise. There’s a sentient, reality-hopping coffee mug called Nameless Entity #4, who turns out to be a nameless caffeine-addicted marketing guru who is led by a naked time traveller in a top hat called the IT Guy to believe that might be the Messiah……

  • The Nobody Graphic Novel Review

    The Nobody Graphic Novel Review

    2009, DC/Vertigo Written and Illustrated by Jeff Lemire With Canadian artist/writer Jeff Lemire’s Sweet Tooth currently receiving widespread acclaim, his previous efforts Essex County Trilogy and The Nobody are justly receiving a great deal of backdated attention. But it’s easy to appreciate why The Nobody slipped under the radar last year; this contemporary take on…

  • Press Release: Pocket God Digital Volcano Erupts on iPhone

    Press Release: Pocket God Digital Volcano Erupts on iPhone

    Pocket God digital comic app explodes to the top (San Diego, CA – August 10, 2010) Ape Entertainment announced today that their iPhone comic book app for the Pocket God property is currently ranked in the top twenty five of all apps in the paid comic book category. The app exploded after release on August…

  • Secret Cinema Announces “Most Ambitious Event to Date”

    Secret Cinema Announces “Most Ambitious Event to Date”

    Wow. Secret Cinema continues to grow, in the face of fears that cinema attendance will eventually succumb to cheaper DVDs and internet piracy. It’s a phenomenon that seems to have spread from word of mouth and movie mag mentions to national media attention in just over a year. I for one am not surprised. Not…

  • New Indie Releases: Deadly Seconds, Fuddle, Everybody Dies in the End & Omnitarium

    New Indie Releases: Deadly Seconds, Fuddle, Everybody Dies in the End & Omnitarium

    Well, it’s finally happened… When I first set up shelfabuse.com, I vowed to extensively review every new indie comic or book sent my way; it didn’t then occur to me that there’d actually be a point where I’d have to start turning books down. Well, that time is now, and with the site presently receiving…

  • Eagle Awards Land at London MCM Expo this October

    Eagle Awards Land at London MCM Expo this October

    It looks like the ever-expanding MCM Expo has added another string to it bow; from this October the Eagle Awards will be taking up residency at London’s Excel centre. The popular comic book awards struggled to find a home last year, and will reportedly become a stable feature of MCM Expo’s May event from 2011…

  • Scarlet #1 Comic Book Review

    Scarlet #1 Comic Book Review

    Icon, $3.95 Story: Brian Michael Bendis Art: Alex Maleev With the Bendis brand slapped across so many Marvel titles these days, most readers have probably become accustomed to his schizophrenic output. For every Secret Invasion there’s an Alias, for every reader who balked at the very idea of an Ultimate Spider-man there’s a Powers. You…

  • Warlord of Io Graphic Novel Review

    Warlord of Io Graphic Novel Review

    2010, Slave Labor Graphics Story, Art: James Turner Wander through Covent Garden or Soho for more than ten minutes and you’ll likely pass one of several stores selling little collectible vinyl models; hyper-stylised toys for adults that are generally produced in limited quantities and act as showcases for their creator’s design prowess. Warlord of Io…