Month: May 2013
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Star Trek: Countdown to Darkness TPB Review
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All in all, Star Trek: Countdown to Darkness justifies its existence and does actually enhance the overall Into Darkness experience. Which, I guess, automatically places it a notch above almost every other TV/movie tie-in I’ve read in recent years.
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Kafka’s The Castle Receives Graphic Novel Treatment
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in Comic NewsGraphic novel publisher SelfMadeHero has been raising the bar on literary adaptations, and its latest offering is the difficult The Castle, Franz Kafka’s existential novel on bureaucracy.
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Wolves of Summer #2 is Out Now
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in Comic NewsThe second issue of Tony Keaton’s excellent series Wolves of Summer is out now.
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‘The Obscure Cities’ Gets English Translation, Kickstarter Appeal
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in Comic NewsAlaxis Press will be publishing Benoît Peeters and François Schuiten’s The Leaning Girl, translated into English for the first time.
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Dr Who Limited Collector’s Edition Blu-ray Review
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No, not Doctor Who, Dr Who. Amicus Productions’ two movies feature a time traveller who is no Time Lord, but a seemingly senile scientist whose surname happens to be Who.
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Read an Extract from Freda Warrington’s ‘And Their Blood Will Be Prescient to Fire’
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in FeaturesThe folks at Titan Books have been kind enough to supply Shelf Abuse with an extract from Freda Warrington’s rare short story ‘And Their Blood Will Be Prescient to Fire,’ set within the universe of the Blood Books.
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Todd, The Ugliest Kid on Earth #1-4 Review
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Todd, The Ugliest Kid on Earth is perhaps the epitome of a cult comic. Much like the works of John Waters, Troma and Todd Solondz it’s going to offend a large portion of the people who read it, but those who appreciate Kristensen’s dark humour wont just like the series, they’ll love it.
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Archaeologists of Shadows Vol 1: The Resistance Review
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Archaeologists of Shadows paints a cybernetic vision of the future, in which technological modification has not only become standard, but the organic is being phased out in favour for the mechanical.