Author: Carl Doherty
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Sweet Tooth vol. 1: Out of the Deep Woods Review
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Vertigo. 2010 Story, Art: Jeff Lemire Colours: Jose Villarrubia There’s a certain sense of intimacy that comes through whenever an independent comic creator handles both the art and writing duties on a comic. When Eisner-nominated Jeff Lemire (Essex County Trilogy) moved to Vertigo, these indie sensibilities thankfully remained intact in The Nobody, an eerie homage…
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Dragon Age #1 Comic Book Review
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EA Comics $3.99 Story: Orson Scott Card, Aaron Johnston Pencils: Mark Robinson Inks: Jason P. Martin Colours: Raul Trevino It’s testament to the quality of the writing team at Bioware that Dragon Age: Origins turned out to be one of the most absorbing fantasy RPG universes ever created. From afar Ferelden appeared to be yet…
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The Call of the Wild Graphic Novel Review
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Campfire, 2010 Script: Lloyd S Wagner, adapted from Jack London Pencils: Sachin Nagar Colours: Pradeep Sherawat I still remember with absolute clarity the mocking laughter of my fellow pupils when I burst into tears during a primary school reading of The Call of the Wild. You see, Curly the gentle Newfoundland (kind of the dog…
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Kick-Ass Movie Review
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2010 Director: Matthew Vaughan Script: Matthew Vaughn, Jane Goldman Cast: Aaron Johnson, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Chloë Moretz, Nicolas Cage, Mark Strong While recent Box Office successes such as Wanted and Iron Man 2 have proved that the superhero movie is here to stay, the genre itself is arguably becoming stagnant and increasingly formula driven. Thank [expletive]…
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Graphic Novel Review
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2010, Campfire Script: Roland Mann, adapted from L Frank Baum Pencil: Kevin Jones Colours: Debu Payen L Frank Baum’s Oz books are perhaps most remembered (in Britain at least) via the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz, a family favourite that has become so deeply ingrained in our culture that it’s hard to think of…
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Tank Girl: The Royal Escape #1 Comic Review
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Dark Horse, $3.99 Story: Alan C. Martin Art: Rufus Dayglo Colours: Christian Krank Tank Girl is virtually synonymous with the British comic movement of the 90s, even if the disastrous movie (which introduced Naomi Watts to the world) failed to make the character more than a cult icon and frequenter of T-shirts. Crude, irreverent and…
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Nemesis #1 Comic Review (Mark Millar)
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Icon, $2.99 Story: Mark Millar Art: Steve McNiven Colous: Dave McCaig If the first issue of Mark Millar’s latest overhyped project provoked any level of thought from me it was this: Nemesis, the ghost-like villainous lead of this new series, is a complete and utter prick. And yes, I do appreciate that he’s supposed to…
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The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Graphic Novel Review
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Campfire, 2010 Script: CEL Welsh Pencils: Lalit Kumar Sharma Inks: Jagdish Kumar Colours: Vijay Sharma I originally read Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde over a decade ago, but only while reading Campfire’s comic adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s Victorian morality tale did it occur to me just how difficult a book it…