Author: Carl Doherty

  • Song of Saya #1 Comic Review

    Song of Saya #1 Comic Review

    IDW, $3.99 Writers: Daniel Liatowitsch, Todd Ocvirk Art: Yair Herrera A young doctor’s promise is cut short when a car accident kills his parents and leaves him in need of experimental brain surgery. Josh finds his perceptions warping from between our established reality and a hellish landscape of organic, haemorrhaging structures and hideous physiognomies. Now…

  • Spring Memorabilia Show at NEC Birmingham, 27-28 March 2010

    Spring Memorabilia Show at NEC Birmingham, 27-28 March 2010

    Venue: NEC, Birmingham Date: 27-27th March 2010 Time: 11am to 5pm (Early entry from 9am Sat, 10pm Sun) Price: Adults £10, Children £5, Family Ticket (2 Adults and up to 3 children) £30 Website: www.memorabilia.co.uk This March the Memorabilia Show at the NEC in Birmingham will include videogames, with several major games publishers making an…

  • Cheapjack Shakespeare Hits The Stage On Kindle

    Cheapjack Shakespeare Hits The Stage On Kindle

    Writers Shaun McLaughlin and Gabriel Benson have announced Cheapjack Shakespeare, the first project from Cheapjack Partners. The partnership plans to create graphic novels for the Kindle, which will be used to promote the new properties for other media such as film and television. McLaughlin’s writing credits include work for DC (Aquaman) and Dark Horse during…

  • A Rope Around Your Broken Neck Review

    A Rope Around Your Broken Neck Review

    2010, Attackosaur Writer: Martin Ian Smith Art: R. Ricardo, Nicolas Brondo, Lara Phillips Ouch. You’ll probably not find a more brutally named comic than A Rope Around Your Broken Neck, but it’s a fittingly severe title for this grim tale of the relationship between an imprisoned priest and a prison guard turned executioner in plague-infected…

  • Comics Fighting Cancer: RIP Preview

    Comics Fighting Cancer: RIP Preview

    With so many writers and artists currently struggling to make a living, it’s rare that we see comics being put to such a good cause as Black Snake Studios’ new Comics Fighting Cancer charity initiative, which commences with the release of RIP #1 this month. Press Release: Comics Fighting Cancer is a new way to…

  • 2012: Final Prayer Graphic Novel Review

    2012: Final Prayer Graphic Novel Review

    2009, Heske Horror Writers: Chris McJunkin, Ollie Masters, Shawn Gabborin, Jim Alexander, Shamere Borg, Xander Bennett, Robert Heske, Arno Hunter, Christopher Barker, Craig Gilmore, Rita Gorgoni, Adam Grose, Dino Caruso, Don E. Smith Jr., Duncan Eagleson, Martin Hayes, Jason Light, Marie D. Jones Artists: Chris McJunkin, Andy Fish, Mario Cau, Andrew Dodd, Melanie Cook, Adam…

  • Bone Chiller Graphic Novel Review

    Bone Chiller Graphic Novel Review

    2008, Heske Horror Written by: Robert M. Heske Art: Monty Borror, Zeu, Preston Asevedo, Alian Norte, Dirk Shearer, Reno Maniquis, Adam Swiecki, Breno Tamura The good ol’ fashioned horror comic is alive and kicking like an angry reanimated corpse in Bone Chiller, an anthology of ghoulish tales from screenwriter Robert M. Heske. The standard many…

  • The Waking #1 (of 4) Comic Review

    The Waking #1 (of 4) Comic Review

    Zenescope, $3.99 Writer: Raven Gregory Pencils: Vic Drujiniu Colours: Mark Roberts The Waking’s is a decidedly old-fashioned horror story, a Gothic tale in which the dead are seemingly returning from the grave to exact revenge on their killers. Unlike many other horror titles, the gore quota is downplayed in favour of a thoughtful, intricate narrative…