Author: Carl Doherty
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God Complex #1 Comic Review
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Image, $2.99 Story: Mike Oeming Script: Dan Berman, Mike Oeming Art: John Broglia Colours: Dan Berman You only have to glance at the first issue of God Complex, the new series by Oemin, Berman and Broglia, to appreciate who the series’ target market is. From the TV animation inspired artwork to Oeming’s dialogue-heavy script, God…
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American Sinner Review
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Script: Glenn Møane Pencils: Edson Alves Inks: Marcelo Dantas, Edson Alves Frank Manning makes movies for a living. You wouldn’t guess this by looking at him or his dilapidated home, but this is because Frank keeps his profits concealed from prying neighbours and the authorities. His lucrative speciality is snuff movies, which Frank produces with…
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Kisenja Superhero Fashion Store Opens its Virtual Doors
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in Comic NewsLove comics? Wear Clothes? Of course you do, otherwise: a) you probably wouldn’t have found yourself stranded on these here shores in the first place, and b) there’s something irrevocably wrong with you. Anyway, Swedish fashion designer Katarina Emgård has opened her Kisenja Superhero Store, which features outfits modelled by her characters in the webcomic…
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Daytripper #1 Review
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Vertigo, 2009 By: Fabio Moon, Gabriel Bá Colours: Dave Stewart Eisner Award winning Brazilian duo Fabio Moon and Gabriel Bá’s new series Daytripper is a mature title in the truest sense. And by that I don’t mean that this is a comic that feels the need to shove tits and incest in the reader’s face…
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Avatar Movie Review
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2009 Director: James Cameron Script: James Cameron Cast: Sam Worthington, Zoë Saldaña, Stephen Lang, Michelle Rodriguez, Giovanni Ribisi, Sigourney Weaver In 1986, James Cameron gave us Aliens, a movie which climaxed with Sigourney Weaver going head to head with a queen Xenomorph in a power lifter – despite the acid-spitting extra-terrestrial’s superior design it was…
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Grim Crew Presents: Dead Future #3 Review
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2009, Grim Crew Writers: Martin Brandt II, Tiffany Brandt, Adam Wilson Artists: Gaston Pacheco, Drake Harris, Michael Stewart, Mark Dodson See also: Grim Crew Presents: Dead Future #1 and #2 Review Martin Brandt and company continue to forecast the undead apocalypse in this anthology series by writers and artists from around the world. As with…
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Justice Society of America: The Bad Seed (JSA) Review
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DC, 2009 Writer: Matthew Sturges, Bill Willingham Art: Jesus Merino Colours: Allen Passalaqua So… imagine you’re a comic book publisher. Superheroes inspired by the Golden Age are the trend of the moment, so you take a series renowned for its old school crime-fighters and you let Geoff Johns go mad with it, cramming as many…
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Dark Reign: Elektra TPB Review
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2009, Marvel Writer: Zeb Wells Pencils: Clay Mann Inks: Mark Pennington Colours: Matt Hollingsworth When Elektra was the first major character to be exposed as a Skrull in the run-up to Secret Invasion she seemed a good choice of character to send to spandex heaven. Take a look at the numerous series Elektra Natchios has…