Author: Carl Doherty
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Wallace & Gromit’s Grand Adventures Episode 3: Muzzled! PC Review
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The arrival of a dastardly villain and three rogue whippets make this latest episode of Grand Adventures the funniest and most endearing yet.
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Batman Reborn: Batman #687 Comic Review
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DC Writer: Judd Winick Pencils: Ed Benes Inks: Rob Hunter Colours: Ian Hannin, JD Smith It’s transition time in this epilogue to Battle for the Cowl, as Dick Grayson is forced to accept that the role of Batman cannot end with Bruce Wayne. Judd Winick didn’t exactly have an easy undertaking with this issue; Grant…
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Dark Reign: New Avengers #52 Review
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Writer: Brian Michael Bendis Art: Billy Tan, Matt Banning, Justin Ponsor, Chris Bachalo, Tim Townsend, Antonio Fabela Ever since New Avengers started back in 2005 I’ve generally felt a bit apathetic towards the title. Brain Michael Bendis just doesn’t do Marvel’s team books as well as his more personal labours such as Jinx, Alias, Powers…
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Rotten #1 Comic Book Review
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Moonstone Writers: Mark Rahner, Robert Horton Art: Dan Dougherty One of the difficulties in reviewing comic books by the issue rather than in graphic novel format is that modern comic plots often take so long to reach their momentum. Writers such as Brian Michael Bendis often favour issue-long dialogue driven scenes that read well in…
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Hum Graphic Novel Review
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2009, Diablo Productions Writer: Scott “Diablo” Marcano, Tom Lenoci Art: Renzo Podesta In one of Warren Ellis’s wonderful column series ‘Come in Alone,’ he comments astutely on the great irony of Image Comics and the exodus of talent by MacFarlane, Lee, Liefeld, Valentino, Silvestri and co. from Marvel and DC to their own creative landscape.…
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Aliens #1 Comic Book Review
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Dark Horse Writer: John Arcudi Pencils: Zach Howard Inks: Mark Irwin, Zack Howard Colours: Wes Dzioba With Dark Horse currently compiling their back catalogue into rather neat Omnibus editions, it’s surprising how well many of the early Aliens, Predator and Terminator miniseries still read. Naturally, there were only so many directions these franchises could be…
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Batman Reborn: Batman and Robin #1 Review
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DC Comics Writer: Grant Morrison Artist: Frank Quitely Colourist: Alex Sinclair When DC Comics gave Grant Morrison the keys to their multiversal kingdom, it must have seemed like a winning strategy. Given his reputation as the “reboot guy” on titles like Animal Man and Doom Patrol, it made sense to let Morrison re-jiggle the DC…
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Dead Run #1 Comic Book Review
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BOOM! Studios Story: Andrew Cosby Script: Michael Alan Nelson Artist: Francesco Biagini Colours: Matthew Wilson It’s Mad Max meets Vanishing Point, in this kinetic post-apocalyptic four part series created by Eureka scribe Andrew Cosby. When daredevil delivery driver Nick Masters’ sister is kidnapped by crime boss Kane, he is forced to deliver a package across…