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Category: Graphic Novel Reviews

  • Chew Volume 1: Taster’s Choice TPB Review

    Chew Volume 1: Taster’s Choice TPB Review

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    2009, Image Story: John Layman Art: Rob Guillory Detective Tony Chu is a cibopath – a telepath whose psychic abilities are connected to his taste buds. When Tony eats an apple, he visualises it being plucked for the tree. When he eats meats, he’s left with far more horrific recollections. After a strain of bird…

  • Howard Lovecraft and the Frozen Kingdom Review

    Howard Lovecraft and the Frozen Kingdom Review

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    2009, Arcana Writer: Bruce Brown Artist: Renzo Pedesta H.P. Lovecraft didn’t lead what could be described as a happy life. During his childhood he watched his father rot in a mental asylum due to a misunderstood variety of syphilis – surely the groundwork for his later fascination with the nature of madness – while in…

  • Green Lantern: The Sinestro Corps War (vols. 1&2) Review

    Green Lantern: The Sinestro Corps War (vols. 1&2) Review

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    2009, DC Writers: Geoff Johns, Dave Gibbons, Peter Tomasi Pencils: Ethan Van Sciver, Ivan Reis, Patrick Gleason, Angel Unzueta, Pascal Alixe, Dustin Nguyen, Jamal Igle Inks: Ethan Van Sciver, Oclair Albert, Prentis Rollins, Drew Geraci, Vicente Cifuentes… and a million others Colours: Moose Baumann, Guy Major, Rod Reis, David Curiel, JD Smith   With The…

  • Irredeemable vol. 1 TPB Review

    Irredeemable vol. 1 TPB Review

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    2008, Boom! Studios Story: Mark Waid Art: Peter Krause Colours: Andrew Dalhouse It can’t be easy being Superman. Sure, he gets the gratitude and respect of an entire nation, an attractive (if nauseating) girlfriend, the ability to leave planet Earth behind when he fancies a break… and X-ray vision is, simply put, every teen geek’s…

  • Ars Memoria Book One: The Art of Memory Review

    Ars Memoria Book One: The Art of Memory Review

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    Prudentius Publishing Art and Story by: Menton J. Matthews III Years after witnessing his brother’s abduction by a pale stranger as a child, Augustus Lubert Das has been searching ever since. While mourning the recent loss of his mother, his is approached by a stranger who claims to know his brother’s whereabouts. Following her instructions…

  • Secret Invasion TPB Review

    Secret Invasion TPB Review

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    2008, Marvel Writer: Brian Michael Bendis Artist: Leinil Francis Yu Inks: Mark Morales Colours: Laura Martin, Emily Warren “Who do you trust?” The Marvel Universe is a wonderfully eclectic creative landscape. For every cinema-friendly hero such as Spider-man, Daredevil or Silver Surfer there’s a Howard the Duck, Shang-Chi or Man-thing; delightful oddball creations that jar…

  • Hum Graphic Novel Review

    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.…

  • Grim Furry Tales: Seeds Review

    Grim Furry Tales: Seeds Review

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    Carl Doherty
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    Grim Crew Written and Created by Martin Brandt II Artists: Jason Stephens, Eric Boswell, Chase Bowman, Martinho Duarte Abreu, Bob Smeets, Roberto Macedo Alves, Matthew Pinchback, Carl Jeffers, Paul Petyo, Timothy Kepple, Martin Brandt II, Jim, Amanda Faye, Matthew Pinchback, Kit White, Candy Hart It’s surprising how strong an idea of a book’s content you…