Tag: small press
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Citizen Rex #1 Comic Book Review
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Dark Horse Story and art: Mario & Gilbert Hernandez Struggling for a reasonable way to begin this review, I realised that there’s really no point in analysing or discussing Citizen Rex, the new series by two of the three Hernandez siblings. From Love and Rockets to their work on Mister X, the Brothers Hernandez have…
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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…
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Paralysis Comic Book Review
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2008, Attackosaur Comics Story: Martin Ian Smith Art: J.C. Grande Paralysis is the first book by Martin Ian Smith and J.C. Grande under Smith’s Attackosaur Comics. Set in 1942 London, it’s a gruesome little standalone tale that flitters between psychological thriller, creature feature and wartime romance… well, maybe a little less of the latter than…
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Cartoonist Sandra de Haan’s Strips Get The English Treatment
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in Comic NewsDutch comic artist Sandra de Haan is currently translating her excellent comic strips into English. Her humour definitely translates well, with Sandra’s candid strips commenting on anything from surviving film festivals and enduring the BBC’s wilting standards to the social intricacies of toileting. She has a unique brand of quirk that will definitely appeal to…
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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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Grim Furry Tales: Seeds Review
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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…
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Vampire Free Style #4 Review
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Written and Illustrated by: Jenika Ioffreda www.neptunefactory.com Vampires, vampires everywhere, and not a drop to drink. The monster so popular they’ve practically had an entire genre erected around them… and so on. Though calling the modern Nosferatu a “monster” is something of an overgeneralization, given the number of thoroughly decent bloodsuckers that have descended from…
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David Doub’s Dusk Available Now
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in Comic NewsAfter spending the last half hour wracking my brain for an original vampire pun for the above title, I’ve given up, gone all conventional and opted for the whole brevity thing. Quite pathetic, really. Sorry. Anyway, my prodigious powers of prognostication have alerted me to a new vampire series from Texan writer David Doub, entitled…