Author: Carl Doherty
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Get Your Pretty Picture Printed in Heavy Metal Magazine
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in Comic NewsAs part of a year-long 35th Anniversary celebration, Heavy Metal Magazine is inviting artists to submit their artwork or photography in the hope that it will be one of ten efforts to be published in the magazine’s September 2012 issue.
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All-Gay Superhero Team Hit Brighton Hard and Fast this May
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in Comic NewsWhile Northstar has been out of the closet for years, and Apollo and Midnighter are no longer an item but a married couple, Martin Eden’s Spandex has proudly claimed the title of “Britain’s first all gay superhero team” – a claim which I’m willing to believe that someone else can/will contest. The O-Men creator’s technicolour…
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Franklyn DVD review
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Franklyn is a mess of ideas. Several entirely different films so bizarrely tangled into one another that even the keenest viewer will eventually give up trying to fit this puzzle’s pieces together and accept that the film simply cannot, will not, make sense by the time the credits roll. Does it matter if a film…
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Ultimate Spider-Man vol3 #1-3 Review
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Marvel Comics, $3.99 Writer: Brian Michael Bendis Art: Sara Pichelli, Justin Ponso Having grown as convoluted as its progenitor, Marvel’s Ultimate Universe has become a bit of an aimless alternative. Ever desperate to lure their extensive audience of cinemagoers into comic stores, The House of M gave its once beloved imprint a relaunch in 2009,…
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Assassin’s Creed: The Fall #3 Comic Review
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DC Comics, $3.99 Writers: Cameron Stewart, Karl Kerschl Art: Cameron Stewart, Karl Kerschl, Nadine Thomas The problem with videogame to comic adaptations is that they struggle to find their own identity. Writers resort to unimaginatively pilfering the source material’s concept or characters to the extent that the comic is no more than a soulless reiteration.…
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London MCM Expo Comic Village Expands to Size of Actual Village
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in Comic NewsThe MCM Expo London Comic Con is apparently expanding its Comic Village by 50% area after tables for the October show sold out in record time.
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54 UK Comic Creators Combine Powers to Help the Homeless
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in Comic NewsWith friends and family around us falling victim to unemployment and poverty, the funny books are becoming an increasingly guilty pleasure for the conscientious comic geek. Those who like the idea of their disposable income going into something other than Mickey Mouse’s pockets may be interested in Nelson, a charity graphic novel that sees the…
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Hong Kong Film Week Begins Today
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in Movie NewsBit of an eleventh hour news post, this one, but I thought it work mentioning that the Hong Kong Film Week kicks off in London this week. While hardly a film festival – it’s more a case of 5 movies showing in several different cinemas – the week is a great opportunity to see some…