Author: Carl Doherty
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A Sickness in the Family Graphic Novel Review
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2010, Vertigo Crime Story: Denise Mina Art: Antonio Fuso, Lee Burmejo (cover) If countless books and movies are anything to go by, we do love to watch middle classed families fall apart. Denise Mina’s A Sickness in the Family, the latest in DC’s Vertigo Crime imprint, is a gruesome study of one such affluent and…
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Captain Caned Graphic Novel Review
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2010, Four Bananas Written & illustrated by Jim Morris As unfashionable as it may be to admit this, I’ve never felt the need to get high. Perhaps my complacency with a sober mind has something to do with my overabundant imagination. While others need alcohol or narcotics to free them from bland reality, I’ve always…
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The Silence Graphic Novel Review
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2009, Allen & Unwin Written & illustrated by Bruce Mutard After discovering a mesmerising painting with no name attached to it, capitalist art dealer Choosy McBride and her idealistic boyfriend Dmitri journey to Northern Queensland, where their quest for the artist provides frustration and revelation in equal measure. Bruce Mutard’s tale of a couple’s infatuation…
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Peaceful Warrior: The Graphic Novel Review
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2010, published by HJ Kramer & New World Library Story: Dan Millman Art: Andrew Winegarner Peaceful Warrior: The Graphic Novel is an adaptation of Dan Millman’s 1980 bestseller Way of the Peaceful Warrior. A spiritual coming of age drama with an apparent Carlos Castaneda influence, it’s evidently a beloved book (as a quick search online…
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Kill Shakespeare Vol. 1 TPB Review
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2010, IDW Story: Conor McCreery, Anthony Del Col Art: Andy Belanger Colours: Ian Herring Could any other scribe warrant such a passionate yet divisive response upon the mere utterance of his surname? For every uncultured individual who sees Shakespeare’s plays as the crux of a painful childhood, there seems to be an academically inclined counterpart…
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Shaun of the Dead Graphic Novel Review
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2010, Titan Books Adapted by: Chris Ryall Art: Zach Howard, Sean Murphy Colours: Thompson Knox It’s time to hit the Winchester once more with the Shaun of the Dead comic adaptation, originally published by IDW in 2005 and brought to British shores a half-decade later by Titan Books. Not that I’m complaining. I haven’t seen…
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Action Comics #894 Review
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$3.99, DC Story: Paul Cornell Art: Pete Woods Colours: Brad Anderson Yup, it’s part 5 of ‘The Black Ring’, which shall forever more be referred to as ‘that issue of Superman with Death in it’. I’m not quite sure why it’s so jarring to see Neil Gaiman’s Goth-girl incarnation of Death chatting with Lex Luthor.…
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Avatar Collectors Vault Book 3D Review
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in Book ReviewsPublished by Whitman Publishing / Titan Books James Cameron’s “Pocahontas in Space” may not have been the first 3D cinema experience, but it’s certainly proven to be the third dimension’s most prominent emissary. While cynical cinephiles interpreted Avatar’s success as further proof that visual gimmickry will compensate for all manner of plot deficiency, the fact…