Tag: comic books
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Indie Comics Spotlight: BICS 2009
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in ColumnI came, I saw, I lugged my own weight home in comic books. As ever, the British International Comic Show in Birmingham was an eye opener. It’s difficult to conceive of any other storytelling medium that would receive such an intimate display of affection. From the established talent that not only offered signings but were…
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Irredeemable #6 Comic Book Review
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Boom! Studios Writer: Mark Waid Art: Peter Krause Irredeemable is a strange series. It’s easily one of the best titles currently on the shelves, and yet it’s difficult to get overly excited about. Mark Waid’s persistent flashbacks do stall the action on a monthly basis – I seem to whiz through each issue in less…
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A Brief History of Comic Books
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in FeaturesIn this unrepentantly subjective feature I look at the evolution of Western comic books, the present state of sequential art, the medium’s digital potential and what publishers must do to ensure future interest. Depending on whom you ask, the comic book is dying, enjoying a creative renaissance, or slowly being integrated into largely non-profitable webcomics…
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Vengeance of the Moon Knight #1 Review
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Marvel Writer: Gregg Hurwitz Pencils: Jerome Opeña Colours: Dan Brown Moon Knight has always lurked on the periphery of the Marvel Universe; never popular enough to sustain his own series for more than few years but always welcomed by fans when he appears in games as Ultimate Alliance and Spider-Man: Web of Shadows. Mark Spectre’s…
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Batman: The Widening Gyre #1 Comic Review
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DC Writer: Kevin Smith Pencils: Walt Flanagan Inks: Art Thibert Colours: Art Lyon Following the critically lambasted Cacophony miniseries, Kevin Smith and Walt Flanagan unite once more to bring us another ill-conceived Batman limited-series. Six-part series The Widening Gyre – the title presumably taken from Yeat’s ‘The Second Coming’ – is a moderate improvement on…
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X-Men vs. Agents of Atlas #1 Comic Review
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Marvel Writer: Jeff Parker Pencils: Carlo Pagulayan, Jason Paz, Chris Samnee Colours: Wil Quintana,Veronica Gandini I’m generally not a fan of these “versus” titles, as they usually culminate in little more than a punch-up between two popular properties; or in this case, one extremely popular team of mutants and the heroes of a criminally undervalued…
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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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Deadpool #15: ‘Want You to Want Me’ Review
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Marvel Writer: Daniel Way Pencils: Paco Medina Inks: Juan Vlasco Colours: Marte Gracia, Antonio Fabela Deadpool goes nuttier than an almond finger this month, spending the majority of the issue in a state of wildest delirium. With the dull Dark Reign crossover safely behind us, Daniel Way continues his unique brand of nonsense, which recently…