Tag: indie comics
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Press Release: Pocket God Digital Volcano Erupts on iPhone
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in Comic NewsPocket God digital comic app explodes to the top (San Diego, CA – August 10, 2010) Ape Entertainment announced today that their iPhone comic book app for the Pocket God property is currently ranked in the top twenty five of all apps in the paid comic book category. The app exploded after release on August…
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New Indie Releases: Deadly Seconds, Fuddle, Everybody Dies in the End & Omnitarium
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Well, it’s finally happened… When I first set up shelfabuse.com, I vowed to extensively review every new indie comic or book sent my way; it didn’t then occur to me that there’d actually be a point where I’d have to start turning books down. Well, that time is now, and with the site presently receiving…
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Eagle Awards Land at London MCM Expo this October
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in Comic NewsIt looks like the ever-expanding MCM Expo has added another string to it bow; from this October the Eagle Awards will be taking up residency at London’s Excel centre. The popular comic book awards struggled to find a home last year, and will reportedly become a stable feature of MCM Expo’s May event from 2011…
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Warlord of Io Graphic Novel Review
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2010, Slave Labor Graphics Story, Art: James Turner Wander through Covent Garden or Soho for more than ten minutes and you’ll likely pass one of several stores selling little collectible vinyl models; hyper-stylised toys for adults that are generally produced in limited quantities and act as showcases for their creator’s design prowess. Warlord of Io…
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Shadoweyes Graphic Novel Review
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2010, Slave Labor Graphics Story, Art: Ross Campbell Ross Campbell’s Shadoweyes is the tale of teenage misfit Scout Montana, who after a failed attempt at vigilantism is clumped on the head with a brick and finds herself transformed into the eponymous blue-skinned creature. Scout is initially able to return to her human form, but she…
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Cognito Comic’s Operation Ajax Debuts on iPad Active Reader
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in Comic NewsWhile digitally distributed comics are nothing new, it arguably took the unveiling of the iPad to not only get the medium some much needed mainstream attention, but to give us geeks something to read said digital comics with on the go. All, while flaunting that super slick, super shiny screen, naturally. Emerging publisher Cognito Comics…
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New Site, New Direction. Sort Of…
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in ColumnLast week I decided to give the writing a break and redesign shelfabuse.com from scratch. The idea was to design the site around a pile of notebooks and sketchpads strewn across a tabletop; this new look would stand out from the crowd, and emphasise the more personal direction I planned to take the site in.…
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‘Isness’ Fotonovel Project Seeks Donors
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in Comic NewsA bunch of Brooklyn creatives led by multimedia artist Stavit Allweis need your donations to help fund Isness, a gruesome fotonovela chronicling the last 24 hours in the lives of the sole surviving family of a post-apocalyptic future. For those unaware of what exactly a fotonovela is, the format was essentially a comic book with…