Former music journalist Robin Parrish has his 5th book being released next year. I interviewed him for the last issue of Extra Sequential about his latest book Offworld. Like that sci-fi tale his upcoming book Nightmare is built on another great concept. Below is the official description. “The nightmare is coming.” Ghost Town is the [...]
Arcana Magazine Only $2.10!
Yep, as if $3.50 wasn’t already a bargain! Now you can get the premiere issue of our new full colour quarterly mag, with 96 pages of goodness for only $2.10. Go here to order it from Badger Comics.
The Comics Journal Updated
Press release below about long running magazine The Comics Journal and its new look. The Comics Journal is about to take two major steps forward in its evolution. First, after 33 years and several incarnations, TCJ is answering the peoples’ prayers and upping the Web content on tcj.com. Next, the print publication will be consolidated [...]
Mighty Avengers #31 Preview
The Avengers (Dark and Mighty) are about the only Marvel titles I read on any regular basis. I’ll pick up an issue every now and then and both titles are consistently enjoyable. Details, and text-free pages, below regarding Mighty Avengers #31 on sale November 18. The Final Showdown With The Unspoken in Mighty Avengers #31! [...]
Astonishing X-Men Motion Comic
With the success of the Spider-Woman motion comic, it’s now the X-Men’s turn. From what I’ve seen it’s pretty impressive. Details below. Astonishing X-Men Motion Comic Debuts On iTunes Today! The most hotly anticipated motion comic of the season is here, as Astonishing X-Men Motion Comic Episode 1 is now available on iTunes! Based on the [...]
Assassin’s Creed Short Film
The trailers look great, the game looks great, and now Ubisoft have raised the bar even higher and created a series of short films, and yes, they look great too! Since debuting 2 days ago Part 1 of Assassin’s Creed: Lineage has gained almost half a million views. The live action direction and the luscious [...]
Arcana Magazine Peek
At the start of the year my mate Dave Lapsley and I created a free, comics based on-line mag called Extra Sequential. We pumped out three pretty good issues, (if I do say so myself) and then got noticed by Arcana Comics, the biggest comics publisher in Canada. Since the third and final ish of [...]
Robot 13 #2 Review
At Broken Frontier now is my review for Robot 13 #2, the self-published adventures of a skull headed robot from Thomas Hall and Daniel Bradford. It really is a great series, filled with Mignolaesque style and grand storytelling. Read my review here.
The New A-Team
Arriving on screens in June is the latest ’80s re-make – The A-Team. I still remember the them song, and of course, “”I pity the fool,” will live on forever. This new incarnation stars Bradley Cooper as Lt. Templeton “Faceman” Peck, Quinton “Rammpage” Jackson (from UFC) as B.A Baracus, Sharlto Copley as Captain “Howling Mad” [...]
The God Machine Preview
I met creator Chandra Free at Comic-Con this year at the Archaia booth as she was promoting her upcoming original graphic novel, The God Machine. It looks pretty impressive. Below are a few random pages of the preview book, as well as what Archaia say about it. THE GOD MACHINE OGN PREVIEW BOOK (W/A) Chandra [...]
Isolation Review
This film was made in 2005 and screened at the Fantastic Fest film festival a year later, winning best picture and best director. It deserves it. There are so many gems like this that get overlooked, and it’s also one of those films that you recommend to everyone you know – thus this review. For [...]
Psylocke Preview
Like Archangel, I’ve always liked Psylocke. I mean, she’s a mutant ninja with a British accent. What’s not to love? Her own mini-series launches on November 4 and on Marvel’s site you can check out an 11 page preview. X-Men’s Deadliest Ninja Gets Spotlighted In The Free PSYLOCKE Sketchbook Torn from the pages of Uncanny [...]
Dani Baptiste Is Angelus
Any excuse is a good one to show some Stjepan Sejic art, so here’s the cover for December’s Angelus #1 from Top Cow, and the official info from the Cow about the new series. DANI BAPTISTE IS THE ANGELUS ANGELUS #1 Top Cow Productions, Inc. proudly announced today that the Witchblade character Dani Baptiste will [...]
Huge NBM Sale
Publishers of unique books, NBM have an impressive sale on at the moment until November 15. Now those expecting cheap superhero comics will be disappointed, but if you like more arty fare from indie creators and international stars it’s defintely worth a look. From their blog: *P. Craig Russell’s Opera adaptations: $4 for the paperbacks [...]
