The ThreeA blog has just announced the upcoming launch of Hazchem, a new anthology comic to be produced by ThreeA Publishing and (initially) featuring the talents of Ashley Wood, William Wray and Rufus Dayglo. Strips featured in the title include Adventure Kartel, tOtem, Solid Gold Death Mask, Modern Girls and The Beautiful War. No indication as [...]
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So, just read the first issue of SuperCrooks, by Mark Millar and Lienel Francis Yu, and it was pretty much brilliant from start to finish. Millar nails it with some memorable dialogue and Yu just smashes it out of the park with page after page of gorgeous artwork. Got to give props to the stellar [...]
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Just read the sad news that Ralph McQuarrie, the concept artist responsible for much of the look and feel of the original Star Wars trilogy, has passed away at 82. I remember getting the Art of Star Wars books as a kid and being absolutely in awe of the paintings and designs in them, only [...]
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Every now and then when wandering the wastes of the Internet I stumble across a piece of artwork that instantly makes me want to find out which artist created it and track down all of the other stuff they’ve done. Rafael Grampá was one of those guys. I first came across his art when I [...]
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Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo’s Batman has been one of the very best titles to come out of DC’s New 52 re-launch. In just a handful of issues the pair have created a twisted, gripping thriller of a book that consistently leaves you wanting more as you reach each cliffhanger final page. I’m absolutely loving it at [...]
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Travis Charest announced on his blog the other day that he is working on a new (unnamed) project for Marvel Comics…and he posted some preview art as well. Now, for anyone who isn’t a huge comic book fan you should know something about Travis, he’s pretty much the best current comic book artist working at [...]
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DC Comics have just released several preview pages from the upcoming graphic novel Batman: Noel, which is written and illustrated by Lee Bermejo. The story reinterprets Charles Dickens iconic A Christmas Carolstory, with Batman facing foes from his past, present and future on a snowy Christmas Eve in Gotham. I’ve been a fan of Lee [...]
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The second issues of Batwing and Detective Comics ship this Wednesday as part of DC’s New 52 relaunch. Both of their respective first issues were particularly strong, with Ben Oliver’s artwork on Batwing helping the book really stand out from the crowd of relaunch titles and the final page of Detective Comic’s #1 featuring one [...]
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The Chimp Daddy and I are both huge fans of Mark Millar and John Romita Jr’s original Kick Ass comic book and it’s Mathew Vaughn (X-Men: First Class, Layer Cake) directed big screen adaptation. We’ve been excitedly working our way through new issues of Kick Ass 2 as soon as they hit the shelves, and [...]
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