Aug 31 2013
Each month, hundreds of comics are released to stores for the hungry masses of fans around the world. To stand out on the shelves, you have to put the great art up front. You can judge a book by its cover. Welcome back to our continuing monthly column, where the covers tell a story of their …
Aug 30 2013
Gestalt Comics have just announced a brand new book from Australian writer Andrew Constant and artist Emily Smith called Broken Line. It will be available through Comixology and other digital vendors “soon”. The recently launched Facebook page for the book is scant on details, but contains the intriguing tagline “The Land Never Ends, The Screams Never …
Aug 29 2013
Don’t have time for full reviews of comics? Then check out Graphic Bits: bite sized chunks of comic book goodness designed to get behind the panels and into your hearts. This week (28 August 2013) at Captain Marvel #15 and New Avengers #9 (both Marvel) tie into Infinity, Image brings back Lazarus and Sex, and the …
Aug 29 2013
DC Comics (via their blog) have released a full list of their trade paperbacks and hardcovers being released from June 2014 through to August 2014. Some of highlights include: Batman: Arkham Asylum Living Hell Deluxe Edition HC, from Dan Slott and Ryan Sook. The 2003 miniseries introduced a number of characters, including Jane Doe (reintroduced …
Aug 29 2013
Don’t have time for full reviews of comics? Then check out Graphic Bits: bite sized chunks of comic book goodness designed to get behind the panels and into your hearts. This week (28 August 2013) at DC Comics, it’s a conclusion of sorts to the “Trinity War” in Justice League #23, while Batman Incorporated Special #1 …
Aug 27 2013
If you are like us, then you loved Amala’s Blade by Steve Horton and Michael Dialynas, released by Dark Horse earlier this year. While Dialynas is about to start a run of Spider-man books for Marvel, Horton is plugging (via a brand new Facebook page) his next creator-owned work, Monstrous. Working this time with artist Ryan …
Aug 27 2013
The end is almost here! Buzzfeed has released some preview pages to Justice League #23, the final chapter in the “Trinity War” saga. Pictured below are three pages from the book and several variant covers from this key issue in the New 52. So far, the Justice League crossover – that has included Justice League …
Aug 26 2013
The 2013 Joe Shuster Awards, Canada’s premier bilingual recognition for comic books, graphic novels and webcomics, has been announced. It’s no surprise that previous winner Jeff Lemire has scored another victory for his sublime The Underwater Welder. The award also recognises his last year on DC/Vertigo’s Sweet Tooth. Similarly, well-deserved accolades go to artist Mike Del Mundo, …
Aug 25 2013
It was the best of times and the worst of times for Green Arrow in the 1980s. Entering his fourth decade of his publication history, he was still yet to see his own solo title. Firmly established as the radical left-wing voice of the DC Comics universe, the late 1970s saw him slightly more domesticated …
Aug 24 2013
Not content with causing a stir with the casting of Ben Affleck as Batman and moving the Justice League to Canada, the boffins at DC Comics have now unveiled the new look for Lobo – and it is pretty, which is kind of the issue. Are they trying to explode the Internet? First created by Roger …
Aug 24 2013
What’s more exciting than the Muppets? The Muppets in comic book form! Marvel have announced that they will be collecting the Roger Langridge Muppets comics of the last few years, including material from The Muppet Show, The Muppet Show Comic Book: The Treasure of Peg-Leg Wilson, The Muppet Show Comic Book, and The Muppets. The New Zealand born …
