Tag: Dark Horse

Graphic Bits Review: Amala’s Blade #2, Batman: The Dark Knight Annual #1, JLA #4 and Red Hood and the Outlaws Annual #1

Batman: The Dark Knight Annual #1 (DC Comics) - Artist: Szymon Kudranski

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 (27 May 2013) is a little quieter! We’ve got the second (or is it third?) chapter of Steve Horton and Michael Dialynas’s mini-series Amala’s Blade …

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Cover Story: Best Comic Book Covers of May 2013

Last of Us: American Dream #2 (Dark Horse) - Artist: Julian Totino Tedesco

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 …

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Review: Akaneiro #1

Akaneiro #1 - Vasilis Lolos

A fable-turned-video-game-turned-comic is an effective re-imagining of Red Riding Hood set in feudal Japan from American McGee. It’s often very easy to dismiss licences that are connected with video games, as they are typically less interested in storytelling than they are in selling games. Yet the comic that accompanies American McGee’s online game Akaneiro: Demon Hunters is …

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Graphic Bits Reviews: Age of Ultron #8, Battlestar Galactica #1, Dream Merchant #1, The Fall of the House of Usher #1 and Nova #4

The Fall of the House of Usher (Richard Corben)

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 (15 May 2013) is another big one! First up, we check in with Age of Ultron #8 (Marvel) just as it loses the plot. Then it’s back to the …

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Review: Dream Thief #1

Dream Thief #1 (Artist: Greg Smallwood)

A new crime series with a twist from Dark Horse leaves us with more questions than answers. Sounds like a perfect start to a new series. Not to be confused with Image Comics Dream Merchants #1, also out this week, the new title from Jai Nitz (The Green Hornet) could almost be described as a …

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Cover Story: Best Comic Book Covers of April 2013

Hawkeye #10 (Marvel) - Artist: Francesco Francavilla

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 …

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FCBD 2013: What to grab this Free Comic Book Day

FCBD Walking Dead 2013

Free Comic Book Day, held the first Saturday in May every year, is designed to attract new readers to the wonderful world of comics by giving them some…for free! For the rest of us geeks, its a great chance to get some exclusive titles that usually aren’t available outside the promo day. The FCBD has …

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Graphic Bits Reviews: Amala’s Blade #1, Batman Incorporated #10, East of West #2, Guardians of the Galaxy #2, Judge Dredd: Year One #2, Talon #7 and X-Termination #2

Amala's Blade #1 (Dark Horse) - Artist: Michael Dialynas

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 (24 April 2013) is huge! We’ve got the first chapter of Steve Horton and Michael Dialynas’s mini-series Amala’s Blade #1 (Dark Horse), Grant Morrison …

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Behind The Panels One-Shot – The J.P. Kalonji Interview

JP Kalonji Interview

This week, Richard had the opportunity to chat with J.P. Kalonji, who is about to release the graphic novel Ningen’s Nightmares, a follow-up to his 2009 breakthrough release for Dark Horse, 365 Samurai and a Few Bowls of Rice. J.P. Kalonji is an artist based in Geneva, Switzerland. He began his professional career in 1992 …

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Cover Story: Best Comic Book Covers of March 2013

Dark Horse Presents #22 (Dark Horse) - Artist: Geof Darrow

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 …

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Cover Story: Best Comic Book Covers of January 2013

Wolverine and the X-Men #24 (Marvel) – Artist: Ramón K. Pérez

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, or at least it would be if we …

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