Tag: Image Comics

‘Saga’ dominates the 2013 Harvey Award winners

Saga poster

The winners of the 2013 Harvey Awards were announced at the Baltimore Comic-Con, with Saga the big winner with a whopping 6 awards. Other winners include Hawkeye and the most recent volume of Blacksad: A Silent Hell. Saga‘s six awards made Image the big winner on the night as well, but three creators on Marvel …

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‘Saga’ wins Best Graphic Story at 2013 Hugo Awards

Saga

Image Comics’ Saga, by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples, has taken out the award for Best Graphic Story at the 2013 Hugo Awards. The World Science Fiction Society’s Hugo Awards were announced for the year at a ceremony LoneStarCon 3 in San Antonio, Texas. The toastmaster was Paul Cornell, himself a Hugo winner for his work on …

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Cover Story: Best Comic Book Covers of August 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 …

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Graphic Bits Reviews: Avengers Assemble #18, Bounce #4, Chin Music #2, Daredevil #30, Justice League Dark #23 and Superman Unchained #3

Daredevil and Silver Surfer - Daredevil #30

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 (21 August 2013), it’s Infinity crossovers, Trinity wars and Superman punching things really hard. Plus Chin Music (Image Comics) finally gets a second issue! You …

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Graphic Bits Reviews: Batman #23, East of West #5, JLA #7 and Saga #13

 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 (14 August 2013), “Zero Year” continues in Batman #23, and it’s the Trinity War in Justice League of America #7. Then things get even …

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Highlights from Image Comics November 2013 Solicitations – Black Science, Umbral, Alex + Ada, Manifest Destiny, Protectors Inc, Strangeways and A Voice in The Dark

Strangeways #1 cover - Riley Rossmo

Image Comics are certainly not slackening off in the last part of the year, with no less than seven new #1 titles on the shelves throughout the ninth month of the Roman calendar, but the eleventh for those of us working under the Julian and Gregorian systems. BLACK SCIENCE #1 Originally announced back in July …

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Review: Sidekick #1

Flyboy goes Footloose - Sidekick - Tom Mandrake

J. Michael Straczynski launches another book in the Joe’s Comics line, although it is one that might just live up to its title. The deconstruction of the superhero genre in the pages of comic books continues unabated, with several titles this year already posing the question of ‘what happens when the thrill is gone?’ Following the …

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Graphic Bits Reviews: Avengers A.I. #2, Green Arrow #23, Green Lantern #23, Hunger #2, Satellite Sam #2 and Ten Grand #4

Green Arrow #23 panel

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 (7 August 2013) we get sophomore efforts from Avengers A.I. (Marvel), Hunger (Marvel) and Matt Fraction and Howard Chaykin’s truly brilliant Satellite Sam (Image …

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Graphic Bits Reviews: Amala’s Blade #4, Batman Inc #13, Daredevil #29, DC Annual #2, Five Ghosts #5, Guardians of the Galaxy #5, Pandora #2, Sex #5, Wake #3 and What If? AvX #4

Amala's Blade #4 - 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 (31 July 2013) we bid farewell to both Amala’s Blade (Dark Horse) and Grant Morrison’s Batman Incorporated (DC Comics), while Five Ghosts: The Haunting …

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Cover Story: Best Comic Book Covers of July 2013

Batman Annual #2 (DC Comics) - Artist: Jock

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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Graphic Bits Reviews: The Bounce #3, Lazarus #2, Superior Spider-man Team-Up #1, Tomorrowland #1 and What If? AvX #3

Superior Spider-man Team-Up #1 - David Lopez and Rachelle Rosenberg

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.

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