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Monthly Archives: December 2007

On Image Comics

After my comments that Image Comics don’t seem to get the shelf space they deserve I now stand corrected -at least as far as Forbidden Planet [Bristol] goes.
Walked in and there they were -all the titles I mentioned yesterday.   Chris mentioned that he orders in most of what Image produces.  However,the problem seems to be […]


SPEAK OF THE DEVIL

SPEAK OF THE DEVIL #3
By Gilbert Hernandez
Dark Horse Comics 
Reviewed by PAUL BROWN 
So, in this issue, things suddenly start moving plot-wise, and our characters’ perverse motivations perhaps become clearer-or do they ? Val is suddenly usurped in her role of Devillish voyeur,  Linda maybe isn’t the goody-goody stepmom we may have thought she was, and Paul…well, […]

IMAGE COMICS

Well,you’d think Image Comics would get far more shelf space than they get in stores but it seems their innovative publishing doesn’t click with everyone.  But here is a look at what you should find in stores this week!
 

 BOMB QUEEN IV: SUICIDE BOMBER #4 (of 4)story, art & cover JIMMIE ROBINSON 
32 PAGES, FC, $3.50  
“SUICIDE […]

DR MASTER PUBLICATIONS

Some Dr Master books have arrived and made a great change from my usual diet of American comics!
Let’s get started with one becoming a favourite of mine…
 
JUNK  vol.5 
Author: Kia Asamiya
ISBN: 978-1-59796-135-6
Date Published: 12/29/2007
Format: paperback / B&W
Number of pages: 192
Rating: 15+
Price: $9.95
 
The advent of the third JUNK brings a […]

CINEBOOK

THE FASCINATING MADAME TUSSAUD

  ISBN: 9781905460366  PAPERBACK

Authors: Follet & Duchâteau
Age: 12 years and up
Size: 18.4 x 25.7 cm
Number of pages: 104 colour pages
Publication: December 2007
£9.99
 
 

Paris, 1793. Marie Crossholz manages the wax museum set up by her father. In exchange for bribes, some executioners allow her to mould the faces of guillotined aristocrats…After the French Revolution, Marie Crossholz […]

NEWS FROM INDIA

Over at Comicology,blogger Rafiq Raja [http://comicology.blogspot.com/]has news on developments and new titles from India. Over to you Rafiq…. 

*Surprise, Surprise….We have the Lion # 201 “Kaateri Kaanagam” starring Modesty Blaise as a Nov’07 release. 
 

So, it’s good to see the Prakash Publishers have tentatively planned to release issues every 2 months, at least going by the current […]

WHO IS “BERIC THE BRITON”? 

A fair question if you are interested in 1960s British comics.  Some months back I mentioned  that Asterix The Gaul,created and written by Rene Goscinny and drawn by Albert Uderzo, had seen no real success in British weekly comics though I vaguely recalled the character had appeared in one. 

Well,I […]

JGM,Shadowflame & More

 JOE MARTINO has been in touch to say that there are still some copies of the hit series SHADOWFLAME available over at wowio!  The links are: 
http://www.wowio.com/users/searchresults.asp?txtSearch=Shadowflame&cbBrowse=0 
http://www.wowio.com/users/searchresults.asp?nGroupId=[67 

No idea what SHADOWFLAME is?  Here’s a little background info and details of the issues available. 

ABOUT SHADOWFLAME 

When Officer Tom Wyatt’s wife, Janice, was murdered he tried to find […]

New Issue of Eagle Times

EAGLE TIMES 
 Richard Sheaf has been in touch to tell us about the latest issue of the Dan Dare/Eagle tribute magazine,Eagle Times.  Never seen a copy but seems interesting:
 ”The Winter 2007 issue features a selection of Xmas cards by Frank ‘Dan Dare’ Hampson; the conclusion of the Dick Barton overview; Alex Raymond’s influence on Frank Hampson; […]