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Titan Books: Modesty Blaise – The Girl In The Iron Mask

Modesty Blaise – The Girl In The Iron Mask Peter O’Donnell  & Enric Badia Romero Paperback Black and white 104pp Dimensions: 296 x 220mm Publication date: 22 March 2013 ISBN: 9780857686947 RRP £11.99   Features the classic stories ‘Fiona’, ‘Walkabout’ and ‘The Girl In The Iron Mask’ written by popular British crime writer Peter O’Donnell [...]

Titan Books: The Simon & Kirby Library: Science Fiction

The Simon & Kirby Library: Science Fiction Introduction by Dave Gibbons Hardback Full colour 352pp Dimensions: 282 x 190mm ISBN: 9781848569614 Publication date: 29 March 2013 £35.00     The creators of Captain America and the Boy Commandos produced some of the most thrilling science fiction ever. Spanning more than 20 years, this volume features [...]

Titan Books: Nick Cardy -The Artist At War

“Nick Cardy: The Artist at War” Hardcover Colour & B&W with photographs 128 pages 30.5 x 20.5 Landscape ISBN: 9781781165331 £19.99   “Renowned cover artist and illustrator from DC Comic’s golden years, Nick Cardy now in his 90′s, has been drawing his whole life. And thank goodness for it, as he contributes now to not [...]

Marvel Comics The Untold Story -A MUST buy!!!

  Above:Sean Howe with his book (c)Photo by Stefano Giovannini, Brooklyn Daily   MARVEL COMICS: THE UNTOLD STORY Sean Howe Harper Books Hardback 484 pp   Well, Mr. Brown gave me this book and told me “you’ll enjoy it!”  This from a man who allegedly hates comics.   So what is it about?  According to [...]

A ma-hu-sive month of signings at Forbidden Planet!

Coming up in September: – Thursday 6th September 6 – 7pm – ADAM CHRISTOPHER will be signing the Forbidden Planet exclusive edition hardcover of SEVEN WONDERS, the follow-up to his astounding EMPIRE STATE. Friday 7th September 6 – 7pm – SCOTT K ANDREWS will be launching, for the first time in collected edition, his distopian [...]

Titan Books: Spartacus -Morituri

Author: Mark Morris   Dimensions: 175 x 106 mm paperback: 304pp Publication date: 24 August 2012 ISBN: 9780857681782 £6.99   Batiatus and Solonius vie with each other for the favor of one Marcus Licinius Crassus, an Equites who aims at the Praetorship. Thrilled by the bloody violence of the fights, Crassus decides to set up [...]

Titan Books: The Dark Knight Rises (Novelisation)

The Dark Knight Rises   Novelisation by Greg Cox Titan Books   ISBN: 9781781161067 Dimensions: 175 x 106 mm Mass market paperback: 416pp Publication date: 24 July 2012 £7.99   Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman and Morgan Freeman return in the thrilling and hotly anticipated conclusion to Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight Trilogy. The blockbuster [...]

IDW: John Byrne’s TRIO

I picked up the latest issue of Byrne’s NEXT MEN and to be honest it is a complete joy to read. The “ending” of NM was so good that I read through it twice before looking in detail at the art. If you’ve not read Next Men yet -shame on you. Buy the trades!! So, [...]

MyExcess: How To Draw Pin Up Girls by David Gordon

This book is highly recommended! David Gordon MyExcess Comic Album format ( 20.98 wide x 29.69 cms) Black & white 100 pages £9.99   David Gordon has rightly been called “the British Manara”!  He is a veteran of pin-up art and has worked for Eros Comic (Maeve) and the future release Darke Child.  Dave mainly [...]

The Complete Flash Gordon Library – On the Planet Mongo (Vol. 1)

Creators: Alex Raymond and Don Moore Introduction by Alex Ross Titan Books Hardback Full colour 208 pages Dimensions: 280 x 253mm Publication date: 22 June 2012 ISBN: 9780857681546 RRP £29.99     Being a comics historian and interviewer there is one thing I can say with 100% absolute certainty: the Flash Gordon newspaper strip influenced [...]