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Dr Master Publications

The King Of Fighters Art Book
Hung Wing Yan & Choy King Tung 
I’ve already given details of this book but you can check out more details at the company web site; www.DrMasterbooks.com
 
 
Hung Wing Yan was an art assistant for three years before making his debut as a Manga artist in 1983. Choy King Tung,on the other hand,worked […]

ARCHAIA STUDIOS

HYBRID BASTARDS 1 & 2 

Archaia Studios
Writer Tom Pinchuk
Artist Kate Glasheen
$3.50 US
 
 

Having interviewed Kate and Tom here at CBO,I hope everyone knows the story? No? Oh well.
 
 
In a nut-shell:the God Zeus is known as a womaniser –having his “way” with any mortal woman he takes a fancy to.  However,18 years ago,Hera ,being really ticked off by […]

Image Comics

 
 
The Perhapanauts #1 
story TODD DEZAGO,
art & cover CRAIG ROUSSEAU,
variant cover ARTHUR ADAMS
 
32 PAGES, FC, $3.50
 
 
“TRIANGLE,” Part One
The official debut of the all-new on-going series from Image! A new storyline begins as the PERHAPANAUTS delve deeper into the Bermuda Triangle to rescue Karl from the Mothman Tribunal! As the team prepares to […]

Moonface Press

Septic Isle 
Writer:Andy Winter
Artist:Mick Trimble
 
The book: The 52-page perfect-bound title has a full-colour cover and black and white interior artwork. An exclusive limited edition first printing of just 100 copies will be available at the Bristol Expo, priced £3.95.
 
 
Hmm.  Another one Mr Brown should have reviewed but,apart from his Aquaman-water hand fixation the poor love has […]

Dark Horse -Pigeons From Hell!

 Pigeons From Hell #1 
Writer: Joe R. Lansdale
Artist: Nate Fox
Colorist: Dave Stewart
Genre: Horror 
Joe R. Lansdale puts a new spin on an old classic with this four-part adaptation of master-storyteller Robert E. Howard’s classic tale of terror Pigeons from Hell. Set in the deep south, Pigeons tells the story of a damned house with a wicked past […]

Something New From Cinebook-The 9th Art

A couple of new books to look at from Olivier Cadic’s Cinebook –The 9th Art.  As usual I have the ‘hard task’ of reading and reviewing –but no spoilers!
 
 

LARGO WINCH –THE HEIR

PAPERBACK
Authors: Francq & Van Hamme
Age: 15 years and up
Size: 18.4 x 25.7 cm
Number of pages: 96 colour pages
Publication: March 2008
£9.99
ISBN: 9781905460489
 
 
Largo Winczlav, […]

The Twelve #4 Project Super Powers #2

The Twelve #4 
COVER BY: KAARE ANDREWSWRITER: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI PENCILS: CHRIS WESTONINKS: GARRY LEACHCOLORED BY: CHRIS CHUCKRY
LETTERED BY: COMICRAFT
Rated T+ …$2.99  
THE STORY: As the savage murders continue, and members of the Twelve come under a cloud of suspicion, tensions flare, and hero faces off against hero! Plus, the unbelievable origin of underground secret […]

Scorn #1 & 2

SCORN, issues 1 & 2
Written by Kevin Moyers, Art by Philipp Neundorf
Published by Septagon Studios
Full colour 
What was I thinking? 
 I made a serious error of judgement. I rather stupidly agreed to do the occasional comic book review for Terry. Subsequently, Tel hands me the first two issues of a new ongoing (I presume) comic from a […]

DR MASTER

High School Girls 9
Towa Ohshima 

ISBN: 978-1-59796-005-2
Date Published: 3/28/2008
Format: Paperback / B&W
Number of pages: 208
Rating: 15+
Price: $9.95
 
 
The end is finally here! The crazy Okinawan school trip approaches its end in this final volume of High School Girls. Eriko and her friends are up to their usual antics terrorizing the teachers, starting […]

Any Um-ber-ellas?

Well,not having seen Casanova –the comic not the person,who I did once actually meet on a chronal perambulation once- I have to admit that on first seeing the covers of  The Umbrella Academy I thought “these will make great Tim Burton movie posters” but never looked inside. 

When Bristol’s own artist-in-residence,Mr Paul Brown [ooh,we are formal!] […]