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Reviewing Michael Moorcock’s The Warlord of the Air
Mar 14th
The Warlord of the Air by Michael Moorcock
A 288-page reprint of Steampunk Fiction, published by Titan Books
When I first read the words “Warlord of the Air”, my first thought was of a Hun-like figure atop a flying pirate ship, brandishing his glittering sword of doom. Luckily, this reprint of fantasy-legend Michael Moorcock’s book was even better than that, if you can imagine. This fantastical tale of adventure set in both the turn of the century as well as an alternate-history 1970’s has everything from mystical hidden temples to the decades-late atomic bomb.
The Warlord of the Air begins with our narrator, Michael Moorcock More >
Sex #1 - Indie Review
Mar 11th
The major comic companies get enough reviews and press, it’s time for the creator-owned and indie series to get some love and judgment. Indie review takes up-and-coming indie and creator-owned series and puts them through the review process so you can confidently support the best of the small press and passion driven projects in the comic industry.
Title: Sex #1
Genre/s: Drama/Superhero
Writer: Joe Casey (Automatic Kafka, Haunt)
Artist: Piotr Kowalski (Gail, Malignant Man)
Colorist: Brad Simpson (Vengeance, Haunt)
Letterer: Rus Wooton (The Walking Dead, The Manhattan Projects)
Graphic Designer: Sonia Harris (Grim Leaper, Butcher Baker)
Publisher: Image Comics
Number of Issues: 1 (on-going)
Page Count: 21
Price: $2.99
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SXSW ’13: Marvel Makes A Huge Digital Splash
Mar 11th
Austin, Texas’ big music, film, and interactive media convention, South by South West (or SXSW) kicked off last Friday with a bang. But for comic fans, the real bang came yesterday afternoon when Marvel hosted its House of Ideas panel. There a number of major digital announcements were made for the company, including the answers to their teaser ads involving the 52 scratch marks, Project Gamma, and the large #1. During a panel hosted by Axel Alonso (Marvel’s Editor-in-Chief), Arune Singh (Director of Communications at Marvel), Joshua Shimkin (Marvel’s Director of Worldwide Digital Products & Premium Services), and Peter Phillips (Senior More >
Shrugged vol.2 #1 - Indie Review & Preview
Mar 4th
The major comic companies get enough reviews and press, it’s time for the creator-owned and indie series to get some love and judgment. Indie review takes up-and-coming indie and creator-owned series and puts them through the review process so you can confidently support the best of the small press and passion driven projects in the comic industry.
Title: Shrugged vol.2 #1
Genre/s: Fantasy/Adventure
Writer: Frank Mastromauro (Dellec)
Penciler: Jonathan Marks (Soulfire: Despair) & Micah Gunnell (Idolized)
Colorist: Beth Sotelo (Fathom)
Letterer: Josh Reed (pretty much everything Aspen has ever released)
Publisher: Aspen MLT
Number of Issues: 1 (of 6)
Page Count: 21
Price: $1.00
The Review Bit
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Seducing The Innocent Through Crime, Comics, & Prose – An Interview With Max Allan Collins
Feb 28th
Max Allan Collins is a prolific and highly talented writer of prose, film, and comics. He is perhaps best known in the comics community for writing the brilliant Road to Perdition graphic novel which was later turned into a popular 2002 film. While Collins has written many novels, his prose followers tend to know him best for his Nathan Heller series, which follows a Chicago based P.I. in the 30′s and 40′s. Collins newest novel combines his love of comics and crime in a comic-related prose mystery set during the 1950′s around a case most comic fans will be familiar with, Seduction More >
Reviewing Encounters of Sherlock Holmes - A Series Of New Mysteries, My Dear Watson
Feb 21st
Encounters of Sherlock Holmes: Brand-New Tales of the Great Detective An anthology by Mark Hodder, Paul Margs, James Lovegrove, Eric Brown, and More A 352-pages collection of fiction, published by Titan Books
This past fall I committed myself to the arduous task of reading the complete stories of Sherlock Holmes, as well as eagerly anticipating the new season of BBC’s “Sherlock” television series, and upon finishing I felt a gaping hole in my mystery-loving heart. Needless to say, I was thrilled to discover last Friday that I would be reviewing Titan’s new release of The Encounters of Sherlock Holmes, an anthology of More >
Phantoms & Ghosts: A Rare Form Of Comics Variants
Feb 9th
Late last year 2 groups sprung almost out of thin air, producing rare and beautifully designed comic variants of indie Image titles for select comic shops around the US. Both groups had rather ghoulish names, the first being called Ghost Variants, with the other being referred to as Phantom Variants. Some discussion arouse about the two groups as winter of 2012 set in, but it mainly stayed in circles of hardcore variant collectors. Artist Skottie Young, however, has recently drawn many casual comic fans into collecting variants with his cute Marvel Now baby variants that are beloved by many and drawing More >
Conversation Most Pleasant: An Interview With The Creators Of The Adventures of Drake and McTrowell
Feb 3rd
Today I got a chance to sit down with David Drake and Katherine Morse, writers of The Adventures of Drake and McTrowell, an incredible series that began as a one-paragraph weekly and quickly developed into a high-traffic, Steampunk serial. The series follows the crime-fighting adventurers -airship pilot Dr. Sparky McTrowell and chief inspector of Scotland Yard, Erasmus Drake- as they solve monumental mysteries of the most exciting variety in Victorian London.
Speak Geeky To Me’s Adelaide Quagmire: Thanks for taking the time to meet with me today! I’ve been a long-time fan of the serial. How did The Adventures of Drake More >
Legend of the Shadowclan #1 - Indie Review
Feb 2nd
The major comic companies get enough reviews and press, it’s time for the creator-owned and indie series to get some love and judgment. Indie review takes up-and-coming indie and creator-owned series and puts them through the review process so you can confidently support the best of the small press and passion driven projects in the comic industry.
Title: Legend of the Shadowclan #1
Genre/s: Action/Adventure
Writer: David Wohl & Brad Foxhoven (Witchblade, Executive Assistant: Iris)
Artist: Cory Smith (Broken Pieces)
Colorist: John Starr (The Darkness, Fathom)
Letterer: Josh Reed (Soulfire Executive Assistant: Iris)
Publisher: Aspen MLT
Number of Issues: 1 (limited)
Page Count: 20
Price: $1
The Review Bit
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MAC Cosmetics goes to Riverdale
Jan 30th
MAC Cosmetics (a well-known professional line of cosmetics available to consumers worldwide) is set to release a new line of special edition cosmetics and accessories featuring Betty Cooper and Veronica Lodge of Archie Comics fame. MAC is well-known in the makeup world and is definitely a favorite of mine, I have loads of their products in my makeup bag.
In the past MAC has released collections based on other fictional female icons such as Barbie, Hello Kitty, Disney Villains, and even Wonder Woman (of course I have a good chunk of the Wonder Woman collection…what can I say, I adore MAC More >
