Written by Peter O’Donnell Art by Enric Badia Romero Published by Titan Books I grew up in London, so would occasionally see the Modesty Blaise strip in the Evening Standard newspapers discarded on the trains in the underground. I was always amazed that the strip survived so long, with only…
Kick-Ass 2 Prelude: Hit-Girl #1–5 Written by Mark Millar Pencils by John Romita Jr Inks by Tom Palmer Colours by Dean White Letters by Chris Eliopoulos Edits by Jennifer Lee Published by Titan Books Warning: before buying this comic book, you should be made aware that it is not ‘real-life’…
Dead Space #1–6 Written by Antony Johnston Art by Ben Templesmith Dead Space Salvage Written by Antony Johnston Art by Christopher Shy Published by Titan Books As I mentioned in my review of Dead Space Liberation, there were two other Dead Space trade paperbacks released to coincide with the publication…
Written by Ian Edginton Art by Christopher Shy Published by Titan Books Dead Space is a popular video game, a third-player shooter where the main character fights ‘Necromorphs’ (human corpses reanimated by an alien virus) aboard a spaceship. The first one was released in 2008 (of note, Warren Ellis was…
I have been very fortunate to see several of my favourite comic book creators giving talks or in conversation – Alan Moore and Alan Davis in the same day, and Grant Morrison at a similar event at Foyles – and this was another enjoyable personal appearance from a favourite creator.…
Stitched #1–7 Original story by Garth Ennis Script and art by Mike Wolfer Colour by Digikore Studios Published by Avatar Press Stitched is a 17-minute short film from 2011, written and directed by Garth Ennis (view the trailer here). I have to admit I was surprised when I heard that…
When I was a younger man, I was a big fan of The Mary Whitehouse Experience (on television; much to my chagrin, I never knew that comedy existed on the radio in my youth, so I never heard the radio version that ran before it in 1989–1990 and which has…
Ferals #1–6 Written by David Lapham Art by Gabriel Andrade Colour by Digikore Studios Published by Avatar Press The small town of Cypress, Lake County, Minnesota. A man is found torn to shreds on the mountain, and his friend is the only person who cares; his friend is also the police in…
An Oral History Of The Zombie War by Max Brooks The great thing about this book is the scale – this is a book about what happens to the whole world during a zombie epidemic, instead of the small stories that tend to focus on a group of people in…
By Phil and Kaja Foglio Published by Titan Books Girl Genius is a comic book series turned online webcomic written by the Foglios and drawn by Phil, and this book is a novelisation of the first storyline. It has a steampunk setting with an alternative world history but the authors…