Wednesday, November 5th, 2008
With a surge in the popularity of comics and graphic novels thanks to films such as The Dark Knight, Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk and the forthcoming WATCHMEN adaptation, many people are turning to the pointed page in search of the perfect Christmas gift. Here’s a run-down of ten of the greatest graphic novels of [...]
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Thursday, October 2nd, 2008
Today is new comic day, the weekly orgy of cool new arrivals. There’s some awesome titles hitting our shelves this week. Let’s take a look at some of the comics, graphic novels and movie/comics merchandise arriving today…
AME COMI DONNA TROY VINYL FIGURE (The latest in the range of anime-style DC
character figures), ANITA BLAKE VAMPIRE HUNTER: [...]
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Thursday, September 18th, 2008
NEW COMIC DAY
Our favourite day of the week is upon us once again! New comic day is something we all look forward to, and is always our busiest weekday. The whole process of new comic day, and the days leading up to it, will be outlined in a forthcoming episode of our [...]
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Wednesday, September 17th, 2008
No, this piece isn’t meant to be as patronizing as the title suggests. I’d like to talk a bit about how comics should be read, as a way of helping new readers getting to grips with the medium. There has been something of an influx of new readers to the comics world thanks to recent [...]
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Friday, August 22nd, 2008
A quick look at what we’re itching to get our grubby mitts on in the way of comics, movies and more.
GEARS OF WAR ISSUE ONE: The first issue of the officially licensed comic book series based on the massive-selling Gears of War video game property will be on the shelves in October. The series is [...]
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Thursday, August 14th, 2008
Hey there folks, here’s our daily roundup of what is currently making big nerd-shaped waves on planet geek. Up today we have a legendary series of books coming to the movies, a much loved DC character gets closer to having a movie out, a cult classic gets remade (um, I know this happens pretty much [...]
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Monday, August 11th, 2008
SPAWN- TODD’S BACK: Todd McFarlane is taking time out from the world of action figures and collecting baseballs in order to return to the character he created back in the day for issue 185 of SPAWN from Image. With art by Todd and Whilce Portacio, this is sure to fly off the shelves as soon [...]
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Friday, July 25th, 2008
SAN DIEGO COMIC-CON UNDERWAY!
Well, geeks all over the world are now lapping up the news and pics that those lucky &%$£@#s that got to go to this year’s San Diego Comic Con are putting up, and it certainly seems to be a bumber year for good stuff. Mind you, the absence of things like Transformers [...]
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Monday, July 21st, 2008
Well, geek season is here again, and there’s a ton of cool stuff making fanboys and girls grin from ear to ear. We’ve already had Iron man, The Incredible Hulk and Wanted, and here comes The Dark Knight to make you all wish you had a Batcave of your own. Personally I’m okay with pretty [...]
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Monday, July 14th, 2008
I must admit I’ve not been keeping that up to date with comics and graphic novel reading lately, mainly down to writing blogs and doing all the other stuff that comes with working in a busy comic store, but I’ve been trying to check out some recent stuff again and here’ the titles that have [...]
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