Dan Abnett
52 weeks. 52 different writers. 2 trade paperbacks or hardcovers a week. Each week I’ll take a look at a different writer and read two different collected editions from within that person’s repertoire to help in the examination of their…
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Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
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Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
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Best Of 2014, So Says Me
Now that 2014 is over I can post my list of the five best comics I read last year. This list is selected from my own reading and is completely biased, since it's limited to the sixty-seven collected editions, reprints and graphic novels I read and therefore based solely on my personal tastes.
Review | Brass Sun: The Wheel Of Worlds
A wonderfully engaging genre-blending tale, Brass Sun: The Wheels Of Worlds is required reading.
Review | The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath
A different kind of Lovecraft tale skillfully adapted by I.N.J. Culbard, The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath is a worthy addition to this line of graphic works.
Review | The Shadow Out Of Time
SelfMadeHero's third H.P. Lovecraft adaptation by I.N.J. Culbard, The Shadow Out Of Time is another smashing success.
Review | The Case Of Charles Dexter Ward
A tale of intrigue, mystery and the macabre, H.P. Lovecraft’s The Case Of Charles Dexter Ward is masterfully adapted by I.N.J. Culbard into a compelling read. Providence, Rhode Island, 1928. A dangerous inmate disappears from a private hospital for the…
The New Deadwardians #1
The horror genre in comics can easily be divided into two categories. In one group we have stories which are formulaic, largely unoriginal and don't really offer anything to the medium. Contrarily, there are comic horror stories which push the storytelling possibilities of the medium and take it new places or adapt it to new environments. Fan favourite writer Dan Abnett hopes to provide the latter over the course of his new eight-part series through DC's Vertigo imprint with his horror tale, The New Deadwardians.