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Joe and Stuart Save Expo: Part Two (MCM Buzz Manga)
Exclusive Aardman DC figures and The Bounce Issue #1 sketch cover available from Diamond Comics at MCM London Comic Con
Diamond Comics will have two MCM London Comic Con exclusives available to purchase at May’s event.
“He’s young, he’s fit, he’s got a gal who’s interested – and he’s super-powered!” He is Jasper Jenkins, star of the new superhero series The Bounce. With the story by Joe Casey and art by David Messina, Casey describes The Bounce as a “slacker superhero comic for the 21st century,” which answers the question of what...
The Accelerators #1 review
Have you ever wondered who would win if a Nazi soldier went one-on-one with a caveman, or what might happen if a Knight of the Realm went head-to-head with a 1950s gangster? Who hasn’t right? Now imagine that mixed in with an event filled manhunt through time and you have the premise of the opening issue of the all new indie comic The Accelerators.
Written and created by R.F.I Porto, drawn by Gavin P. Smith and published by Blue Juice Comics, The...
Comic Review: Altar Girl
Altar Girl is an online comic created by Kata Kane that replicates the style typical of shoujo manga. The plot revolves around a girl named Ashley who’s just the tiniest bit in love with a cute guy at school.
As hard as it is to be in love with someone who barely knows you exist, it becomes even harder when total strangers start to get involved. And not just any strangers, two of them are angels and one of them is a man brought back from the...
Project Jikoku Chapter Two Review
Chapter One of Project Jikoku (which we reviewed here) in some ways felt more like a scene-setting prologue than a complete entry in its story. Told primarily through flashbacks, the story focused on a character’s father and served to set the scene for the world the comic would be set in. Featuring social commentary about humanity’s fear of the unknown, the fact that the actions of a government don’t always reflect the desires of its people...
IDW Limited to Launch Judge Dredd Deluxe Hardcover Program with The Complete Brian Bolland
As a huge Dredd fan, you can imagine how excited I am to find out that IDW Limited have announced plans to enter the field of law enforcement. Starting with Judge Dredd: The Complete Brian Bolland, IDW Limited will begin offering deluxe hardcover editions of the Judge Dredd reprint program. Featuring signatures from top Judge Dredd talent and the original creators, this will be the definitive line for fans of the smash 2000 A.D. series. This...
Bryan Lee O’Malley’s ‘Seconds’ Slated for 2014
Bryan Lee O’Malley, author of the popular Scott Pilgrim comic series, has said that his new project, Seconds, will not be out until 2014.
Seconds is an original graphic novel from Random House about a restaurant with the same name and the lives of its staff. It was due for release this year, but due to O’Malley injuring his shoulder last summer, it has been pushed back. He said this on Tumblr:
“I hurt my shoulder last summer and...
Joe and Stuart Save Expo: Part One (MCM Buzz Manga)
Title: Joe and Stuart Save Expo
Released: 2012
Artist: Sophie Chipchase
Written by: Shalimar Sahota
Story by: Shalimar Sahota and Stuart Claw
Editor: Stuart Claw
Genre: Action, Comedy, Horror
Synopsis: It’s the first day of the October 2012 London MCM Expo! Joe ‘Granny Getrude’ Sutton and Stuart Claw are looking forward to another fun-fuelled busy weekend. However, an unexpected threat means having to put things on hold as they suddenly come...
Project Jikoku Chapter One Review
Reading through the first chapter of Project Jikoku, the first webcomic from Lawrence Simpson (featuring art by Dawn Tabor), was a mixed experience. It has some quickly engaging and likeable characters, makes some good social commentary points about humanity and has both an interesting art style and well written and paced dialogue. But it is ultimately held back by its resistance to hint at the “real story”, or introduce its main character in...
Steve Collier on Japan Comic Aid and The Mystery Boys
The London MCM Expo saw the launch of Dead Universe Comics’ issue #2 of The Mystery Boys by writer Steve Collier and artist Andy Clift. Described as an action/ buddy comedy/adventure-noir comic book for fans of Powers, Hellboy, Ghostbusters and Indiana Jones, the series follows agents Neumann and Furore as they hunt for a kidnapped girl in rural Japan. They’re up against criminal organisations and ancient gods of the forest in a storyline...
