Borrowed Words: A History Of Loanwords In English by Philip Durkin (book review).
I’ve always regarded English as a bastard language. That sounds better than calling it a vulgar language. Not in the
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The Viking Dead (Tomes Of The Dead) by Toby Venables (book review).
Vikings and zombies. What a combination. Talk about themes which are very current. Vikings are an eternal favourite and zombies
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Superheroes!: Capes, Cowls And The Creation Of Comic Book Culture by Laurence Maslon and Michael Kantor (book review).
This is a book about the history of super-heroes in the media. The super-hero is now a mainstay of popular
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Superman: The Golden Age Sundays 1943-1946 by Jack Schiff, Wayne Boring, Jack Burnley and Whitney Ellsworth (graphic novel review)
The ‘Superman Sunday’ pages were written and drawn during World War II and that’s important to remember. One of the
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Creating Graphic Novels by Sarah Beach (book review).
I have to confess from the start that I did wonder where publisher Michael Wiese was going with releasing Sarah
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Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes by Alex Irvine (book review).
I suspect a lot of you will have been to the cinema to watch ‘Dawn Of The Planet Of The
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The Circuit: Executor Rising by Rhett C. Bruno (book review).
‘The Circuit: Executor Rising’ by Rhett C. Bruno is my kind of book. Earth is dead (yay, apocalypse!) and humanity
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Unholy Night by Seth Grahame-Smith (book review).
Comic novels that re-tell history from alternative points of view can be a lot of fun if done well, perhaps
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Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes: Firestorm by Greg Keyes.
‘Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes: Firestorm’ is the official prequel after the film of ‘Rise Of The Planet
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The Art Of The Films: Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes And Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes by Matt Hurwitz (book review).
I’ve been really somewhat amiss at catching up on the latest batch of ‘Planet Of The Apes’ films mostly because
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