Fighting American Volume 1 by Gordon Rennie and Duke Mighten (graphic novel review).
Fighting American was a communist battling comedy super-hero of the 1950s created by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. Like Captain
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Back Issue #125 February 2021 (magazine review).
This latest edition of ‘Back Issue’ is a ‘Creator-Owned Comics Issue’. As editor Mike Eury notes in his introduction, they
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Doomforce by Grant Morrison (a comic-book retrospective).
Ed and Jim bring you a sweet look-through the comic-book genius that was Doomforce by Grant Morrison. After the first
Read MoreSpider-Man issue 1, 1990 (retrospective).
Ed and Jim sit down for a look inside and retrospective review of Todd McFarlane’s writing debut… Spider-Man issue 1,
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The golden age of 2000AD and the British comic-book at IPC (interview).
From within King’s Reach Tower on the banks of the Thames, a fellow called John Sanders masterminded the output of
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Conan the Barbarian comic-book first issue retrospective (video).
Here’s the Ed and Jim Conan the Barbarian comic-book first issue retrospective, featuring the sword-and-sorcery character created by Robert E.
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The Incal by Jodorowsky and Giraud: a scifi comic-book retrospective (video).
Here’s the retrospective review from Ed and Jim of The Incal – the French scifi graphic novel written by Alejandro
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The King In Yellow by Robert W Chambers and illustrated by I.N.J. Culbard (graphic novel review).
The original ‘The King In Yellow’ was published in 1895 as a collection of ten short stories, of which the
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Suicide Squad Vol. 1: The Black Vault by Rob Williams, Philip Tan, Jason Fabok, Ivan Reis and Gary Frank (graphic novel review).
As far as I can recall, there have been at least three versions of the ‘Suicide Squad’. One set of
Read MoreKevin O’Neill: the bad king of science fiction comic-books (interview).
Kevin O’Neill, the comic book illustrator behind Nemesis the Warlock, Marshal Law (with Pat Mills), and The League of Extraordinary
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