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Illustrators Special #11: The Art Of Frank Bellamy (magazine/book review).
In my youth, Frank Bellamy (1917-1976) was a legend. I first came across his work in ‘TV21’ where he did his take on…
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Magazines with a genre focus – science fiction, fantasy and horror.
February 2023
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The Magazine Of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Jan/Feb 2023, Volume 144 #765 (magazine review).
The test of a good story is whether it is memorable. If elements of it stay in the mind for good reasons, it…
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Back Issue #58 August 2012 (magazine review).
It’s very interesting with the TwoMorrows publications that if you think a particular subject hasn’t been covered, then you just need to look…
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Illustrators #40 (magazine review).
This issue of ‘Illustrators’ is devoted to artists who are associated with the underground comix from America. Saying that, strictly speaking, Rick Griffin…
January 2023
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Comic Book Artist #4 Spring 1999/Alter Ego vol 2 no. 4 (magazine review).
Back in 1999, TwoMorrows Publishing had a habit of sharing two magazines in the same issue giving one of them a chance to…
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Back Issue #141 February 2023 (magazine review).
This ‘Back Issue’s sub-title is ‘SPIES AND P.I.S ISSUE!’. I’m keeping it capped from the cover because that ‘S’ should have been lower…
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Still Startled After All These Years (magazine review).
Having acquired a copy of the current revival of ‘Startling Stories’ some time back, I thought for a while on the best way…
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Jack Kirby Collector Eighty-Five Winter 2023 (magazine review).
Of all the Jack Kirby magazines I have had the privilege to see, number 85 (Winter 2023) has to be the most…
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Comic Book Artist #4 September 2004 (magazine review).
A couple months back, I saw two different copies of Comic Book Artist # 4 in the on-line auction and realised both couldn’t…
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On Spec Magazine vol. 32. No. 4 #122 (magazine review).
‘On Spec: The Canadian Magazine Of The Fantastic’ is still going. The latest issue features a mix of fiction and non-fiction but I’ll…
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Alter Ego #179 January 2023 (magazine review).
This latest edition of ‘Alter Ego’ marks the 61st anniversary of ‘The Fantastic Four’ with an interesting revelation that some of Kirby’s art…
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The Magazine Of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Nov/Dec 2022, Volume 143 #764 (magazine review).
It is always good to see a magazine publishing new writers and encouraging those at the start of their careers. It is also…