Category Archives: Graphica and Art

Preview of Jumper: Jumpscars comic online

Oni Press are releasing a preview comic of Jumper, a soon to be released cool film of Steven Gould’s novel. Titled Jumpscars, it promises to reveal an ancient war that has been happening around us. Jumpers are individuals who can … Continue reading

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Happy Hellboy Christmas

Those excellent folk over at Dark Horse has posted the first few pages of the new Abe Sapien (from the must-read Hellboy) on MySpace. Here is the trailer for Hellboy II: The Golden Army as well.

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Tintin appreciated by Dom Joly

Dom Joly has this appreciation of Tintin in the Independent which captures that essential quality of the reporter – it makes you want to discover the world. (Sans dog in my case as I prefer cats.) In the main, Tintin … Continue reading

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Wired does Manga

Wired magazine have a piece on American Manga (which is a 1.9mb download) which is set up like a Manga and explains its appeal and some of the key titles. Great reading but remember to read it the correct way… … Continue reading

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Edward Gorey’s Trouble with Tribbles

Shaenon Garrity over on LiveJournal found an article regarding Edward Gorey’s love of Star Trek , though he claims to have never watched the Trouble with Tribbles episode. Well she’s put this right with a great cartoon.

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Steve Aylett goes Playstation

Playstationseason have adapted one of  Steve Aylett‘s short stories, The Man Who’s Head Expanded, into a great animation. This so needs further entries but I can highly recommend his novel, Lint, which is great fun and quite possibly his most … Continue reading

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Cartoonists Interviews

PBS journalist, Charlie Rose, has created a fantastic archive of interviews with cartoonists over the years, including Charles Schulz. (via Forbidden Planet and BoingBoing). Well worth a visit.

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Yesterday’s Tomorrows today – Rian Hughes’ collection reviewed

Rian Hughes Yesterday’s Tomorrows is an absolute treat which comes from the 1980s and 1990s with the writing of Grant Morrison, John Freeman, Tom deHaven, Chris Reynolds and Raymond Chandler. My friend, Dick Jude, introduced me to the name by … Continue reading

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The Guardian blog goes noir

Ned Beauman over at the Guardian has run this piece on noir graphic novels. It is an intriguing, if really short, overview of the problems of creating noir fiction and he mentions some excellent writers, like Brian Bendis and Warren … Continue reading

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Neil Gaiman’s Eternals

I started reading the Eternals again last night, having read the comics as and when, and it sort of confirmed what I thought at the time. This is a decent and fairly entertaining world but I always get the feeling … Continue reading

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