Writers include Alan Moore, Mark Millar, Gail Simone, Kate Leth and Grant Morrison with stories ranging from Vampirella: Hollywood Horror to Vampirella Masters Series.
The Alan Moore approved Watchmen supplements for the DC Heroes RPG get reprints
Those three supplements are Who Watches the Watchmen?, Taking Out the Trash and Watchmen Sourcebook.
Infamous adversaries – A review of Batman: The Killing Joke
I went to see Batman: The Killing Joke having read the original graphic novel some years before, but not with it fresh in my mind and having read some SDCC-born concern over the treatment of Batgirl. I left wondering why we had two separate movies held together by a narrator. The first half has a […]
DC Comic’s Constantine to get his own TV show
I was just moaning about Constantine in Irregular Reconnaissance when NBC go and announce a TV show. David Goyer (Batman Begins, Man of Steel) and Daniel Cerone (The Mentalist) are writing the script. This is interesting as we’ll be left to wonder whether the TV show will tie in with Guillermo del Toro’s Dark Universe […]
Alan Moore and Jacen Burrows’s Neonomicon banned from library
Neonomicon, published by Avatar Press in 2010, was the first ever winner in the “Graphic Novel” category at the Bram Stoker Awards. The graphic novel has now been banned from one American library after a complaint from a parent. Their 14 year old daughter had managed to use an adult library card to get access […]
10 Christmas recommendations from Forbidden Planet
Geek Native reached out to the team at Forbidden Planet with a Christmas plea for insight. Which graphic novels would they recommend? What’s hot? What’s new? What should this blogger buy his geeky friends? The results are in. The Forbidden Planet team put their heads together and came back with these 10 tempting, geeky, recommendations […]
Before Watchmen: Pictures
Many geeks will not be happy with DC’s decision to return to the Watchmen with a prequel. This includes Watchmen creator Alan Moore. However, DC is a business, if they don’t make money then we have no DC at all. Can DC ever hope to follow on from the Watchmen? They’ll try. Here’s a gathering […]
Titan brings Avatar Press’ comic book range to the UK
William A. Christensen founded indie Avatar Press in 1996. The company now looks after the likes of George R.R. Martin, Warren Ellis, Garth Ennis, Alan Moore, David Lapham, Christos Gage and many more. Titan Books has signed a deal that will allow them to distribute Avatar’s titles in the UK. It’s expected that up to […]
Vampirella finds a new home
Dynamite Entertainment has acquired the rights to Vampirella. The vampire heroine leaves Harris Publications to join the likes of the Green Hornet, Zorro, Armies of Darkness and Red Sonja at Dynamite. As you’d expect of a vampire – Vampirella is quite old. The comic first appeared in 1969 with a black and white cover by […]
