Dora discovers that her nun teachers there are caught in a raging conflict against undead horrors.
Brutal: A review of God is Dead
I knew nothing about Hickman, Costa and Amorim’s God is Dead when I started to read. The opening pages show us the world tormented by natural disasters and the shocking death toll. I wondered if these horrors were the consequence for the death of God. That theory didn’t last very long. I watched as a […]
Blood, death and sex: A review of Max Brooks’ Extinction Parade
Yes, but what happens next? This review of Extinction Parade is of the first graphic novel which collects the first five issues of Max Brooks’ (World War Z and The Zombie Survival Guide) and Raulo Caceres’ (Crossed) series. Zombies are stupid. They’re slow. They can’t even see vampires. No wonder the lords of the night […]
Bloody good: A review of Kieron Gillen’s Uber
Blood, gore, super-powers and the Nazis; what a heady mix. Uber is set at what would have been the tail end of World War II. There’s just one catch. The Nazis have just released their final secret weapon – super soldiers. These “Wunderwafen” are brutal. Uber pulls no punches. The pages of this full colour […]
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 […]
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 […]
