Book Review: ‘Gun Machine’
Written by Warren Ellis | Published by Mulholland Books NYPD detective John Tallow doesn’t care about his job all that much. He could be good at it if he wanted to, but he’s more content to sit in the...
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‘Portable Grindhouse: The Lost Art of the VHS’ Book Review
From author Jacques Boyreau comes Portable Grindhouse: The Lost Art of the VHS Box. Released by Fantagraphics Books, the tome is a trip through the good ol’ days of VHS, looking back at what is very...
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‘Flash Gordon: The Complete Library Vol.1&2′ Book Review
Writer: Don Moore | Artist: Alex Raymond | Published by Titan Books | Format: Hardback, 208pp Everyone knows Flash Gordon–the most iconic science fiction swashbuckler ever to burst forth from the...
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Book Review: Bedlam Stories
Written by Christine Converse | Based on a story by Pearry Teo Bedlam Stories is an intriguing concept. The oft-told tales of Alice in Wonderland and The Wizard of Oz filtered through the twisted...
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Book Review: ‘Horns’– by Joe Hill
I am, unequivocally, a fan of Joe Hill as a writer. I first discovered him when I found a copy of his novel, Heart Shaped Box, on clearance in a little book shop and proceeded to read it in a couple...
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Book Review: ‘The Golden/Silver Age of DC Comics’ (Taschen)
As a graphic designer I’ve always been a fan of the art book publisher TASCHEN. Founded in 1980 the company has, in it’s 20-odd year lifespan, built a reputation for publishing the widest variety of...
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Book Review: Star Trek Federation – The First 150 Years
The Star Trek universe is in flux right now. On the one hand we have the classic series, the movies that followed, Next Generation, Deep Space Nine et al. On the other we have J.J. Abrams new take on...
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Book Review: ‘Once Upon a Time – Behind the Magic’
Published by Titan Books | Format: Paperback, 176pp | RRP £14.99 Before the proliferation of the internet, and more importantly before I ever had access to my own PC, companion books to TV shows were...
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‘The Adventure Time Encyclopaedia’ Review
Or to give the book it’s FULL title: The Adventure Time Encyclopaedia, Compiled by His Lowness, Hunson Abadeer, Lord of Evil (Translated from the Scrolls of OOO by Martin Olson)… If you don’t like...
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‘Crazy4Cult: Cult Movie Art 2′ Book Review
There is no getting away from the fact that “geeks” love art, whether it’s the TV obsessed people who post gif files on Tumblr from their favourite shows or movie fans who find movie based art from...
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Written by Glenn Mitchell | Published by Titan Books To some movies are very of the “now,” whether it’s the latest summer hit or the latest super hero movie that’s coming out soon, or the latest...
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Book Review: Tales from Development Hell
As film fans we look at the finished result and it’s sad to say that often we see a mess. The big event we were looking forward to just does not meet our expectations and we blame the director or the...
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Book Review: Silhouettes From Popular Culture
Written by Olly Moss | Published by Titan Books | Format: Hardback, 144pp Art, especially “pop art” is quite subjective at times. When the popular culture is one that is actually popular to you then...
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Book Review: The Great Showdowns
Written/drawn by Scott C. | Published by Titan Books | Format: Hardback, 144pp “Han vs the green fellow. Chief Brody vs the very large shark. John McClane vs broken glass, and many, many more… Scott...
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Book Review: Star Wars – The Ultimate Action Figure Collection
Written by Stephen J. Sansweet | Published by Titan Books | Format: Paperback, 352pp Star Wars is known to be one of the most merchandised franchises in the movie world, it was the one that started it...
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Book Review: The Art of Rise of the Guardians
Foreword by Alec Baldwin | Written by Ramin Zahed | Published by Titan Books | Format: HB, 156pp In Rise of the Guardians, North (Alec Baldwin), Bunnymund (Hugh Jackman), Tooth (Isla Fisher), and...
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Book Review: ‘Grimm – The Chopping Block’
Written by John Passarella | Published by Titan Books | Paperback, 336pp | RRP £7.99 With fiction based on television series like Grimm it’s interesting that these stories can be placed between...
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‘Grimm: Below the Surface’ Book Review
Books that look behind the scenes of television shows can differ in how much depth they go into. In the superficial sense some can just give a description of the characters, give episode synopsis and...
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‘LEGO Space: Building the Future’ Book Review
Written by Peter Reid and Tim Goddard | Published by No Starch Press | Format: Hardback, 216 pp Independent publisher No Starch Press have been carving out a niche for themselves as one of the premier...
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Book Review: Suncaller – by B. John Shaw Liddle
Written by B. John Shaw Liddle | Published by Deadstar Publishing | Format: Paperback, 224pp Suncaller is the début novel of B. John Shaw Liddle and is definitely a strong start for the author. The...
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