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Review: Extinct #1

| April 7, 2011 | 0 Comments
Review: Extinct #1

Werewolves get a bum deal.   It’s a cool concept for a monster, and can be visually stunning.   But while vampires and zombies thrive, the poor werewolf seems to hobble along at a distant third, all too often reduced these days to playing a scantily-clad supporting role in vampire stories.   And even when […]

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Review: Buck #1

| March 31, 2011 | 0 Comments
Review: Buck #1

Another recent addition to the impressive roster of projects by comics publisher 215 Ink, Buck caught my interest in that it is the latest project by writer Stephen Lindsay.   Lindsay is a writer that seems to specialise in bringing to life crazy high concepts, first with the title-says-it-all Jesus Hates Zombies, then taking it […]

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Review: Nosferatu

| March 24, 2011 | 0 Comments
Review: Nosferatu

The subject of today’s review is an interesting comic curio: a modern-day retelling of F.W. Murnau’s classic 1922 silent horror film Nosferatu, by writer Christopher Howard Wolf and artist Justin Wayne.   The graphic novel from Viper Comics is unusual in that it’s essentially a reimagining of a reimagining. The original film Nosferatu was a […]

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The Sixth Gun: Cold Dead Fingers

| March 17, 2011 | 0 Comments
The Sixth Gun: Cold Dead Fingers

I love me some Westerns.   There Will Be Blood and Once Upon a Time in the West rank up there among my all-time favourite movies.   Red Dead Redemption was one of the best games I’ve played in a long time.   I’m currently searing through the Deadwood complete series DVD boxset that was […]

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Review: Surviving the Damned #1

| March 10, 2011 | 0 Comments
Review: Surviving the Damned #1

Surviving The Damned, by writer James Holmes and artist Christian Zamora, is something of an unpolished gem.   It has its flaws, but if readers can look past those, I believe they’ll find a surprisingly engaging horror comic on offer here. Related Posts:Review: Vic Boone #1Review: Extinct #1Review: Buck #1Review: The PriceReview: Tears of the […]

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