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Strip Magazine is here! With high ambitions to unite comic legends with new talent, it has burst on the indie comics scene. But is there space on the shelves for another comics newcomer? As an anthology series, it has much in common with 2000AD, though with the inclusion of articles and interviews, it is closer […]
April 12, 2013
Comic Club returns with a round up of two 2000AD related titles on sale now – Judge Dredd Volume 1 from IDW and Slaine: The Grail War from 2000AD. Let’s take a look! Judge Dredd: Volume 1 Mega-City One lawmaker Judge ‘Joe’ Dredd is having something a good year. Portrayed by Karl Urban in a […]
March 16, 2013
2000AD is one of the UK’s leading weekly comics. It has been publishing for 36 Zarjaz* years now. The anthology approach and cast of colourful characters have been crucial to its longevity. Snarky Judge Dredd, effectively the comic’s lead character, has gone down in legend and was recently brought to life by Star Trek‘s Karl Urban in […]
January 9, 2013
After the successful adaptation of The Ballad of Halo Jones back in 2012, attention turns to another of Alan Moore’s seminal works, V for Vendetta. A timeless tale of anarchy against the system, V for Vendetta has endured ever since its first appearance back in 1982 in Warrior magazine. Popularised by the use of the […]
November 29, 2012
I like comics. I like reading them, I like collecting them, and I used to, in a much younger life, attempt to draw my own. Mine were supposed to look like people and animals, but my ‘dog’ looked like it had been squashed by a bus for starters. Enter Jim Medway’s Minicomic Workshop with the promise that […]
November 22, 2012
Alan Moore’s timeless story of the 51st century girl next door made a surprisingly smooth transition to stage back in January. The critical reception made it a logical choice to remount, and where better than the UK’s premier comic convention – Thought Bubble! But as we see, The Ballad of Halo Jones has undergone a […]
May 6, 2012
Dial H #1: When two friends have an argument that results in one of them getting beaten up, the other stumbles into a innocuous telephone kiosk. Accidentally dialling ’hero’, he gains the ability to turn into a number of superheroes, each with unique powers. Returning after a near decade absence, Dial H is a runaway success. The story […]
April 20, 2012
For the second in the Official Marvel Graphic Novel Collection, attention turns to the band of mutants called the X-Men. Dark Phoenix is widely considered to be one of the all time classic stories. Originally published in 1980 and forming the basis of parts of the story of the X-Men movies, it concerns the absolute […]
February 26, 2012
The Magic: The Gathering collectable card game has been going for nearly 20 years now, and the various card set expansions have been set on various ‘planes’ of existence, each with their own quirks and characters. Tie-in fiction has been around for years, including previous runs of comics. Independent publisher IDW now holds the rights […]
February 3, 2012
I’ve never been a Marvel Comics fan - I was always a DC boy. The world of Gotham City and the villains that Batman faced were always infinitely more interesting than anything The Hulk, Spiderman or the Fantastic Four were up to. Growing up as a Doctor Who fan, I appreciated a main character who used brains rather than superpowers to save the day. All […]
April 26, 2013
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