It’s a sad time for comics fans as DC Comics announced the end of their Vertigo imprint, which was established in 1993. Vertigo publishes comics aimed at adults, and it has been kept almost entirely separate from the main DC Universe, bar the occasional crossovers in Sandman and Hellblazer, both of which originated in the
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Win tickets to the premiere of documentary Chasing Einstein at the Stratford Picturehouse with our competition! By Poppy-Jay Palmer 08-05-19 1,183 To celebrate the release of Steve Brown and Timothy Wheeler’s provocative new documentary Chasing Einstein, we’re giving away tickets to the UK premiere on 19 May at the Stratford Picturehouse, as part of the SciFi London
Stan Lee, legendary writer, editor and publisher of Marvel Comics, has died aged 95. If you have anything at all to do with comic books or the works they have inspired, you know Stan Lee’s name, you know his face and you know his work. There is no one that has had the same kind
Check out this extremely dramatic trailer for Netflix’s first comic book, The Magic Order By Poppy-Jay Palmer 31-05-18 6,318 Clearly not satisfied with delivering regular doses of excellent original TV and film content, Netflix is venturing into the world of comic books and testing the waters. Its first, The Magic Order, is written by Mark
Originally published and released as part of the quarterly comics hamper ShortBox, Rosemary Valero-O’Connell’s What Is Left is a perfect example of the mini-comic format. Compact and expansive, full of feeling and imagination, the book wrings mystery and meaning out of an intriguing sci-fi premise. In an unspecified future, spaceships are powered by a Memory
Originally Kickstarter-funded and self-published in black-and-white, Kyle Starks’ Kill Them All – a gloriously overblown tribute to action cinema – has now been reissued by Oni Press, sporting an exuberant colour job from Luigi Anderson. A spiritual successor to Starks’ Eisner award-nominated series Sexcastle, Kill Them All sets up a two-pronged narrative before letting all
A perfect seasonal gift for any and all horror obsessives (is there a Halloween equivalent of the stocking filler?), this short, sweet comic is a welcome return to solo-penned stories from Hellboy creator and all-round industry legend Mike Mignola. While the expanded Hellboy universe is still going strong, Mignola has favoured co-writing various spin-offs and