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The Rime Of The Modern Mariner By Nick Hayes

Posted in Books, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , on January 21, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Lily Wight

     Updated 21/01/2015

     Recommended reading 🙂

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Dante’s Divine Comedy ~ A Graphic Novel By Seymour Chwast

Posted in Books, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on December 11, 2014| 3 Comments »

Lily Wight

     Updated 11/12/2014     

     Students of English Literature should be eternally grateful for this Graphic Novel adaptation of a core curriculum classic.

     The simple black and white noir-style graphics contemporise the satirical content whilst aiding differentiation between the many realms and circles in Dante’s compelling trawl through a unique afterlife.

     Chwast’s vision is a brief and entertaining read that may just inspire you to seek out – and perhaps better appreciate – Dante’s original.

     More Graphic Novel interpretations of Literary Classics please!

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Fish + Chocolate By Kate Brown

Posted in Books, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , on November 27, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Lily Wight

Updated 27/11/2014

     Recommended reading because Graphic Novels are about more than Superheroes…

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John Constantine, Hellblazer: India

Posted in Books, TV, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on August 6, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Lily Wight

     NBC’s Constantine TV show is set to air on 24th October with Matt Ryan in the lead role so there’s plenty of time to familiarise yourself with Vertigo’s paranormal PI.

     Grubby, British, sociopolitical and astute, Constantine’s adventures will appeal to those who want smarts with their supernatural.

     There are bigger, more epic story arcs than the standalones in this graphic novel collection but time in Constantine’s company is always well spent.

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Please Don’t Put Humpty Together Again

Posted in Books, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , on July 22, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Lily Wight

   

     Updated 22/07/2014

     Billy Majestic’s arresting Graphic Novel, Humpty Dumpty is a Science Fiction/Horror yarn and definitely not recommended for children.

     Vivid colours and smooth digital blending achieve a film-like look; entirely appropriate for a snappy origin tale which plays like a movie storyboard and makes no qualms about its B-Movie intentions.

     Redneck grotesques, small-town cops and ethereal aliens provide familiarity whilst the titular Humpty is an atrocity to remind you of the heyday of direct-to-video prosthetic horrors.  Humpty’s conception and birth stray into uncomfortable exploitation territory but once the monster madness is underway sequels seem both likely and gory good fun.

     For more unique images follow the link to The Gallery.

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Requiem Vampire Knight Vol. 1

Posted in Books, Reviews, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on October 24, 2013| 2 Comments »

     Welcome to the wonderfully audacious and wickedly macabre world of Resurrection; the realm of Requiem, Vampire Knight.

     Nickel Editions Franco-British collaboration features the dark imaginings of Pat Mills (Sláine) and the art of Olivier Ledroit (Black Moon Chronicles) in a wildly addictive graphic novel series best avoided by the faint of heart!

     Volume 1 begins as Nazi war criminal, Heinrich Augsburg is reincarnated as a vampire in an ingeniously inverse Hell dimension; landmasses have switched places with seas of flame and cursed residents grow ever younger and forgetful.  Heinrich’s quest to be reunited with his lost love refuses to pander to any conventional ideas of supernatural romance as war, violence, treachery, occult science and good old-fashioned sexual deviancy tussle for page space.

     The Vampire Knight series (also known as Requiem Chevalier Vampire) is magnificently rendered in such exquisite detail that it demands repeated browsing and there are numerous historical and movie references to discover among the lush design and proliferation of ideas.

Mills’ and Ledroit’s work belongs to an adult audience with a taste for extreme Horror-Fantasy.  The humour is cynical and the banter often falls flat so there is little light relief but it seems churlish to complain when graphic novels simply don’t come any better than this.

 

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The Rime Of The Modern Mariner By Nick Hayes

Posted in Art, Books, Reviews, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on January 29, 2013| 1 Comment »

     Updated 21/01/2015

     Recommended reading 🙂

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Dante’s Divine Comedy ~ A Graphic Novel By Seymour Chwast

Posted in Books, Reviews, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on January 18, 2013| 3 Comments »

     Updated 11/12/2014     

     Students of English Literature should be eternally grateful for this Graphic Novel adaptation of a core curriculum classic.

     The simple black and white noir-style graphics contemporise the satirical content whilst aiding differentiation between the many realms and circles in Dante’s compelling trawl through a unique afterlife.

     Chwast’s vision is a brief and entertaining read that may just inspire you to seek out – and perhaps better appreciate – Dante’s original.

     More Graphic Novel interpretations of Literary Classics please!

Related articles

Read Full Post »

Fish + Chocolate By Kate Brown

Posted in Art, Books, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on January 10, 2013| 1 Comment »

Updated 27/11/2014

     Recommended reading because Graphic Novels are about more than Superheroes…

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Who Would Win? ~ Batman v Spider-Man

Posted in Art, Movies, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on August 17, 2012| 13 Comments »

     Two great comic studios, two iconic superheroes, two summer blockbuster movies ~ who wins?  You decide…

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John Constantine, Hellblazer: India

Posted in Art, Books, TV, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on July 31, 2012| 7 Comments »

     Updated 06/08/2014 – View TV Trailer!

     NBC’s Constantine TV show is set to air on 24th October with Matt Ryan in the lead role so there’s plenty of time to familiarise yourself with Vertigo’s paranormal PI.

     Grubby, British, sociopolitical and astute, Constantine’s adventures will appeal to those who want smarts with their supernatural.

     There are bigger, more epic story arcs than the standalones in this graphic novel collection but time in Constantine’s company is always well spent.

Related articles

Read Full Post »

Please Don’t Put Humpty Together Again

Posted in Books, Macabre, Reviews, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on July 28, 2012| 5 Comments »

   

     Updated 22/07/2014

     Billy Majestic’s arresting Graphic Novel, Humpty Dumpty is a Science Fiction/Horror yarn and definitely not recommended for children.

     Vivid colours and smooth digital blending achieve a film-like look; entirely appropriate for a snappy origin tale which plays like a movie storyboard and makes no qualms about its B-Movie intentions.

     Redneck grotesques, small-town cops and ethereal aliens provide familiarity whilst the titular Humpty is an atrocity to remind you of the heyday of direct-to-video prosthetic horrors.  Humpty’s conception and birth stray into uncomfortable exploitation territory but once the monster madness is underway sequels seem both likely and gory good fun.

     For more unique images follow the link to The Gallery.

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