Alan Davis ‘assists’ on Astonishing X-Men; and the effect of double-shipping on artists
By Steve Morris
As spotted by Jarrod on the CBR forums (hi Jarrod!), a Mike Perkins fight sequence from next week's Astonishing X-Men #55 clearly...
Lots of great books still coming up October & November
...or at least in the UK. Forbidden Planet has a preview of October & November comics and it includes a pretty amazing line-up of...
Preview: Amelia Cole and the Unknown World #3
Monkeybrain Comics continues its spot on releases with the upcoming AMELIA COLE AND THE UNKNOWN WORLD #3. As one of the launch titles for...
First Look: Claudia's Story by Anne Rice and Ashley Witter
Among fall's many anticipated releases, INTERVIEW WITH A VAMPIRE: CLAUDIA'S STORY is an interesting twist on the graphic novel anticipation. Although Anne Rice's ...
Shadowman's "Blackout" Cover and The Eternal Warrior at Baltimore
By Todd Allen
Valiant's roll out continues. If you're familiar with the original, you caught an Eternal Warrior reference in the first issues of Archer and...
Preview: The Nao Of Brown
Glyn Dillon marks his return to comics with the stunning release of THE NAO OF BROWN, a graphic novel that is shockingly different to his previous work with Vertigo. A sweeping story of a "hafu"(half Japanese and half English) young woman by the name of Nao, Dillon explores her unique form of OCD, one in which she constantly has violent and gruesome fantasies of deaths around. At the core of Nao's self exploration is a search for perfect love, and what she finds is that the real world is as warped and convoluted as her own morbid imaginings.
Preview: Popeye #4
Apropos of absolutely nothing apart from it just made me laugh, cackle and cough, here are some preview pages for issue #4 of IDW's Popeye...
Preview: Think Tank #2 by Hawkins and Ekedal
Top Cow's President Matt Hawkins has gone back to the keyboard as the co-creator and writer of THINK TANK, an ongoing B&W series about a government scientist who starts coming up with some tech that is too hot to handle. The artist is Rahsan Ekedal, who previously drew ECHOES and THE CRAZIES for Top Cow. The book is part of their more experimental Minotaur line, and so far it's a pretty taut thriller. Issue #2 comes out next week. Here's a preview of issue #1.
Preview: The Odyssey by Seymour Chwast
Revered designer Seymour Chwast has been romping in the graphic novel field of late, with his own versions of The Divine Comedy and The Canterbury Tales. Now he's doing The Odyssey...and here's a sample, in the dread Issu format.
Preview: Pope Hats #3
Ethan Rilly's POPE HATS is a throwback to the golden era of indie comic books—a time undreamed of when LOVE AND ROCKETS and EIGHTBALL and HATE and YUMMY FUR came out every two months or so, and the comics periodical was an actual discrete unit of entertainment. It's also a reference to the finely observed, beautifully drawn comics...and yeah, it only comes out once a year or so, but it's worth waiting for.
Preview: Angie Wang for SP7 Alt. Comics Tribute to GARO Manga
Amid a flurry of controversy over the Kickstarter for this Garo tribute, Angie was kind enough to pass over her contribution, titled "The Teacup Tree," a whimsical tale of the coming of age and the tragic loss of imaginary friends.
Nice art: HAWKEYE #2 and the sweet archery of David Aja
Stately Beat Manor approves of David Aja art. Click for larger images.
HAWKEYE #2, written by Matt Fraction with art and cover by Aja, goes on sale September 5.













