Graphic Novels
Latest Review: The Field on the Edge of the Woods – Book 1
Just beyond the final breath of our years, lies a field ... The field on the Edge of the Woods. To the north, The Great White Wall, a beacon of hope on a remorseless landscape, and to the south ... The Woods, the dark twisted closet of the world ... a place that never forgives, and never forgets.
Latest Review: Gunnerkrigg Court
Meet Antimony Carver- a precocious and preternaturally self-possessed young girl, studying at gloomy Gunnerkrigg Court – a very British boarding school, albeit one which includes robots, body-snatching demons, forest gods, and the odd mythical creature! Now follow Antimony through her orientation year at Gunnerkrigg Court: the people she meets, the strange things that happen, and the things she causes to happen as she and her new best friend, Kat, unravel the mysteries of the Court and deal with the everyday trials of growing up. The popular and multiple award-winning webcomic by British writer Tom Siddell is collected in print for the first time!
Latest Review: Dark Wraith of Shannara
Science has become an outmoded concept, in its place magic is born as
a power source in the world of Shannara where Elves, Gnomes, Trolls
and Dwarves, even men have tried using it to bring order to that
world. In Terry Brooks' tale The Sword of Shannara, Brona a druid was
lured by a dark and evil power known as Ildatch wanting to overthrow
the other races and make them his slaves, but the druid Allanon had
other ideas for enlisting the help of Shea Ohmsford, of the Shannara
Elves to recover the great sword of truth and defeat the warlock lord.
Latest Review: Darkblade: Book 2 - World of Blood
Continuing from the last volume, Malus Darkblade this time is on a new quest to reclaim his soul and wreak vengeance on the demon Tz'arkan who put him in this awful predicament in the first place. This second helping sees Malus journey to the glass tower of the warlock Sithras Elgol, taking with him a band of men who battle, yet fall to their deaths at the sorcerer’s mercy, though Malus still stands alive and well, shouting obscenities at the one who stands in his way, Sithras. He knows only too well of Malus's ruthlessness and his quest for riches, but also he knows of his soul, lost and yet soon to be regained. To do so, he tells Malus to take the warp gem as it will reunite his soul to be one with his body again. Another thing he needs are the runes carved on Sithras's back, but he takes both things in a manner in keeping with his sinister personality.
Latest Review: Darkblade: Born of Blood
The graphic novel, drawn with the use of a computer has the look of both natural and computer media to get the overall effect showing how slick it is even though there are parts that look painterly. The novel is easy reading whether or not the reader is clued up on the Warhammer world, and it will leave the reader waiting to get to the next volume.
Gunnerkrigg Court
Gunnerkrigg Court is a webcomic by Tom Siddell that updates three times a week on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. It has been critically acclaimed by writers like Neil Gaiman and has won multiple Web Cartoonists’ Choice Awards including Outstanding Environment Design and Outstanding Dramatic Comic.
“I wish that Antimony Carver and her adventures and mysteries and myths, not to mention her school, had been around when I was a boy, to shape and warp and twist my growing mind but I don’t think you could ever grow too old to delight in Gunnerkrigg Court.”
Neil Gaiman
For more information, visit www.gunnerkrigg.com.
Fablewood Anthology
The Fablewood Anthology is a collection of short stories designed to re-introduce the magic of fantasy to comics. Fantasy as a genre is frequently presented and celebrated as tales of sword and sorcery, with epic heroes, diabolic villains, and terrifying monsters. Magic is not just spells and wizards, however - it can also refer to a feeling, an experience, or even a single panel on a page.
The Fablewood Anthology presents an amazing collection of stories that are inspired by fantasy and strive to restore a sense of magic and wonder to the genre by capturing the hearts and imaginations of readers of all ages. The anthology offers a range of stories, from a tale featuring the Greek hero Achilles, to a child searching for his dead parents, to a shadow striving for the impossible dream of seeing the sun! The anthology format allows creators to tell a broad range of stories with a wealth of themes and moods, from Lovecraftian-inspired horror to the bumbling-protagonist humor, and from the dark stranger on a lonely road mystery to tug-at-the-heart romance. Quality stories combined with compelling art can create a magical experience for readers, and this is the goal at the heart of this collection.
The Fablewood Anthology boasts an impressive and diverse roster of contributors, including fiction authors, webcomic creators, and established comic industry professionals (such as INVINCIBLE's Ryan Ottley). Presented by the devoted team at Ape Entertiainment, the Fablewood Anthology has support and enthusiasm from top to bottom, with everyone sharing the same goal of offering a unique reading experience for both seasoned fans of fantasy and the casual comics reader.
