Lobster Johnson: Get the Lobster #1 Story By: Mike Mignola & John Arcudi Art By: Tonci Zonjic Colors By: Dave Stewart Published by: Dark Horse The Golden Age of Comics is a difficult time to revisit. Writers hazard coming off as kitschy or hackneyed even if they bottle some of the spirit. Along the lines …
Hellboy: Midnight Circus Written by Mike Mignola Art by Duncan Fegredo Colors by Dave Stewart Cover by Mike Mignola Published by Dark Horse Comics Hellboy: The Midnight Circus is a flashback tale and if this is your first Hellboy title after seeing the excellent movies then dive right in. You will not be disappointed. Young Hellboy …
The new Richard Corben comic from Dark Horse, The Raven and the Red Death, contains two brand new adaptations of Edgar Allan Poe poetry. With “The Raven,” Corben gets to revisit the Poe classic. Back in December 1974, Corben (along with writer Rich Margopoulos) originally adapted The Raven in a faithful, if reworked here to …
Buzzkill #2 Plot: Donny Cates & Mark Reznicek Writer: Donny Cates Artist: Geoff Shaw Colorist: Lauren Affe Publisher: Dark Horse Wow. Remember the review of Buzzkill #1 where you, dear reader, were told there wasn’t much action? That it didn’t feel like a regular comic? Issue numero dos changes that. Or at least, it changes …
Station to Station Written by Corinna Bechko and Gabriel Hardman Art by Gabriel Hardman Published by Dark Horse From Corina Bechko and Gabriel Hardman comes Station to Station, an ambitious if slightly overstuffed piece of sci fi action. Collecting a story originally printed in Dark Horse Presents #19-21, Station to Station opens with a mysterious …
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 9 #22-24 “The Core”, Parts Two, Three and Four Written by Andrew Chambliss Drawn by Georges Jeanty Inking by Dexter Vines Colours by Michelle Madsen Executive Producer: Joss Whedon Published by Dark Horse Comics Issue #21 of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 9” saw the return of familiar faces Willow …
The Strain: The Fall #1 Written by Dane Lapham Art by Mike Huddleston, Colour by Dan Jackson, Cover by EM Gist Published By Dark Horse If anything defines Guillermo del Toro, it’s enthusiasm and zeal. When he first envisioned The Strain, he saw a television series. When no one was interested, he had to settle …
“Lone Wolf and Cub Omnibus Volume 1” Written by Kazuo Koike Drawn by Goseki Kojima Cover by Frank Miller Published by Dark Horse Manga The Dark Horse Comics imprint Dark Horse Manga may not be one of the giants of North American manga distribution but they make up for their smaller library with consistently and …
Hellboy Library Edition Volume 6 Written by Mike Mignola Art by Mike Mignola, Duncan Fegredo, Richard Corben, Kevin Nowlan, and Scott Hampton Colours by Dave Stewart Cover by Mike Mignola Published by Dark Horse In the recent history of independent comics, it’s hard to argue there’s any character who has joined the main stream quite …
“Angel & Faith” #22 Written by Christos Gage Drawn by Rebekah Isaacs Colouring by Dan Jackson Published by Dark Horse Comics In 2011 when Dark Horse announced that “Buffy Season 9” would be accompanied by a sister series, telling its own story over the same time period as “Buffy”, there was some hesitation amongst fans …
Mister X: Eviction #1 Writer: Dean Motter Artist/Cover: Dean Motter Inker/Colourist: Hamid Bahrami Published by Dark Horse Comics When Mister X first came out of Toronto’s Vortex Comics way back in 1983, who would have dreamed its world could still generate quality stories thirty years later? After all, what dates more quickly than sci-fi depictions …
Ningen’s Nightmares TPB Written by J.P. Kalonji Art by J.P. Kalonji and Colorist Dan Jackson Published by Dark Horse In Ningen’s Nightmares, writer/artist J.P. Kalonji spins a yarn with deep roots in classical Japanese story telling conventions. Expanding on the world developed in 365 Samurai and a Few Bowls of Rice, the plot offers lots …
With Abe Sapien #1, everybody’s second favourite BRPD agent finally gets a chance at a long running series. Unfortunately, this issue does little more than tease vaguely and indistinctly at what’s to come.
Snow Angel Story, Art & Letters: David Chelsea Publisher: Dark Horse Comics It’s supposed to be Spring here in the UK, but you wouldn’t know it. No sooner are we gifted with a pleasant, warm day than the temperature cruelly plummets once more. Flecks of snow drift free and easy across the capital, neither settling …
Wild Rover & The Sacrifice Written and drawn by Michael Avon Oeming With Art by Victor Santos Published by Dark Horse Comics As we’ve learned before, creator owned works can be boom or bust. “Five Weapons” gave us a pretty good example of bust a few weeks ago, but Michael A. Oeming’s new Dark Horse …
Willow – Wonderland #1-5 Written by Christos Gage and Jeff Parker Pencils by Brian Ching Inking by Jason Gorder Colours by Michelle Madsen Covers by David Mack and Megan Lara Published by Dark Horse Comics Willow Rosenberg has long been one of the most cherished, admired, and written about characters in the Buffyverse. Part of …
Sledgehammer 44 # 1 Written by Mike Mignola and John Arcudi Art by Jason Latour Colors by Dave Stewart Cover by Mike Mignola Published by Dark Horse Comics Comics fandom does seem to have taken quite readily to this whole auteurism thing, haven’t they? And very few creators have been as rabidly fetishised more …
Neon Genesis Evangelion Comic Tribute (2013) Published by Dark Horse For many people, the iconic Neon Genesis Evangelion is sort of the holy grail of anime, the series that challenged the medium like no others have, before it or after, which routinely shocked and confused and engrossed fans across its 26 episodes and film tie-ins. …
Authors: Shigeru Miyamoto, Eiji Aonuma, Akira Himekawa Editor: Patrick Thorpe Published by: Dark Horse Comics Its 1986, you find yourself in a forest with no sense of bearing or purpose. You enter a cave; an old man gives you a sword and tells you ‘it’s dangerous to go alone.’ Its 1992, you awake to cries …
Star Wars: The Dark Times – Fire Carrier # 1 Written by Randy Stradley Art by Gabriel Guzman & colourist Garry Henderson Cover by Doug Wheatley Published by Dark Horse While the future of the Star Wars property changes and expands with all the energy and enthusiasm of a tweenage girl at a Twilight screening, …
Orchid: Issues 1-12 Written by Tom Morello Art by Scott Hepburn & Colorist Dan Jackson. Published by Dark Horse Comics If the name Tom Morello sounds familiar it’s probably because over the past 20 years he has been a staple of modern music. From his ear shattering solo’s in a little band called Rage Against …
Star Wars #1 Written by Brian Wood Art by Carlos D’Anda & colorist Gabe Eltaeb. Cover by Alex Ross Published by Dark Horse From 1977 through 1986 Marvel Comics ran the first Star Wars comic book series, a group of books recapping the films in the original trilogy and bridging the gaps between them with …
Dark Horse Directed by Todd Solondz Written by Todd Solondz 2011, USA An intimate dark comedy, Dark Horse, by director Todd Solondz (Welcome To The Dollhouse, Happiness), is a surprise simply because it marks the filmmaker’s most heartwarming movie, making it a more mainstream-friendly affair than his other films. Unfortunately, it is also not as …