For those of you who don’t like to preorder your comics, this weeks’ delivery is now listed in our eBay store, along with thousands of other issues. Titles include… 2000AD Prog #1781 30 DAYS OF NIGHT (Ongoing) #7 ACTION COMICS #9 – New 52 ACTION COMICS #9 – New 52 – Rags Morales Variant Cover […]
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Comics You Should Read: The Shadow #1
THE SHADOW #1 Dynamite have hit the ground running with the relaunch of The Shadow, the comic based on the 1930’s pulp hero. The title has garnered great reviews, including one from a certain ‘Biff’ who predicted it’s success in Illuminations: “One of my all time favourite pulp characters that for some reason never quite […]
Pat McCallum on Earth Two (which is out today)
# It’s only been nine months since the whole DC continuity was reset and restarted from number one – in order to tie up all loose ends / multiple universes / etc and get everybody on the same page. Now, this week, sees the new launch of Earth Two. With DC treading these waters once […]
This Week’s Comics (2nd May 2012)
These titles are due to hit the shelves on Wednesday 2nd May 2012! DIAL H #1 DC Comics A brand new series by bestselling and Hugo award winning novelist Chinas Mieville. What would happen if you discovered the H Dial, an unbelievably powerful artifact that turned you into a super hero? And what if you […]
Beautiful Cover Work from Rafael Grampá
Editor Karen Berger has been looking at the fantastic cover artwork for Dominique Laveau from Brazilian artist Rafael Grampá. “A few years ago, Brazilian artist, Rafael Grampá elusively arrived on the American comics scene. And before you knew it, Mesmo Delivery, his graphic novel was published by Dark Horse, and he won an Eisner award […]
DC Artists comment on ‘Resurrection Man’ and ‘The Ravagers’
DC have spoken this week with artists Ian Churchill, Jesus Saiz and Andres Guinaldo about The Ravagers and Resurrection Man Ian Churchill: “I was as shocked as anyone when Howard [Mackie] decided to make Ridge British; it certainly wasn’t anything to do with me, but as far as I’m aware there aren’t many British characters […]
Creating a B.P.R.D. Comic Book cover with Duncan Fegredo
Dark Horse have put up a great article on the creation process involed when creating a comic book cover. Duncan Fegredo talks us through his process… “A bit of rejigging to create space and define the volcano a little more.” “Art scanned and digitally cleaned up. My work is done—over to Dave Stewart.” “The final […]
The Masterplan(etoid)
Planetoid, the brand new series from Image Comics by Ken Garing, is due in June and they’ve provided a heads-up on what to expect. The story revolves around space smuggler Silas, who crash-lands on a living, metal planet. “The world of Planetoid is that of a vast, abandoned industrial landscape,” said Garing. “The story, however, […]
DC talk ‘Dial H’, ‘GI Combat / The War That Time Forgot’
More artist chat on the DC site. This time Mateus Santolouco and Ariel Olivetti comment on Dial H and GI Combat / The War That Time Forgot… Santolouco: “Artwise, I have a lot of freedom to help with the adaptation of his master writing– dynamic and at the same time rough, almost horror-like, way of […]
Cover of the Week #17!
Cover of the Week was a feature we used to run on the ACE Comics website, and we’ve decided to bring it back! By our calendar, this week is the 17th week of 2012, so that’s where we’ll start. There was some amazing artwork displayed on the covers of our comic books this week. Exile […]
Indepth with Carbon Grey
As detailed in April’s Illuminations, amongst the Image listings, there is a new series of Carbon Grey due to be released this June. Image Comics have looked a little further into the project which was funded with a Kickstarter campaign which reached its funding goal on April 14. They spoke with Hoang Nguyen about the […]
Usagi Yojimbo in Motion!
Dark Horse are continuing with their trend of releasing free-to-air motion comics. This week, it’s the turn of everyone’s favourite ronin, Usagi Yojimbo, so feel free to spend the next few minutes appreciating Stan Sakai’s genius below… Full story.