With all the preparations for Free Comic Book Day last weekend, here’s last weeks’ belated Cover of the Week. Despite several popular entries last week including DC’s two fine covers on Earth 2 #1, Dark Horse’s Mind the Gap #1 and Epic Kill #1, Marvel’s X-Factor #235 and the Scarlett Johansson adorned Avengers: Black Widow […]
Comics on sale
It’s FREE COMIC BOOK DAY Today!
Almost like a Comics Christmas, it is once again Free Comic Book Day! Make sure you head in to your nearest ACE Comics store to grab a few free reads and maybe pick up something in the Massive 50p Back Issue Sale. Failing that, there’s always the great selection of comics, graphic novels, action figures, […]
Image Comics Released This Week Sell Out Already!
Image Comics have revealed that two of their titles, Mind The Gap and Epic Kill have sold out and are heading back for reprints. Both titles hit the shelves only a couple of days ago! EPIC KILL #1 Image Comics Hitmen and mercenaries from around the globe are ordered by the President to bring down […]
May The 4th Be With You!
As it is officially Star Wars Day today, why not visit our eBay store and get some Jedi-related literature. For old-school collectors we’ve got the very last issue of the original Marvel series (Star Wars #107) in stock. “Luke Skywalker, Leia Organa, Han Solo, and Dani, together with a mixed team of commandos, including their […]
Concrete Motion Comic
The lovely folks at Dark Horse have uploaded great new motion comic, this time featuring Paul Chadwick’s Concrete. Got six minutes to spare? Give it a view… ACE Advance Order manager Guy recently had this to say about Concrete: “[Concrete is] one of the best creator-owned characters ever…A refreshing change from all of the superhero […]
This Weeks Comics Now On eBay (02/05/12)
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 […]
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 […]