Week #30, 22 to go! The covers splashed across the shelves this week had a few fine examples among them. The most notable were X-Treme X-Men #1 by Julian Totino Tedesco, Winter Soldier #8 by Steve Epting, Arthur Adams’ encounter with the Avengers on Secret Avengers #29 and a fine Garrus Vakarian portrait on the […]
Staff Picks
Download Illuminations and see the new series beginning in October
The brand new edition of Illuminations is available for download now! This month you’ll find the massive amount of the major publisher’s new titles debuting with an issue #1 in October, plus our pick of new graphic novels and collected editions, recommended reading, Watchmen, our first ‘Have Your Say’ letter (thanks Neil) and Biff’s bit! […]
Cover of the Week #29
There were a few covers that leapt out at us this week. Some of us love a good Beatles pastiche and were pleasantly surprised to see Knights of the Dinner Table #187 on the shelves, complete with ‘Yellow Submarine‘ inspired cover. Also of not this week was Fiona Staples‘ work on the front of Saga […]
Cover of the Week #27
Time to reveal the collective ACE Comics choice for Cover of the Week. As usual, there were a number of great covers this week, ranging from the standard action shots to interesting uses of characters, shapes and styles. Particular favourites were the classically posed He-Man and the Masters of the Universe #1 by Philip Tan […]
Comics You Should Read: Fatale
FATALE Along with wonderful artist Sean Phillips, legendary crime comics writer Ed Brubaker introduced the surprise hit comic book Fatale in January 2012. This ‘supernatural noir comic book’ begins at the funeral of Dominic Raines, a writer of ‘awful detective novels’ and godfather to Nicolas Lash, to whom he has also left his estate. Here, […]
New titles debuting this September in ‘Illuminations’
Six month’s down the line and it’s new Illuminations time. This month get a look at DC’s massive New 52 Issue #0 event along with all the other major publishers’ series beginning in September, plus a host of great new graphic novels and collected editions, staff picks, the Walking Dead and Biff’s bit. Happy reading… […]
Cover of the Week #25
Noteable runners up for this week’s Cover of the Week included the rather nice ‘Bond-esque’ Winter Soldier #7 by Steve Epting, Batman Beyond Unlimited #5 by Dustin Nguyen and any number of the great Mars Attacks #1 card set covers. But winning at a canter was… …X-Factor #238 by David Yardin. Rather Mondrian indeed! Congrats […]
Cover of the Week #24
Week #24 featured a whole host of great artwork spread across our comic books. Despite a strong challenge from the beautiful Arkham Unhinged #3 by Dave Wilkins, and a retro-tinged Deadpool #56 by Dave Johnson, the winner of Cover of the Week for week 24 is… Before Watchmen: Silk Spectre #1 by Amanda Conner! Congrats […]
(Belated) Cover of the Week #23
The Jubilee week saw a few great covers dropping into our reading pile, with noteable mentions going to Tony Millionaire for his awesome Popeye #2 variant and the interesting composition of X-Factor #237 by David Yardin, but Cover of the Week #23 has gone to… …Hulk #53 by Dale Eaglesham! Congrats to Dale and Marvel, […]
Spider-Man’s 50 year history covered by Marcos Martin
Amazing Fantasy #15 was published in August 1962 and featured a new superhero. Whether they knew it at the time or not, this hero – Spider-Man – would go on to become one of the most iconic and admired heroes in the history of comics. Marvel have been marking Spider-Man’s 50th Anniversary with various events […]
Cover of the Week #22
There were a few possibilities for Cover of the Week #22 last week. DC’s Batman Annual #1 by Jason Fabok with it’s great use of Mr. Freeze imagery, DC Vertigo’s corset heavy New Deadwardians #3 by Ian Culbard, IDW’s Monocyte #4 by Menton3 was very striking and Marvel had Incredible Hulk #8 by Michael Komarck […]
Some bank holiday reading in Illuminations
Just in time for the bank holiday, we have June’s Illuminations showcasing the major publisher’s brand new series debuting in August. There is also a look at Batman: Knightfall in ‘History Books’, staff picks, ‘Novel Ideas’ and the always insightful ‘Biff’s Bit’. Take a gander and download below: Previous issues are available here.