By Comix Kids are weird. They smell weird, they say weird shit, and, if Christmas movies are to be believed, they have the power to make wishes come true through the magic of innocence. But nothing is weirder than a kid’s imaginary friend, who could be anything from a rainbow goldfish to a talking rock […]
By Comix Sometimes, the strangest stories come from the most humble of people. What could at one moment be a sweet tale of childhood innocence can quickly turn into one of horror in a world a thousand miles beyond redemption. Sweet Tooth is exactly that kind of comic. It is a story of brutality and […]
Review by Annie Riordan So I’m going camping this summer. Actually, I went camping last summer, but it doesn’t count because #1 – I didn’t know I was going camping and #2 – it turned into an epic clusterfuck, which ended with me wading through knee-high pools of rainwater in my pajamas in search of […]
By Keri O’Shea Daniel Gates is what you would call a fixer – a man of ways and means, someone who works to acquire rare artefacts for people whose conventional methods have turned up nothing. He does this for a steep fee, of course, but he is good at what he does. When he successfully […]
By Comix Every comic company has one: some strange creature forever creeping in the back issues of long forgotten comics, popping up occasionally in an obscure reference only to sink back down into the depths of imagination. A creation that demands unflinching dedication to its story, a reflection not only of the worlds ills, but […]
By Comix John Constantine is one of those characters that refuses to be tamed, like a beautiful, sexy stallion with a cockney accent and a pack-a-day habit. Forever getting in and out of trouble, the trench coat-wearing magick user has been part of the DC/Vertigo (and more recently DC 52) universe for as long as […]
By Comix Comics and moral corruption have gone hand and hand for as long there have been youth to corrupt. Any writer with a bit of chutzpah in their inkwell have faced the slings and arrows of censorship. From the early 1940’s-50’s horror magazines that got shut down after the code to modern horror banned […]
Review by Oliver Longden Blood Fugue is one of those strange novels that falls somewhere between a set of existing horror tropes without ever quite managing to capture the essence of any of them. Jimmy Kerrigan is a reclusive writer with a profound fear of the dark living in an isolated mountain community in America. […]
By Comix If you’ve only acquainted yourself with The Punisher through the movies, then shame on you. Well, not really, the movies were pretty bad-ass, but there is so much more to the man that Thomas Jane’s well toned abs and well timed quips. The Punisher is the original bad-ass of Marvel comics, the first […]
Review by Comix Steve Ditko is a man who gets around. Not only is he considered to be one of the most influential artists in the comic industry, but he is also responsible for creating such huge characters like Spider-man and Dr. Strange and contributing heavily to Iron Man and The Hulk. He is a […]
By Comix I don’t think I need to tell you that Japan is chock full of comics. I mean, just an outrageous amount of comics. From convenience stores to bus stations to comic cafes, you can literally spend your entire day reading the things and still accomplish everything you need to do. With manga hitting the […]