First thoughts There are often conflicting feelings when a much-loved TV show like Penny Dreadful carries its stories into the comic medium. On one hand, there is excitement over continuing the stories of our favourite characters! On the other, there is the worry that the stories won’t live up to the plans the show had […]
With convention season opening this month, MCM Birmingham Comic Con returns to the Birmingham NEC on 23-24 March for a weekend filled with all things geeky. The biggest comic con in the Midlands, MCM Birmingham comes filled with content for the discerning geek, from exclusive products to an array of special guests, including: Asa Butterfield, […]
New from acclaimed British author and all around nerd Ben Aaronovitch is volume 4 of his graphic novels based of his award winning book series Rivers of London. For those who have not read his work, fear not! One doesn’t need to have read the original books to enjoy this graphic novel series. The world […]
This Summer, comic publisher Devil’s Due will release the first of several comic books by talented creator, Gus Fink. Featuring his collectible ‘Boogily Heads’ line of toys, the original comic book story will centre around a boy who is teleported by a magical portal into the land of Boogilyville, and encounters many creepy creatures who […]
There’re two kinds of people who run roleplay games. The first are those who spend hours creating meticulous maps of all the places their players could possibly visit, spending literally millions of moneys on paper and ink and wasting their own precious, precious time. Stop doing that. Buy this book. The second are those who […]
The Horus Heresy, the long running book series from the Black Library which started in April 2006 with Dan Abnett’s Horus Rising, is coming to an end. The final book of The Horus Heresy will be The Buried Dagger and will be published in 2019. The best selling series of books which tells the story […]
Sci Fi Weekender (SFW) is not your typical science-fiction event (a review of last year’s SFW in the City can be found here). Less of a convention and more of a festival, for one weekend every year, thousands of sci-fi and fantasy fans descend on North Wales for a celebration of all things geek. However, […]
Black Library, Games Workshop’s publishing arm, made an announcement recently which could quite easily have been mistaken for something from satirical website The Daily Mash – A series of books (set in the worlds of 40K and Age of Sigmar aka Warhammer for the old guard) aimed at young kids. Warhammer Adventures is exactly that. […]
Forty years ago today, an earth shattering piece of radio was broadcast for the first time. This revelatory piece of radio was The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.
Good news to all Francophones and Francophiles! The third issue of Porcelain, one of Improper Books’ best known works is now available in French via Éditions Delcourt. Available since the 21st of February, the third installment of this compelling story will most definite cause the same uproar as the previous two installments. Improper Books, which through […]
