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Perla La Loca

By • Jan 31st, 2012 • Category: 2008, 4 stars, 4 stars, 4 stars, Fantagraphics, Hernandez, Jaime, Hernandez, Jaime, Literary, Love & Rockets, Love and Rockets - Jaime Hernandez, Review, Titan Books

We catch up with some classic Love and Rockets comics, checking in on Maggie, Hopey and the gang



Frank Book, The

By • Jan 26th, 2012 • Category: 2003, 4 stars, 4 stars, 4 stars, Fantagraphics, Frank, Literary, Review, Woodring, Jim, Woodring, Jim

Nearly ten years after it was first published, Jim Woodring’s The Frank Book is back in print



House that Groaned, The

By • Jan 22nd, 2012 • Category: 2012, 4 stars, 5 stars, 5 stars, Fransman, Karrie, Fransman, Karrie, Literary, Review, Square Peg

Karrie Fransman’s debut graphic novel is a fantastic and fanciful peak behind the closed doors of an eccentric set of suburban flat-dwellers



Fevre Dream

By • Jan 18th, 2012 • Category: 2011, 4 stars, 5 stars, 5 stars, Abraham, Daniel, Avatar, Horror, Lopez, Rafa, Martin, George R. R., Review, Titan Books

This adaptation of George R. R. Martin’s Mississipi vampire novel isn’t shy of bloodshed, but also carries an intricate, sophisticated plot



Like a Sniper Lining Up His Shot

By • Jan 15th, 2012 • Category: 2011, 4 stars, 4 stars, 5 stars, Action, Adaptation, Fantagraphics, Manchette, Jean-Patrick, Review, Tardi, Jacques, Tardi, Jacques, Thriller

Jacques Tardi’s adaptation of a dark, brutal and utterly compelling thriller



XIII 3: All the Tears of Hell

By • Jan 10th, 2012 • Category: 2011, 3 stars, 4 stars, 4 stars, Action, Cinebook, Review, Thriller, Van Hamme, Jean, Vance, William, XIII

A change of pace for XIII, as he finds himself locked in a high-security prison



Tank Girl: Bad Wind Rising

By • Jan 7th, 2012 • Category: 2012, 3 stars, 3 stars, 3 stars, Action, Dayglo, Rufus, Humour, Martin, Alan, Review, Tank Girl, Titan Books

Tank Girl is back, with a creative line-up that brings a rush of nostalgia



Antares: Episode 1

By • Jan 2nd, 2012 • Category: 2011, 4 stars, 4 stars, 4 stars, Antares, Cinebook, LEO, LEO, Review, Science fiction, Worlds of Aldebaran, The

The third arc in the Worlds of Aldebaran series sees the colonisation of a brand new and thoroughly lethal planet



Neonomicon

By • Dec 27th, 2011 • Category: 2011, 4 stars, 4 stars, 4 stars, Avatar, Burrows, Jacen, Horror, Moore, Alan, Review, Titan Books

The Courtyard and Neonomicon, Alan Moore’s homage to H. P. Lovecraft, collected together in a single volume



Cradlegrave

By • Dec 15th, 2011 • Category: 2000AD, 2011, 4 stars, 4 stars, 4 stars, Bagwell, Edmund, Horror, Rebellion, Review, Smith, John

Hoodies meet horror in this disturbing story from the pages of 2000AD