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Starcraft

By Andy • Sep 2nd, 2010 • Category: 2010, 3 stars, 3 stars, 3 stars, D'Anda, Carlos, Dallocchio, Federico, Denham, Brian, Furman, Simon, Miller, Mike S., Review, Science fiction, Titan Books, WildStorm

Starcraft fans can now read the comic as well as play the game, as Simon Furman sends a group of mercenaries on a tricky assassination mission



Prime Baby

By Andy • Aug 31st, 2010 • Category: 2010, 3 stars, 3 stars, 4 stars, First Second, Humour, Review, Science fiction, Yang, Gene Luen, Yang, Gene Luen

Like many six-year-olds before him, Thaddeus suspects his baby sister might be an alien. Unlike most six-year-olds however, Thaddeus might be right.



New British Comics 2

By Andy • Aug 23rd, 2010 • Category: 2010, Anthology, Polygo Books, Review, Various, Various

New British Comics is an anthology offering a quick glimpse of some up-and-coming British comics talent



Scott Pilgrim 2: Scott Pilgrim vs the World

By Andy • Aug 4th, 2010 • Category: 2005, 3 stars, 4 stars, 4 stars, Action, Fourth Estate, Humour, Manga, O'Malley, Bryan Lee, O'Malley, Bryan Lee, Oni Press, Review, Romance, Scott Pilgrim

The second volume in Bryan Lee O’Malley’s Scott Pilgrim series sees our hero taking on the second of Ramona’s evil ex-boyfriends



Tank Girl Two

By Andy • Jul 29th, 2010 • Category: 2 stars, 2009, 3 stars, 4 stars, Action, Hewlett, Jamie, Humour, Martin, Alan, Review, Tank Girl, Titan Books

More anarchic comics from the early 1990s as Jamie Hewlett and Alan Martin delve deep into the Tank Girl archives



Scott Pilgrim 1: Scott Pilgrim’s Precious Little Life

By Andy • Jul 14th, 2010 • Category: 2004, 4 stars, 5 stars, 5 stars, Fourth Estate, Humour, Manga, O'Malley, Bryan Lee, O'Malley, Bryan Lee, Oni Press, Review, Romance, Scott Pilgrim

Beat the movie-goers to a bit of Scott Pilgrim, in this first volume of the six-book series



Unbeatable 2: Hotter than Hell

By Andy • Jul 11th, 2010 • Category: 2010, 3 stars, 3 stars, 4 stars, Fantasy, Gomez, Carlos, Razor Wolf Entertainment, Review, Unbeatable, Wolf, Matthias

Heimen Dale’s battles against the world’s greatest warriors come to an abrupt halt, only to be replaced by demons from Hell



City of Abacus, The

By Andy • Jul 7th, 2010 • Category: One to watch, no-affiliate

Singer-songwriter VV Brown joins a growing tradition of musicians moving into comics with a dystopian sci-fi thriller



Batman & Robin: Batman Reborn

By Andy • Jul 4th, 2010 • Category: 2010, 4 stars, 4 stars, 4 stars, Batman, Batman & Robin, DC Comics, Morrison, Grant, Quitely, Frank, Review, Superhero, Tan, Philip, Titan Books

Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely reboot Batman & Robin to fantastic effect



Wilson

By Andy • Jun 30th, 2010 • Category: 2010, 4 stars, 4 stars, 4 stars, Clowes, Daniel, Clowes, Daniel, Drawn & Quarterly, Humour, Jonathan Cape, Literary, Review, Tragedy

Daniel Clowes takes us on another uncomfortable journey through human dysfunction