Archive for January, 2006

Serenity | Those Left Behind

Sunday, January 29th, 2006

Dark Horse has provided one of the most perfect packages of a licensed product in a very very long time. In fact I can’t remember when I thought a licensed story had so much going for it. You see this particular 3 issue comic book actually matters in the grand scheme of things that are [...]

GN Release – 25th January 2006

Tuesday, January 24th, 2006

As always if you guys and gals have anything to add to this list please feel free to give me a shout. Always on the look out for more interesting things.
A TRIP TO RUNDBERG GN $11.95
AIR THE MOTION PICTURE SC $47.99
AKIBA MOE MANIAX SC [...]

Ultimate Annuals

Monday, January 23rd, 2006

I just finished reading this last night. This collects the first 4 annuals from the Ultimate Universe under one cover; the cover btw is by Bryan Hitch. It’s not a bad cover, just that Hitch has done better than this, far better. Still it’s got most of the characters in there and it’s an action [...]

Splash Panel Schedule

Monday, January 23rd, 2006

I’ve decided to change the format of updates on Splash Panel. From now on I’m going to mix things up a bit. This is the future schedule:
Monday – Graphic Novel Review(s)
Tuesday – Comic this Week in Graphic Novels (list of graphic novels being released that day)
Wednesday – Graphic Novel Review(s)
Thursday – Graphic Novel Review(s)
Friday – [...]

Previews Graphic Novel Reviews | March 2006

Thursday, January 19th, 2006

This review is seriously late as I actually started it around 2 weeks ago, but to say I’ve been busy is an understatement. So I’ll post what I went through right now and make sure I dedicate some time properly every month for this. Every month the Previews Catalogue comes out that gives all the [...]

30 Days of Night | Volume 1

Thursday, January 19th, 2006

The book that put Steve Niles and Ben Templesmith on the comics book map. If I remember correctly, the story goes that Steve and Ben decided to work on something inbetween another project. They had a couple of months to kill inbetween stuff and so Steve had this idea. Strange how the simplest ideas sometimes [...]

Creative Voices

Wednesday, January 18th, 2006

I’ve been reading comic books since I was a wee lad. Until I started reading superhero comics when I was around 13 or 14 years old I didn’t actually put two and two together regarding the people behind comic books and the illustrations. That there was someone behind the story, the pencils and the inks, [...]

GN Release – 18th January 2006

Tuesday, January 17th, 2006

Damn that’s a pretty small week for graphic novels and trades. That’s actually kind of good news because we had far too many releases for the end of the year. As always if you think I should really be picking up something that I simply skimmed over don’t be shy now, this is about me [...]

Splash Panel Explained

Monday, January 16th, 2006

Well now that Scrivs has made the proper announcement regarding Splash Panel’s inclusion into the 9rules Network, I’d like to welcome all those new faces looking for Graphic Novel news, reviews and commentary. I’m going to give everyone a heads up and introduction to Splash Panel so you know what the deal is, so here’s [...]

Lex Luthor | Man of Steel

Monday, January 16th, 2006

Gearing up to the forthcoming movie, DC seems to be pulling ALL the stops with regards to Superman and his little Universe. They’ve gone and made me excited about a Lex Luthor comic for the love of god. So what makes this 5 issue mini-series a special treat? I’ve got two names for you, Brian [...]

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