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Khaled Abou Alfa

Khaled Abou Alfa has written 105 posts for Splash Panel

The Nightly News

The first proper content on this site in a while and a slight shift in the way I will be reviewing graphic novels you can now download the enhanced Splash Panel podcast. Hopefully these will come out as a minimum of once a week, however if I get into the groove and am really firing […]

Comics Village

Comics Village seems to be a collection of guys and gals who contributed to the excellent Borderline Magazine. Loads of a great reviews and articles. There is something lacking about the design of the website to be honest but i guess i honestly can’t complain since I’ve been sitting on my design for this site […]

Description

Splash Panel is a reviews and news website dedicated to the graphic novel medium. The traditional comic book industry is changing. Thousands out there are converting their reading habits from the monthly grind of the pamphlet to something more substantial, 120 page book that sits on your shelf, that contains in one place a complete […]

GN Release - 07th November of 2007

Whenever I get the chance, I usually take the diamond weekly comics list, edit it and only show the trade paperbacks and the original graphic novels. Then I throw my two cents about what people should consider getting this week.
JUL070056 EDEN VOL 9 ITS AN ENDLESS WORLD TP (MR) $12.95
God I’m behind on this exceptional […]

MIKE WIERINGO - RIP

When I read about Mike’s sudden death, I was seriously shocked and actually upset about it. Although I’ve never met the man, I genuinely enjoyed his work emmensely and always looked forward to seeing his stuff. For those in the dark Mike was a great character designer and instilled a great deal of fun in […]

Superpowers

Superpowers interview with Alex Ross. The new series from the creators of Earth X. New series from Dynamite Entertainment. The first book I got from Dynamite was Lone Ranger, which I really enjoyed a lot. This seems to have a lot of energy which is a good thing. And the fact that it’s got both […]

The New Frontier Animated Movie

Justice League | The New Frontier Animated movie is hitting shelves next year, and I’ve got to say based on this little preview clip, I’m actually intregued to buy the book this week and really looking forward to seeing the movie. It’s the first DC animated movie that I want to watch and it’s nice […]

The Other Side

I don’t know what prompted me to actually buying this on Saturday. I was in the store, and I’ve got to say that there was a huge amount of books that were all vying for my attention, but for some reason the fact that this book was nominated for an Eisner really made me sit […]

Eisner Winners 2007

The Eisners are the comic book equivalent of the Oscars. The winners have been posted. The full list of nominated entries can be found here. The full results are found below, with commentary by me for the categories of particular interesting:
Best Short Story
“A Frog’s Eye View,” by Bill Willingham and James Jean, in Fables: 1001 […]

Comicon International 2007

Loads of news coming out of San Diego this weekend, where the biggest Anglophone comic book convention is currently underway. Sunday is the last day of the convention. Here’s a collection of thoughts on the news that I’ve found interesting:
Dark Horse Presents Returns
Seems that the little anthology that could is coming back, but not […]