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The Nightly News

By Khaled Abou Alfa ⋅ March 24, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

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 […]

Kabuki Daily

By Khaled Abou Alfa ⋅ August 21, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

I’ve spoken about the purely sublime series Kabuki when I reviewed Circle of Blood. Now you can start reading this series on a daily basis for free. That’s a pretty good deal if you ask me for one of the best stories ever written (by a 21 year old David Mack, no less). You’ve seriously […]

DeathNote

By Khaled Abou Alfa ⋅ August 15, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

Jasmina, who’s the BIGGEST Otaku I’ve ever met in my life pointed me out to this manga series called ‘DeathNote’ The idea alone made me excited to read this. It’s basically about a boy called Kira who gets a book, whereby any name he scribbles down will be killed. He makes it his duty to […]

Blacksad -Somewhere Within the Shadows

By Khaled Abou Alfa ⋅ March 4, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

Blacksad is probably one of , if not the very best anthropomorphic graphic novels currently on the stands, if ever published. I know this might sound like hyperbole, but in this case it would be a fact. Not trying to pigeon hole it or anything I’ll even go a little further and say that it’s […]

100 Bullets | First Shot, Last Call

By Khaled Abou Alfa ⋅ February 21, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

Listen closely because I’m about to introduce you to one of the greatest graphic novel series to ever be published. This isn’t hyperbole, this is fact. If you’re looking for a series that keeps you thinking and questioning what just happened after you’ve put the book down then this is the book for you. See […]

Point Blank

By Khaled Abou Alfa ⋅ December 10, 2005 ⋅ Post a comment

Point Blank is a story set in the Wildstorm Universe. I’m a massive fan as I’ve been reading and following this Universe for nearly 10 years now. I’ve see some amazing art from the studio (Jim Lee, Whilice Portacio, Adam Hughes, Lee Bermejo, Carlos D’Anda) and been given some highly entertaining stories from the likes […]

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