Filed under: Comic Reviews, IDW Comics | Tags: Ben Templesmith, Damien Worm, Frankenstein's Monster, IDW, Jack the Ripper, Menton3, Steve Niles
The latest release from IDW sees Steve Niles merge two well known characters in issue #1 of Monster & Madman. Billed as a “secret history of Jack the Ripper and Frankenstein’s Monster” the mere mention of Niles’ name on this had me pretty sure it was going to be on my pull list.
Filed under: Comic Reviews, IDW Comics | Tags: 30 Days of Night, Criminal Macabre, IDW, Menton3, Monocyte, Robots, Steve Niles, Vampires
A grim post-apocalyptic world is laid out by writer Steve Niles & artist Menton3 in IDW’s latest release….and with a tagline that includes ‘Vampires versus Robots’ – it all sounds pretty damn cool to me.
Issue 3 of Monocyte from creators Menton3 and Kasra Ghanbari is out on 21st March and promises a further 36 page fine art horror fest. It boasts 3 wraparound covers. Cover A by Menton 3 is the headline image above. Cover B by Ben Templesmith (Fell, 30 Days of Night, Wormwood) is below: Continue reading
All too often I come back from my local shop with a huge stack of comics and devour them furiously, one after the other. With the many spin-off titles and big ticket characters appearing in the multitude of books, they can easily blur together and become forgettable. Sure, I can remember story details and hold a conversation about ‘what Cap did next’ just as well as the next reader, but I’ve been getting a little jaded when it comes to feeling my comics. The comic book that imparts a real feeling that stays with you, long after you’ve read it, is getting rarer than ever. I suppose that’s why I took so much notice of Monocyte. Continue reading
Filed under: Comic Reviews, IDW Comics | Tags: IDW, Kasra Ghanbari, Menton3, Monocyte
30 Days of Night, particularly in its infancy was one of the top horror comics around, so when I hear that IDW are planning something else in the scary vein both my interest and my expectations are understandably high.
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