Category Archives: Graphic novels

What’s Better Than Giant Robots Fighting Giant Monsters?

Posted on Monday, December 6, 2010 by Robert Hood

Answer: Not much! Writer Michael May of Michael May’s Adventureblog — in itself a must-visit resource for those into comic art — is currently involved in a free web-comic called Kill All Monsters! It has nothing to do with Godzilla … Continue reading →

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Of Monsters, Banana Burritos and the King

Posted on Saturday, November 6, 2010 by Robert Hood

After the success of their comic series Robot 13, writer Thomas Hall and artist Daniel Bradford of Blacklist Studios have branched out with a second series, this one looking at monster fighting from a different perspective — different in terms … Continue reading →

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Godzilla Gets Inked

Posted on Tuesday, October 12, 2010 by Robert Hood

Word is out that the King of the Giant Monsters will not only be appearing on-screen in 2012 in Legendary Pictures’ much anticipated attempt to make a successful US film featuring Japan’s most iconic kaiju, but also has been inveigled … Continue reading →

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G’94 Risen!

Posted on Sunday, February 21, 2010 by Robert Hood

So a few days ago, we showed you Todd Tennant’s latest picture — of Godzilla rising — for his graphic novelisation of the rejected Ted Elliott/Terry Rossio 1994 Godzilla screenplay. Well, I can’t resist! Here’s the follow-up (click on the … Continue reading →

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G’94 Rising!

Posted on Wednesday, February 17, 2010 by Robert Hood

All hell’s about to break loose! Click to get the full effect! And make sure you keep an eye on Todd Tennant’s graphic novelisation of the rejected Ted Elliott/Terry Rossio 1994 Godzilla screenplay — 68 pages so far and counting… … Continue reading →

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Robot 13 vs the Cyclops

Posted on Sunday, February 7, 2010 by Robert Hood

In Issue Three of Thomas Hall and Daniel Bradford’s excellent new comic series, Robot 13, the titular metal-and-bone hero gets some light shed on his past: Meanwhile, having dealt with a Kraken in Issue One and an angry Phoenix in … Continue reading →

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Adèle Blanc-Sec: A Teaser

Posted on Thursday, December 24, 2009 by Robert Hood

With details of Luc Besson’s period thriller Les Aventures Extraordinaires d’Adèle Blanc-Sec [aka The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Dry-White] only new to the internet, a teaser trailer has appeared… and guess what? We get a glimpse of the pteradactyl! Teaser … Continue reading →

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Pictures of Adèle Blanc-Sec

Posted on Tuesday, December 1, 2009 by Robert Hood

Publicity stills for Luc Besson’s femme “Indiana Jones” period adventure film, Les Aventures Extraordinaires d’Adèle Blanc-Sec [aka The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Dry-White] (France-2010; dir. Luc Besson) have appeared, now that  principle photography has been completed. The film has a … Continue reading →

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El Eternauta

Posted on Sunday, November 22, 2009 by Robert Hood

“El Eternauta” (The Eternaut) is a serialised graphic novel written by Argentinian comic writer Héctor Germán Oesterheld and initially drawn by Francisco Solano López. First published in 1957-1959 in three-page weekly episodes in the magazine Hora Cero (Zero Time), it … Continue reading →

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Update: It Came From Beneath the Sea … Again

Posted on Monday, November 9, 2009 by Robert Hood

Kaiju artist Todd Tennant reports on his four-issue contribution to the Bluewater Productions series It Came From Beneath the Sea … Again, which is an extension of Ray Harryhausen’s classic five-tentacled giant octopus movie of nearly the same name: Well, … Continue reading →

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