Category Archives: Graphic novels

What’s Better Than Giant Robots Fighting Giant Monsters?

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

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

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!

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!

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

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

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

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

“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

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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