Category Archives: Graphic novels

Godzilla ’94 “2-D Trailer”

Posted on Sunday, July 6, 2008 by Robert Hood

Todd Tennant has created an imaginary trailer for his graphic novel version of the US Godzilla film that never was — you know, the one scripted by Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio that Jan De Bont was set to make … Continue reading →

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King Komodo: The Trailer

Posted on Tuesday, June 24, 2008 by Robert Hood

Having just read G-Fan #83, I’m suitably impressed by the new King Komodo graphic serial, Tales of King Komodo, which Todd Tennant (with Mike Bogue) has started in that issue. For one thing there’s a killer scene of a giant … Continue reading →

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Doctor Grordbort’s Contrapulatronic Dingus Directory (Catalogue Edition)

Posted on Monday, June 16, 2008 by Robert Hood

A catalogue of wondtabulous merchandise has just become available. Produced by the good folk at WETA studios (SFX creators for such films as Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings trilogy and King Kong), in conjunction with Dark Horse Books, it … Continue reading →

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Hiram Grange

Posted on Friday, June 13, 2008 by Robert Hood

Artist Malcolm McClinton has sent Backbrain a sneak preview of his cover art for the first in a graphic novel series featuring Hiram Grange, who is an agent for the Bureau of Supernatural Affairs — a secret organisation run by … Continue reading →

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Online Giant Monster

Posted on Wednesday, May 21, 2008 by Robert Hood

Author Steve Niles and artist Nat Jones let loose a comic a while back under the title Giant Monster. Fortunately for us, the title is completely accurate according to Truth-In-Advertising guidelines and you get what you might expect to get … Continue reading →

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Coming soon! Ret Romanne

Posted on Saturday, May 17, 2008 by Robert Hood

This is by way of an introduction to what comic artist and writer Alan Brooks considers to be his magnum opus, Ret Romanne. Ret Romanne is a Time Dignitary who lives and works on the Off World “Cloud City” of … Continue reading →

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Coming to G-Fan #84!

Posted on Wednesday, May 7, 2008 by Robert Hood

“Tales of King Komodo” by Mike Bogue and Todd Tennant More information soon!   • G-Fan website

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Update: Monster Zoo

Posted on Saturday, April 19, 2008 by Robert Hood

As previously reported in the Backbrain, Doug TenNapel’s upcoming graphic novel series, Monster Zoo, has been optioned by Sam Raimi to go into production as a feature film. The Comic Book Resources site has been talking to TenNapel and finding … Continue reading →

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Update: The Arrival

Posted on Tuesday, April 15, 2008 by Robert Hood

Shaun Tan’s fantastic all-picture book (for want of a better term), The Arrival, has been nominated in three categories of the 2008 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards: Best Graphic Album — New Best U.S. Edition of International Material Best Writer/Artist … Continue reading →

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He Whose Limbs Shatter Mountains, Part 1

Posted on Sunday, April 6, 2008 by Robert Hood

As comic giant monsters go, Fin Fang Foom is one of the green-blooded aristocrats. Ranging in size somewhere between 32 feet and 100 feet (though he has been known to be reductive enough to sit in a park playing chess … Continue reading →

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