Entries from October 2007

October 31, 2007

The Links

Wading through a mess of web sites and blogs is time consuming, so I’m going to pull on the hip-waders, trudge through the Internet and bring you the best comic-related news out there.

For Nextwave fans, Stuart Immonen posted a nice (fake) pumpkin carving.

Nick Bertozzi has new pages up online of his latest project, Persimmon Cup.

First [...]

October 30, 2007

Halloween Reading

Tomorrow is the big creep-fest, so here’s a handful of book suggestions to get you in the Halloween spirit:
If you don’t head out to a theater to check out the movie adaptation of Steve Niles’ 30 Days of Night, you can try some of his other written works. The most recent to cross my desk [...]

October 30, 2007

Marvel previews

For whatever reason, the folks at Marvel PR are really focusing on a couple upcoming books from writer Christos Gage. I’m not overly familiar with the guy’s work, as he’s mostly done lesser Marvel titles, such as Stormwatch and World War Hulk: X-Men. He’s also written for movies and TV, including episodes of Numb3rs and [...]

October 25, 2007

Welcome to Graphic Fiction

As they say on the dusty plains of western Nebraska from whence I come, howdy. Welcome to the new online home for comics coverage from yours truly, newspaper comic critic Van Jensen.
With boxes of review material passing my desk on a regular basis, I’ll be bringing you reviews and previews of as many comics as [...]