Comics are big business at the cinema; from the days of Christopher Reeve as Superman to the latest explosion of Marvel and DC characters on the big screen, everyone loves a comic book movie. Hollywood has even managed to make blockbusters out of some of the most unlikely sources; Watchmen and V for Vendetta hardly screamed “big screen adaptation” when I first read them! However, there are some …
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In the vast world of comics there are many story tellers and designers but only a few will come up with a series of new comics that are worth mentioning anywhere. One of the more promising new comic books to be released recently is the Silver Star series. This has come out of the Kirby Genesis series and focuses on Silver Star’s story. It is a welcome change …
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I have some uneducated friends who often (well, every now and then when we run out of normal stuff to talk about) ask me what the difference is between comics and cartoons. For the uneducated and uninitiated, it might seem like there isn’t much difference between an epic like %u201CV for Vendetta%u201D and %u201CThe Beano%u201D, but they’re actually worlds apart. I mean, when did …
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