Last September the news came that Marvel had the comic book license, secured we later learnt by Marvel publisher John Nee, formerly of WildStorm, Warners, Cryptozoic and with most excellent contacts.A year later, the first book will be published, Warhammer 40K: Marneus Calgar in October, from tabletop and RPG gaming obsessive Kieron Gillen, writer of[...]
Garth Ennis and Jacen Burrows, who created Crossed for Bleeding Cool's publisher Avatar Press, have reunited for Punisher: Soviet, which also sees Marvel return to their mature readers MAX imprint, something they had moved away from in recent years Just as DC Comics seems to be moving away from theirs.Here's a look at what's to[...]
Garth Ennis is returning to Marvel for more Punisher starting this November, with a six-issue miniseries with art by Jacen Burrows Ennis wrote the character at Marvel starting at the turn of the century in one of the longest and most acclaimed Punisher runs that included work by legendary artists including Steve Dillon, Darick Robertson,[...]
I can’t say I was expecting the opening scene to be Marc fighting and eating a rabid dolphin over a span of days.Max Bemis has mastered a balance of uncomfortable and awkward humor cast against pitch-black themes, which is among the most suiting ways to write Moon Knight I’ve ever seen, on part with excellent[...]
He is now fighting for their lives as well as his own.Elsewhere, the Truth receives some help in prison.Also, Khonshu gives Marc Spector and his other personalities an explanation of theology and who and what Ra is.Also, Marc Spector fights in his white, vertical-striped boxers.[caption id="attachment_786211" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Moon Knight #191 cover by Jacen Burrows[...]
What they come up with is unsurprisingly vicious.Meanwhile, Marc Spector and Jake Lockley are having an internal conflict over Lockley’s methods.[caption id="attachment_768283" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Moon Knight #190 cover by Jacen Burrows and Mat Lopes[/caption]Max Bemis’ Moon Knight may be the new gold standard in uncomfortable laughter There are plenty of moments in this comic where[...]
He subsequently dons the cowl of Moon Knight and goes to confront the rogue.[caption id="attachment_754106" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Moon Knight #189 cover by Jacen Burrows and Mat Lopes[/caption]This comic hit a lot of sweet spots for me From the get-go, we are presented with a macabre scene of the Truth using his psychic abilities to infect[...]
Avatar Press, Bleeding Cool's parent company, is publishing work from talents such as Kieron Gillen, Alan Moore, and Jacen Burrows These come through, Uber Invasion, Cinema Purgatorio, and Dreadful Beauty Art of Providence, the last of which is an artbook celebrating the work of Jacen Burrows More details are available below Take a look.UBER INVASION #11 (MR)
(W) Kieron Gillen (A/CA) Daniel Gete
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Everything points towards this being a wash, but Emmett, who previously treated Marc Spector, aka Moon Knight, is determined to find a way to help treat Patient 86.Marc Spector found solace in the moon god Khonshu; Emmett believes she can help Patient 86 with a different god to emblemize his struggles.[caption id="attachment_738415" align="aligncenter" width="575"] Moon[...]
[rwp-review-recap id='0'] Ta-Nehisi Coates has pulled off the near-impossible with his Black Panther series. Where lengthy story arcs are usually a huge detriment to comic books, Coates made an explosive start in Black Panther through a year-long story of revolution and civil war in T'Challa's homeland of Wakanda. In the aftermath of this long tale, […]
For justifiable reasons, it's a big part of the series Providence, written by Alan Moore and illustrated painstakingly by Jacen Burrows, not to give any spoilers of what lies ahead, but there's certainly been plenty of speculation, and this is fertile ground for imaginative predictions based on how in-depth your knowledge of the Lovecraftian universe[...]
Written by Alan Moore, and painstakingly illustrated by Jacen Burrows, Issue #4 takes us further in search of a mysterious book Robert Black has been tracking down, and off the beaten track as well.We've been holding in store another discussion with Alan Moore about working on the series Providence, while earlier interviews can be found[...]
And then Alan Moore's Providence #2, the ad-free giant issue drawn by fan favorite artist Jacen Burrows.God is Dead #38Mike Costa has crafted some tales worthy of the ancient mythologies that spawned them, but now something in the god ravaged world has changed. After a hundred years of petty gods squabbling and destroying everything around[...]
On July 8th, the second issue of Providence arrives, the new series from Alan Moore and Jacen Burrows that delves deeply into the life, legend, and lore of H.P Lovecraft Set a few years before any of the fictional incidents in Lovecraft’s actual stories, the series nevertheless places us firmly in a world Lovecraft fans[...]
No matter what door you walked in there was something to get your attention immediately whether it was Avatar Press with Max Brooks and Jacen Burrows or Jim Steranko signing autographs at his own table Valiant, Dark Horse and Zenescope all had set ups and the guest / artist alley tables were well mixed to[...]
[*Mild Spoilers for Providence #1 below! If you really want to know nothing that happens in the comic, stop now.]Nothing overtly horrific happens in the first issue Providence, the new monthly comic from Alan Moore and Jacen Burrows, out this week I mean, not in the sense that you might expect from a horror comic[...]
Tomorrow sees the launch of Providence #1, the new comic book by Alan Moore and Jacen Burrows in comic book stores from Avatar Press, who are selling the comic at their stall at Denver Comic Con today.Here, in the third of three short films by Mitch Jenkins, Alan Moore talks about how the world of HP Lovecraft has been[...]
Wednesday sees the launch of Providence #1, the new comic book by Alan Moore and Jacen Burrows in comic book stores from Avatar Press, who are selling the comic at their stall at Denver Comic Con today.Here, in the second of three short films by Mitch Jenkins, Alan Moore talks about the approach taken by HP Lovecraft which differentiated him from[...]
Avatar Press has brought the heavy talent to Denver Comic Con, including Max Brooks, Kieron Gillen, Garth Ennis, and Jacen Burrows, all doing signings and panels at the show At the Avatar booth today, things were heating up for a massive signing of all 4 guests around midday.Here are some photos of the pre-signing set[...]
Today sees the launch of Providence #1, the new comic book by Alan Moore and Jacen Burrows at Denver Comic Con And in all comic book stores on Wednesday.Here, in the first of three short films by Mitch Jenkins, Alan Moore explains the importance of HP Lovecraft, on a personal level, ahead of the comics'[...]
