29Sep2015

DC Graphic Novels – Publishing Oct-Dec 15!

	Here’s a look at the Graphic Novels DC have coming for you over the period October to December 2015!
	Given the sheer volume of their output we’ve highlighted our picks – based on a combination of personal recommendation, sales targets and the buzz on the scene – with cover and product info; but you can find the rest confirmed at the time of writing in list form beneath. We’ve separated DC’s Mature Reader’s / Creator Owned imprint, the fabulous Vertigo, with it’s own Jul-Dec 15 page here.
	We’ll be bringing you our particular recommends of all publishers together shortly by month of publication. Enjoy!

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23Sep2015

Vertigo Graphic Novels – Publishing Jul-Dec 15! * Updated *

	Here’s a look at the Graphic Novels Vertigo have coming for you over the period July to December 2015! For conciseness reissues & deluxes etc are listed at the bottom. We’ll be bringing you our particular recommends of all publishers together shortly by month of publication.
	Note: Publication dates were correct at time of first writing but are liable to change

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20Jul2015

Graphic Novel Review: Batgirl Volume 1 – Batgirl of Burnside

	Creators: Cameron Stewart, Brenden Fletcher, Babs Tarr and Maris Wicks
	Review by Scott Ellis
	DC’s latest shakeup into the New 52 format has yielded varying results for the brand’s dedicated readership. With characters experiencing manifold changes, from minor costume alterations to massive ability reductions, they have been given that which many real world individuals desire; youthful rejuvenation and a fresh injection of cultural relevance. Out of the hands of veteran Batgirl writer Gail Simone, the character has undergone a soft-reboot. In Batgirl of Burnside we see the titular character beginning to redefine herself as a cultural icon, physically rehabilitated trauma victim, and more importantly, as an independent woman living in the 21^st century.

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14Jul2015

The Fantastical & The Speculative – Publishing July to December 2015!

	Herein, via links to individual pages, lies the more-or-less complete output of UK SFF and major worldwide Graphic Novel publishers for July to December 2015!
	We’ve applied selection criteria with the assumption that readers with a penchant for paranormal romance and titles more for the American market will have no problem finding those elsewhere; reissues and classic reprints are included sparingly.

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11Jul2015

DC Graphic Novels – Publishing Jul-Sep 15!

	Here’s a look at the Graphic Novels DC have coming for you over the period July to September 2015!
	Given the sheer volume of their output we’ve highlighted our picks – based on a combination of personal recommendation, sales targets and the buzz on the scene – with cover and product info; but you can find the rest confirmed at the time of writing in list form beneath. We’ve separated DC’s Mature Reader’s / Creator Owned imprint, the fabulous Vertigo, with it’s own Jul-Sep 15 page here.
	We’ll be bringing you our particular recommends of all publishers together shortly by month of publication. Enjoy!

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20May2015

Creator Profile: Mike Carey

	www.mikeandpeter.com – Mike Carey and Peter Gross
	Mike Carey’s Goodreads page
	On Wikipedia
	On Comic Book DB (Database)
	@michaelcarey191
	(Photo by Luigi Novi)

CBP Clarke Award - The Girl with all the Gifts

Many will now know Mike – or M.R. – Carey from the recent and massive success of the award-nominated The Girl with all the Gifts, already to become a film adapted by the author himself and starring Glenn Close, Gemma Arterton and Paddy Considine. But he’s been around a lot longer than this, authoring fantastical prose and comics in the horror / dark fantasy genres for decades…

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5May2015

Author Profile: Dan Abnett


	www.theprimaryclone.blogspot.co.uk
	@vincentabnett (Dan and wife Nik Vincent-Abnett)
	On Wikipedia
	(Photo by Luigi Novi – sourced from Wikipedia)
	Professional writer – SFF in prose and comics; co-creator of the comic series on which the Guardians of the Galaxy film was based, and much more…

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Dan Abnett is one of the most prolific writers in SFF, scripting both comics and prose. Of the former he’s been a mainstay of the UK and then US scene since the 80’s. In his earlier British comic work perhaps the most noteworthy has been Knights of Pendragon, the radical revamp – with Andy Lanning and Liam Sharp – of Deaths Head, and then with artist David Millgate the origination of a core strip to 2000 AD, Sinister Dexter.

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30Apr2015

May 2015 New Graphic Novel Recommends!

	There’s another great helping of Graphic Novels / Comic Collections coming our way this month: so here’s our top picks of the fantastical, the weird, the literary and the superheroic all together publishing in May!

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14Mar2015

Author Profile – Paul Cornell

	www.paulcornell.com
	Like on Facebook
	Follow on Twitter
	Podcast – The Cornell Collective (Chat on Dr Who and SF / Comics generally)
	Wikipedia page
	See Paul’s website for even more social media links

Paul Cornell on Carabas (search)

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1Mar2015

The Fantastical & The Speculative – Publishing January to June 2015!

	Herein, via links to individual pages, lies the more-or-less complete output of UK SFF publishers and the major worldwide Graphic Novel publishers for January to June 2015!
	We’ve applied selection criteria with the assumption that readers with a penchant for paranormal romance and titles more for the American market will have no problem finding their next read elsewhere; reissues and back-in-print classic titles are included sparingly.

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21Jul2014

Comics Round-up: The Big Two, now and October…

Comics are big business and, since the acquisitions of Marvel and DC by Disney and Warner Bros if not before, we’ve been deluged with story events and other strategies to get us to part with our hard-earned cash. Sure, many of us have experienced ‘event fatigue’ but that hasn’t stopped the majority buying, so that’s what the Big Two are continuing to do. And characters are brands and both are doing all the brand-building and product diversification they can, especially now with major film properties and their sequels coming out (there are now no less than 7 Avengers titles, and that’s not counting the series of their solo characters).

So where are we at the moment and what’s coming later, circa October 2014?

Right now Jason Aaron’s Original Sin, Marvel’s current event, is in full swing. This is a choice of writer and story that actually avoids the feelings of malaise of endless events by virtue of quirkiness. It’s a cosmic murder mystery, the deceased being the alien Watcher, best known for breaking his oath of non-interference with the coming of the world-devouring Galactus. But the Watcher’s secrets have psychically leaked into the minds of heroes, stirring animosity in their ranks.

Oh and while the Punisher and Doctor Strange (of all combinations) are trying to work out whodunit, others are running around with the dead Watcher’s eyes for whatever power they might bequeath!

It’s also Marvel’s 75th Anniversary (well from its origins as Timely anyway, so we can expect another one in twenty-odd years) so there are various specials and posters coming through to celebrate, including one-shot imaginings of what their key characters might be like on their 100th (on the latter score the recent Kingpin-Venom Spider-Man issue was inspired!)

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Here’s a look at the Graphic Novels Vertigo have coming for you over the period July to December 2015! For conciseness reissues & deluxes etc are listed at the bottom. We’ll be bringing you our particular recommends of all publishers together shortly by month of publication.

Note: Publication dates were correct at time of first writing but are liable to change

(Photo by Luigi Novi)

(Photo by Luigi Novi – sourced from Wikipedia)

Herein, via links to individual pages, lies the more-or-less complete output of UK SFF publishers and the major worldwide Graphic Novel publishers for January to June 2015!

We’ve applied selection criteria with the assumption that readers with a penchant for paranormal romance and titles more for the American market will have no problem finding their next read elsewhere; reissues and back-in-print classic titles are included sparingly.

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