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Jonny rediscovers a classic horror manga from the ’70s, and finds it a mixed bag despite its towering reputation…. The Drifting Classroom, by Kazuo Umezu, was first serialised between 1972 and 1974 in Japan’s Weekly Shonen Sunday magazine – “Shonen” essentially translating as “for boys”. It instantly set the benchmark for Manga horror, and has […]
To watch Man of Steel is to see a wrestling match take place between producer Christopher Nolan and director Zack Snyder. It is, perhaps, a little too simplistic to attribute responsibility for different elements of the film to these two individuals (especially when writer David S. Goyer will also have had a good deal of […]
As mentioned in our review of its preceding volume, Demon Star – the second installment in Grant Morrison’s Batman Incorporated arc – has also been designated as volume 1 of the series. This is not a printing error, but a move designed to bring the series in line with DC’s “New 52” continuity. When the company-wide reboot […]
A recent (spoiler-heavy) article over at Den of Geek suggested that Iron Man Three (as the film’s credits dub it) is the most irreverent superhero yet made. It’s true that writer/director Shane Black (famous for his work on such action staples as Lethal Weapon and The Last Boy Scout) brings a freshness to the project […]
This year Superman turns 75, and what better way to celebrate than with the release of a new movie adaptation of his heroic exploits? The lukewarm critical and commercial reception which greeted Bryan Singer’s Superman Returns in 2006 caused many to question whether another attempt would ever be made to bring the character back to […]
After the explosive and emotional climax of the third volume of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, creators Alan Moore and Kevin O’Neill might have been expected to take a break from the elaborate work of crossover fiction they’ve been weaving for the last fourteen years. But it seems that continuing to explore the storytelling possibilities […]