As guest selector at the 2013 Edinburgh International Book Festival, celebrated fantasy author Neil Gaiman was the subject of no less than four events, each celebrating a different aspect of his literary work. Geekzine’s final event of this venerable festival was the one at which he discussed his comic book masterpiece The Sandman, which originally […]
Griff reviews a Neil Gaiman-edited collection of fantastical stories which fails to live up to its promise…. This review must be prefaced with a disclaimer: Unnatural Creatures is an anthology, the contents of which its authors have contributed for free in order to support the charity 826DC. Dedicated to encouraging the next generation of writers, […]
The Vengeance Path: The Lost Brother is an exciting new novella from Edinburgh-based fantasy author, Andrew Jamieson. Coming less than two months after the release of the acclaimed The Vengeance Path (the first book in The Chronicles of Edenos; book two, Children of War, is out next year), The Lost Brother was exclusively revealed at Andrew’s Edinburgh […]
Grant Morrison began his talk at the Edinburgh International Book Festival last Friday by praising another giant of the comics industry, namely writer/artist Bryan Talbot. In particular, he insisted that Talbot deserves greater recognition for the early work he did on Near Myths, a “weird and trippy” sci-fi magazine published in Edinburgh in the late […]
Veteran comics editor Paul Gravett enthralled the audience at Edinburgh’s International Book Festival on Friday with his passionate presentation on the history of comic books. Gravett, who recently edited the mammoth 1001 Comics You Must Read Before You Die compilation, appeared as part of the festival’s ‘Stripped‘ theme, and spoke of the amazing leaps and bounds […]
Jonny looks back at the scariest game he’s ever played….and looks forward to its sequel. You would think that having seen the sequel to one of my favourite games finally advertised and available as close as September 10th, I would be as giddy as a kid at Christmas. However, when the pre-order for Amnesia: A […]