H. P. Lovecraft is probably the most influential Horror author who ever lived. And this… …is The Lovecraft Anthology Volume 1, edited by Dan Lockwood. It’s a brand new collection of some of Lovecraft’s classic short stories, adapted into comics. And it’s fantastic! One of the unique qualities of Lovecraft’s writing is his wonderfully wild [...]
Archive > March 2011
Leave those goats alone!
We’re no stranger to monsters round these parts. We’ve masses of mungdunkers, hordes of harpoogles, swarms of swampbams and gangs of thangs with fangs all over the place. But while some creatures are cool and many monsters are truly terrifying, there are a fair few fantasy beings that I find, well, annoying. Take trolls for [...]
DEVILISHLY EXCITING
Now first of all, let me make one thing clear. If I am ever in a light aircraft with engine trouble, I want Mark Robson to be in the pilot seat. Once again, Mark creates some breath-taking aerial scenes in his exciting new opener to a series – THE DEVIL’S TRIANGLE. They don’t dominate the [...]
‘Bruce Nauman should find a normal job’
Ali recently wrote about Barry’s intense and understandable dislike of clowns, [noun: a buffoon or jester who entertains by jokes, antics, and tricks in a circus, play, or other presentation], so I thought I’d post another picture of one. I’m helpful like that. We can regard it as aversion therapy, [noun: any technique of behaviour [...]
The Devil’s Triangle
From the moment Mark Robson told me the outline for his latest book, I was hooked. Exploring the mystery of the Bermuda Triangle? A strange parallel world populated by technologically and evolutionary advanced dinosaurs? Count me in! When the advanced copy of THE DEVIL’S TRIANGLE thunked through my letterbox, I opened it with barely contained [...]
My Favourite Monsters #3
The Creature from the Black Lagoon is another film I remember little about other than the monster. I can remember collecting horror film monster cards and the Creature was one of my favourites. I’d never swap him! He was meant to be a prehistoric ‘Gill Man’ and the costume looks pretty smart even now!
Hand-Cut Silhouette
I was recently at my publisher’s annual conference a few weeks back and whilst I was dining and drinking my way through the evening (it’s a tough job but someone’s gotta do it), there was an silhouette artist Alison Russell. She was there with a sharp pair of scissors and a small satchel of [...]
A Confession…
*shuffles to his feet* Hi everyone. I’ve been reading manga on and off for quite a while now, but lately my consumption has gone a bit bananas: my name is Sam and I am now a manga addict. It started at the London Anime Con a couple of months back, where I got talking to [...]
My Favourite Monster # 2
This is a mutant from a film made in the 1950s called This Island Earth. I remember it being on TV every Saturday afternoon (in reality it was probably only on once or twice but it always seemed to be on). Even though I saw it several times, I can only remember the cool mutant [...]
What I’m really afraid of…
I’ve watched hundreds of horror movies. I’ve read dozens of horror novels. I’ve seen at least two ghosts (the third was more of a presence that stared at me from the corner of a room for six months when I lived in a flat in the Lake District). I’ve jumped out of a plane, done [...]
