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Wednesday, April 28, 2004Titan Books for August
Titan Books is busy on both sides of the Atlantic in August, with a flurry of books. Transformers: Second Generation collects more of Simon Furman's UK comics; Top Traitor, the third Modesty Blaise book, reprints the classic sixties London Evening Standard strip (here's an interview with creator Peter O'Donnell); while Writers on Comics Script Writing Volume 2 promises to do exactly what it says on the cover, with contributions from such Grovel faves as Brian Azzarello, Ed Brubaker, Peter Milligan, Mark Millar, Kevin Smith and Bill Willingham.
Sunday, April 25, 2004New Craig Thompson from Top Shelf
Craig Thompson has been travelling Europe and north Africa, researching his next graphic novel. Carnet de Voyage is his travalogue, available from Top Shelf comics in July. Also from Top Shelf, but not due until September, is Owly by Andy Runton, the company's first graphic novel series, which it's claiming will be "the next big thing in comics."
  Friday, April 23, 2004'Try before you buy' graphic novel
Top Cow is trying out a new way to market its graphic novels - by releasing a couple of chapters free on the internet. The first chapter of Proximity Effect is available online now with a second chapter due to be released in a month - a similar concept to the monthly comic book, except that it's free. Then, a month later, the whole project will be launched as a standard graphic novel.
 Wednesday, April 21, 2004Tarantino hints at Kill Bill graphic novels
ORIGINAL STORY: Tuesday, April 6
Movie site Zap2it quotes Quentin Tarantino suggesting that he may spin off some of the Kill Bill mythology in other forms, such as a "Frank Miller-style graphic novel or something." UPDATE: Wednesday, April 21 MegaStar reports that Tarantino may be continuing to ponder over these graphic novels, suggesting that they may "follow the stories of some of the other Deadly Vipers," the group of assassins that Uma Therman's character battles through over the course of the two movies.  Saturday, April 17, 2004More collections from Titan Books
Titan Books is bringing four more collections of US comics to the UK. CSI (Crime Scene Investigation): Bad Rap is a must for fans of the TV series, written by Max Allan Collins of Road to Perdition fame, and should be available to buy now. On the 23rd April you'll be able to get your hands on volume three of Y: The Last Man, subtitled One Small Step; or DC superhero fans may be interested in The Flash: Crossfire. Perhaps most exciting of all is the 21st May release of Warren Ellis's Global Frequency: Planet Ablaze, in conjunction with a dream-team of artists including Steve Dillon, Glenn Fabry, Garry Leach and David Lloyd.
    Tuesday, April 13, 2004Eisner Award nominations announced
The nominations for 2004's Eisner Awards have been announced at Comic Book Resources. Nominations include Neil Gaiman and P. Craig Russell for the short story Death (included in The Sandman: Endless Nights - also up for Best Anthology); David Lapham for There Are No Flowers in the Real World (also a short story from The Matrix Comics); Mark Millar and friends for Superman: Red Son; The Chronicles of Conan for Best Archival; and too many writers and artists to mention. If you want to see them all, head over to Comic Book Resources.
    Friday, April 09, 2004Latest review - Tomorrow Stories Book 2
Read Grovel's latest graphic novel review - Tomorrow Stories Book 2 by Alan Moore, Jim Baikie, Hilary Barta, Joyce Chin, Dame Darcy, Melinda Gebbie, Kevin Nowlan and Rick Veitch.
 Monday, April 05, 2004Latest review - Hellblazer: Rake at the Gates of Hell
Read Grovel's latest graphic novel review - Hellblazer: Rake at the Gates of Hell by Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon.
 Dark Horse showers April...
No need to be stuck for something to read this month, with bags of books appearing from the Dark Horse stable. Titles include [deep breath] Hellsing Volume 2, Berserk Volume 3, Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Stake to the Heart, Goon: Rough Stuff, Ultraman Tiga Vol. 1, What's Michael? - The Ideal Cat, Criminal Macabre: A Cal McDonald Mystery, Go Boy 7 Volume 1: Ready Set Go and Michael Chabon Presents: The Amazing Adventures of the Escapist Vol. 1
   ...and Top Shelf announces June
Watch out for two new books from Top Shelf in June. Less Than Heroes by David Yurkovich is about a superhero team with a difference, while 2 Sisters by Matt Kindt is a spy thriller set during World War II.
  Thursday, April 01, 2004Latest review - Graphic Classics: Ambrose BierceRecommended read - in association with Foyles
April's recommended read, brought to you in association with Foyles, is Art Spiegelman's Pulitzer prize-winning Maus.
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