Graphic novel news

Read Grovel's latest graphic novel review - Seaguy by Grant Morrison and Cameron Stewart.

Movies are high on the agenda at Titan Books this month. With the Sin City movie still approaching the UK, two of the books that weren't adapted into the movie, including the excellent A Dame to Kill For (which looks like it might form the basis of a movie sequel) are re-released. The other title to get the second edition treatment is Family Values.

With Batman Begins imminent, there's also a raft of Dark Knight titles available. Batman: The Greatest Stories Ever Told is a nostalgic ride through the last 60 years of Batman stories, while Batman Chronicles: Volume 1 is the start of an epic series of books collecting every Batman tale ever printed, starting here with Detective Comics #27 from 1939 and working through to Batman #1 originally published in 1940.

Other movie-linked titles include Star Wars: Empire Volume 4 - The Heart of the Rebellion, following the actions of Princess Leia in the gaps untold between A New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back; and the sequel to Road to Perdition - On the Road.

Also out this month: Alan Moore's Tom Strong Book 4 in hardback, Garth Ennis takes on The Authority with Kev, alternative cartoonists do the DC superheroes in Bizarro World and the golden age heroes are back in JSA Volume 7: Princes of Darkness.

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Read Grovel's latest graphic novel review - Everyman: Be The People by the Brothers Goldman and Joe Bucco.

Read Grovel's latest graphic novel review - Star Wars: Clone Wars Volume 5 (The Best Blades).

Star Wars isn't the only sci-fi mega-franchise to look out for at the moment. Checker Publishing (via Turnaround in the UK) is reprinting the original Star Trek comics, written by Len Wein (co-creator of Swamp Thing). First published between 1971 and 1972, this second volume in the series collects issues 9 through 16.

Also out is the third volume collecting the early cartoons of Winsor McCay, most famous for Little Nemo in Slumberland. Featuring work that dates back almost 100 years, the collection includes Dream of the Rarebit Fiend.

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Read Grovel's latest graphic novel review - DC: The New Frontier by Darwyn Cooke and Dave Stewart.

Two more books from Titan Books in the UK have surfaced and are available in shops now. Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures Volume 3 continues the stories started off in the animated series. Also on volume 3 is Warren Ellis's Planetary, subtitled Leaving the 20th Century.

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Read Grovel's latest graphic novel review - Star Wars: Visionaries.

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