With a title that exciting The Hounds Of Hell was a must read for me this week after a visit to my local comic book shop. Here’s the publisher’s blurb:
A formidable group of mercenaries accept a secret mission for the Empress of the Byzantine Empire. Their skills, wills and courage are fully tested as they search for a legendary treasure hidden in the heart of the ancient underworld. Highly recommended for fans of CONAN THE BARBARIAN and RED SONJA.
A look at Alexandro Jodorowsky’s Screaming Planet. Here’s the publisher’s blurb:
All that remains of a prosperous, warm planet destroyed by the madness of its inhabitants many years ago…A living piece of metal, adrift in the cosmos, howling in its infinite sorrow…Sometimes, crossing the sky of one of the countless inhabited planets, it shares its sorrow with a conscious being…
Today we’re looking at Legend Of the Scarlet Blades by Saverio Tenuta. Here’s the publisher’s blurb: Cartoonist Saverio Tenuta writes and paints a twisted tale of a masterless Samurai named Raido searching for clues to his bloody past in a feudal Japan ruled by spirits and beasts. Highly recommended for fans of Samura’s BLADE OF THE IMMORTAL, Koike/Kojima’s LONE WOLF & CUB, and HEAVY METAL magazine. I don’t read a lot of manga so Humanoids recommendation had little effect on me. Tenuta has crafted a wonderful Japanese samurai myth tale…read more
Today we’re looking at Day Of the Magicians by Michelangelo La Neve and Marco Nizzoli. Here’s the publisher’s blurb: Drazen has completed his training as a Magician and is determined to fulfill the mission given to him by his Caste: track down and defeat his own father, the renegade magician known as Lancaster. An epic tale of sorcery, love, and adventure similar to the HARRY POTTER books. La Neve crafts a story that feels familiar but reads refreshingly new at the same time. Within our “normal” world is one of…read more
With my new found interest in reviewing books and graphic novels it makes sense to lay out what I’m looking for before I tackle a review.
