Comics: A preview of Horror Mountain by Iain Laurie

Please enjoy this two-page preview of Iain Laurie's Horror Mountain: Buy Iain Laurie's Horror Mountain at the Graphic Eye Stor...

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Comics: "Slugmix" by Iain Laurie and LAN Formatique

Now available in the Graphic Eye store: Slugmix by Iain Laurie and LAN Formatique A mini-multimedia collaboration between artist Iain Laurie and electronic musician LAN Formatique. Slugmix contains an 8-page mini-comic, featuring two stories from Laurie; and a 3-track mini-CD from LAN Formatique. Both explore the themes of violence, consumerism, addiction and the fickleness of our own minds. Go on, take a taste of Slugmix......

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Review: Ritual #1 - Real Life by Malachi Ward

Ritual #1 - Malachi Ward (w/a) Revival House Press, $6 Malachi Ward is a strange chameleon of a cartoonist.  Just when you think you have him pinned-down from his various science-fiction and fantasy works, like Expansion and Utu, then along comes a subtle, brooding work like “Real Life” that makes you completely rethink his abilities.  Rather than anything fantastical, this first installment in his Ritual anthology is grounded...

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Feature: Taste-testing the Apocalypse, part 5

Elysian Ruin To celebrate the impending apocalypse (Game of Thrones is over, so there's no real reason to stick around anyway) Fantagraphics have made a strange alliance with fellow Seattleites, Elysian Brewery, to release a series of 12 speciality beers with label art by Charles Burns. The beers are being released at a rate of one per month, with this month's brew being “Ruin” (as in "Mother's") which is an IPA made with rosemary and agave. After...

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Weekly Reviews: Chew #26, Mind MGMT #1

Chew # 26 - John Layman (w) Rob Guillory (a) Image Comics $2.99 One of the best things about Chew has been its surprise success.  Writer John Layman famously shopped it around for a good while before deciding to finance it himself and publish it through Image Comics. The surprise is that this book might have been considered too strange for mainstream readers, but it’s had incredible success. Its proof that if you have a good story you...

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