November 2006 :: Print Reviews

Print Reviews

Does This Cape Make Me Look Fat?

Are you an aspiring superhero, but there's something missing in your wardrobe? Does your alias "Quickie" bring laughter rather than fear? Then take a look at Does This Cape Make Me Look Fat? and find out the answers that work and the ones that don't to these and other questions posed by superhero wannabes like Tim Wardyn.

Here She Comes...Beauty Queen

Dust off your tiaras and practice your wave! Brittany Sturges delves into the history of the beauty pageant, courtesy of this new volume.

How To Create Comics

From the editors of Write Now! and Draw! magazines comes a comics crossover like no other. Seriously. Darius Gentley shows you how you too can script and illustrate comics like a pro. And no, it doesn't involve winning a reality TV show.

Monster Nation

What would the USA be like if it were overrun by creatures that refused to shuffle off this mortal coil? David Wellington tells us in Monster Nation, and zombie enthusiast Lips Fresno enjoys his vision.

Black Sabbath: Doom Let Loose

Black Sabbath. The name alone conjures up images of protean Metal, the stuff that called the demons forth and made the parents sweat. Matthew Moyer tells us why Doom Let Loose is the definitive guide to the definitive metal band.

Ransom Seaborn

Can Bill Deasy make the transition from celebrated singer-songwriter to accomplished author with his debut novel, Ransom Seaborn? Andrew Ellis finds out.

Supernatural: Meetings with the Ancient Teachers of Mankind

Hey buddy, wanna see the dead? John Hood has a few ideas on how to pull off the impossible after reading Graham Hancock's new tome.

Ticket To Ride

Musician Graham Slater documents the decadence and desperation of the gig circuit in beat group-era Hamburg, albeit behind a thin veil of fiction. Tom Schulte gets in the van.