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Book Review: Black Rust: Artwork – Author Chad Michael Ward

BLACK RUST Artwork by Chad Michael Ward Written by Chad Michael Ward Published by NBM Publishing Publication Date: 2003 Format: Full Color 96 pages Price: $19.95 A fine collection of dark visual tales, experimentation and continuity. Chad Michael Ward’s first book and my particular favorite of his 3. As each release slightly differs in themes and approaches, it was this …

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Book Review: Driver for the Dead – Issue 2

Issue: Driver for the Dead #2 Created, Written: John Heffernan Pencils, Inks: Leonardo Manco Paints: Kinsun Loh, Jerry Choo Letters: Todd Klein Editor: Renae Geerlings Publisher: Radical Publishing Release Date: September 2010 Pages: 56 Price: $4.99 “After successfully retrieving the body of Mose Freeman, Alabaster Graves and Mose’s great-grandaughter Marissa Freeman are headed back to New Orleans to give the …

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Book Review: The Changed – Author B.J. Burrow

Written by B.J. Burrow Published by Apex Publications Publication Date: 2009 Format: Black/White — 248 pages Price: $15.95 print/$4.99 digital The basic synopsis of the book “The Changed” by B.J. Burrow? A zombie runs for US Senate. My first reaction? Worst. Idea. Ever. Could this book, a darkly comic equal rights allegory about self aware-undead, actually not be the worst …

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Book Review: 2013: The End of Days or New Beginning – Author Marie D. Jones

2013: THE END OF DAYS OR A NEW BEGINNING: ENVISIONING THE WORLD AFTER THE EVENTS OF 2012 (PAPERBACK) by Marie D. Jones Published by New Page Books Publication Date: 2008 Format: Black /White – 256 pages Price: $15.99 “A book that might very well scare the living piss out of you!” Perhaps the greatest horror/mystery/fear of all – the coming …

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Book Review: 28 Days Later – Issue 5

Writer: Michael Alan Nelson Artist: Marek Oleksicki Colors: Nick Filardi Letters: Ed Dukeshire Editors: Ian Brill, Matt Gagnon Cover Artists: Tim Bradstreet, Sean Phillips Publisher: Boom Studios Publication Date: 2009 Format: Full Color – 24 pages Price: $3.99 “They are trapped among The Infected. They have no supplies. Most of their crew has been killed. Selena, Clint and Derrick must …

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Book Review: 28 Days Later – Issue 4

Writer: Michael Alan Nelson Artist: Declan Shalvey Colors: Nick Filardi Letters: Ed Dukeshire Editors: Ian Brill, Matt Gagnon Cover Artists: Tim Bradstreet, Sean Phillips Publisher: Boom Studios Publication Date: 2009 Format: Full Color – 24 pages Price: $3.99 “Selena and her new comrades have faced the Infected, but how will they fare against all the firepower used to enforce the …

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Book Review: 28 Days Later – Issue 3

Writer: Michael Alan Nelson Artist: Declan Shalvey Colors: Nick Filardi Letters: Ed Dukeshire Editors: Ian Brill, Matt Gagnon Cover Artists: Tim Bradstreet, Sean Phillips Publisher: Boom Studios Publication Date: 2009 Format: Full Color – 24 pages Price: $3.99 “The film that changed horror forever continues here! It doesn’t matter who you are or what you did; if you are infected, …

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Book Review: 28 Days Later – Issue 2

Writer: Michael Alan Nelson Artist: Declan Shalvey Cover Artists: Tim Bradstreet, Sean Phillips Publisher: Boom Studios Publication Date: 2009 Format: Full Color – 24 pages Price: $3.99 “A new ongoing series! 28 DAYS LATER comes to comics as an ongoing series, connecting the film 28 DAYS LATER to its sequel 28 WEEKS LATER! Focusing on Selena, one of the three …

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Book Review: The Vampire Book: The Encyclopedia of the Undead – Author J. Gordon Melton

“Wow” and “impressive” were the first 2 words that came out of my mouth when the huge oversized “The Vampire Book” arrived. This edition which was compiled and written by author J. Gordon Melton, PHD is now in its 3rd edition and is quite a collection to behold for any vampire fan. It actually is quite overwhelming but it geared …

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Book Review: Eleven Twenty-Three – Author Jason Hornsby

“Lily’s End, which before this morning had not seen a murder in two years, suddenly embodies the tyranny of third world countries. A post-war wasteland. A curfew at sundown. The silent hillside following a suicidal battle where the victors lie in fly-covered heaps not far from the carcasses of the armies they’ve defeated. Less than an hour ago, it was …

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