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Tuesday
Jan192010

SUPERMAN: RED SON

It can be easily assumed that the vast majority of people know the origin story for the man of steel, even individuals that would not classify themselves as DC readers or even as comic book fans, but what about in Superman: Red Son?

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Monday
Jan042010

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: MATTHEW STURGES

What with the Eisner-award nominated Jack of Fables under his belt, and a menagerie of other greats like House of Mystery, Blue Beetle, Final Crisis and now JSA, Matthew Sturges really is one of the greatest comic book writers today.

SHARP OBJEX was lucky enough to catch up with the man himself to talk inspiration, imagination, and even a little bit about his novels, Midwinter and The Office of Shadow.

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Wednesday
Dec232009

HAVANT LITERARY FESTIVAL: A REFLECTION

Ten days, twenty three venues, one hundred and one events. This past autumn saw one of the best literary festivals to grace the South of England take place in Havant, bringing a variety of entertainment organised by a clearly creative and dedicated team. This is definitely a cultural event that should be noted. Something that fans of fact, fiction, and indeed writing, will need to look out for in 2010.

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Thursday
Oct222009

BOOK REVIEW: WHERE MADNESS REIGNS - THE ART OF GRIS GRIMLY

Art books are inherently odd. I mean, what exactly do you do with them? I do have a fondness of collecting them, but that may be because I quite enjoy the pretentiousness of flaunting them nonchalantly on coffee tables, and next to leather bound volumes of Blake and Plath. Nonetheless, they are quite beautiful when you really appreciate the artist, and they can contain more insight into their work than you would get scouring the net blinking at bleary pixelated images. This is one such example of a collection of artwork that tells a story. Each image is a tale in itself, and each page leads on to the next stage of Grimly's world, with his developments in style, explorations in media, and choices of inspiration.

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Saturday
Oct102009

BOOK REVIEW: MASTERS OF DOOM

At the age of twelve, my dreams were filled with brown furry fireball spewing monsters. I longed to fire the BFG (Not “BIG FREAKING GUN” as my Dad led me to believe) at a floating one eyed inside out abomination. I craved Doom.

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