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The Book Review: Classic Dan Dare: Voyage to Venus
Remember the 90s? The Space Fleet, the food shortages, the alien Treen? Ninth Art revisits Frank Hampson's vision of the future - as seen from the 1950s - in one of the greatest sci-fi series of all time, DAN DARE.
- 27 June 2005
The Book Review: The R Crumb Handbook
Take a guided tour through the world of misanthropic master cartoonist R Crumb. Thanks to this revealing new book on his life and work, Ninth Art gets a little closer to the king of underground comix.
- 13 June 2005
The Book Review: WE3
How could a story about three animals on the run be one of the boldest and most inventive comics of the past twelve months? Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely are your guides on an incredible journey.
- 30 May 2005
The Book Review: Batman: Year One
Frank Miller is best know for his DARK KNIGHT RETURNS, but to many his best treatment of Batman is in his story of how it all started, working with David Mazzuchelli. This is where Batman begins.
- 23 May 2005
The Book Review: The Book Of Ballads
To mark the weekend of May Day, Ninth Art dips a toe in the waters of folklore and myth in the good company of former SANDMAN artist Charles Vess, as he brings a host of classic tales and ballads to life.
- 02 May 2005
The Book Review: Essential Super-Villain Team-Up
Stan Lee brings on the bad guys with the help of a host of old school greats in this classic collection of nefarious tales as Dr Doom and the Sub-Mariner team up to take on the world. With special guest Adolf Hitler.
- 18 April 2005
The Book Review: Louis Riel
Good comics that attempt to recreate real history are few and far between, but Chester Brown attempted it with his life of Canadian rebel Louis Riel - and the result is a qualified success.
- 04 April 2005
The Book Review: Planetes: Volume One
It's sci-fi, Jim, but not as you know it. Makoto Yukimara's acclaimed PLANETES allows readers to explore outer space from the back of an interplanetary garbage truck - and it's one of the best views of the cosmos you'll ever find.
- 21 February 2005
The Book Review: Comics And Sequential Art
In addition to being a master storyteller and a tremendous innovator, Will Eisner was also a great teacher. Long before anyone else was prepared to take comics seriously, he set out to establish the creative language of the artform.
- 07 February 2005
The Book Review: A Life Force
The Great Depression hits the inhabitants of Dropsie Avenue, and the spectre of Nazism looms. Rob Vollmar explores one of Will Eisner's most accomplished and most autiobiographical works.
- 31 January 2005