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Treehouse of Horror Review here

Now this is what a zombie comic should be. The Dead: Kingdom of Flies #1, from Berserker Comics, is full of action, gore, a great mix of drama and humor, and non-stop over-the-top insanity. It’s starts off with a group of firemen trapped in their firehouse during the first few days of a zombie outbreak. Through the firemen, their television set and the eyes of a few stranded soldiers stuck downtown in the middle of the outbreak, you get to see the apocalypse unfolding right before your eyes. Blood, brains, guts and all.

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Simpsons Treehouse of Horror #14

'Fabry is most well known for his work on Garth Ennis's "Preacher" series. I've always been a fan of his style. In this issue, he penciled, inked, and co-wrote a 30 Days of Night parody. It's very gory like a Halloween story should be'. here

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Bart Simpson spins some thrillifying chiller-diller horror stories with a little help from some of comicdom's most innovative storytellers! First up, modern masters of horror comics Steve Niles (30 Days of Night) and Glenn Fabry (Preacher) concoct a dread-filled tale of woe, when a freak solar eclipse leads to an onslaught of vampire attacks, and the people of Springfield learn that there is nothing to fear but Nosferatu himself! Then independent comic creator and magical realist Gilbert Hernandez (Love and Rockets) re-invents one of his favorite cult films, Frankenstein Conquers the World, featuring Homer Simpson as a gluttonously destructive force of nature - so what else is new? here

'I always seem to like the Simpsons comics more where there is more than one story. They’re all pretty good but the comics that have different stories going on seem to be a little better than the others. This comic is like the Halloween show they do on TV and because of that there are three different stories in the comic. I liked all of the stories but the first 2 were my favorite.

In the first story all of the people of Springfield become zombie vampires. Zombies are cool so I thought this was a great idea. The whole town goes nuts and turns into zombie vampires except for a couple of people like Chief Wiggum, Ralph and Apu. Any story with Ralph is usually good because he’s so dumb. In one part, Ralph says he wants to be a lady nurse when he grows up and he also says that his teeth itch. What? It was pretty silly how Chief Wiggum is just as dumb and ended up shooting people who weren’t even zombies.

I liked the art in this story a lot. I liked seeing all of the different Simpsons characters drawn as zombies. Zombie Barney was dressed as a girl and had to get his head chopped off with an axe. The zombie Simpson family was especially creepy. I also like how they showed different townspeople all over battling different zombies. It was a pretty neat idea to do Simpsons zombies. I like how Ralph went to the bathroom and then disappeared into the streets. He just wanted to pet dogs and didn’t care or notice that there were zombies all over the place. Willie finally came to the rescue and that was good. He’s so tough'. here

Harrods Art Exhibition here

Greatest Hits Reviews

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'I assure you that if you check this book out that you are in for a fun ride.'

'A subdued sexuality permeates the text; it also feels like a band, where one of the original members leaves right before they really hit it big (think of No Doubt, Maroon 5, etc.). I could be reading into this too much, but nevertheless, I’ll be reading. Grade B+'. here

'we’ve seen this sort of arch superhero stuff before, in many places, but the British Invasion/Fabs slant is a bit different, and the art is excellent. That is, you can’t, you know, tune in but it’s all right, that is I think it’s not too bad'. here

#2 Review

The fast-paced lifestyle of these super-powered mega-stars never slows down, so keep those cameras rolling! here

At this year’s New York Comic Con, Vertigo announced its first superhero team book since Grant Morrison’s seminal “The Invisibles” ended in 2000. The six-issue miniseries “Greatest Hits” - written by David Tischman (“American Century,” “Bite Club”) with art by Glenn Fabry (“Hellblazer,” “Preacher”) - features The Mates, a British-bred league of justice who may bring to mind a certain other Fab Four. “They are not The Beatles. But they hold a place in the zeitgeist that The Beatles had for us. There is no one else like The Beatles - and that’s who The Mates are,” Tischman told CBR News back in April. With “Greatest Hits” #1 now in stores, CBR News is profiling one Mate a week through to the release of “Greatest Hits” #2, on sale October 15. Why do we need five parts to profile a team of four? Check out the series. Series writer David Tischman spoke with us last week about Solicitor, the self-taught crime fighter and ass-kicking Olympic-level gymnast and boxer, who most closely resembles a John Lennon archetype. Tischman joins us again this week, this time to discuss The Mate known as Crusader.

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House of Mystery #6 see more details here

Written by Matthew Sturges & Bill Willingham Art by Luca Rossi & Tony Akins Cover by Glenn Fabry Every haunted house has a scary basement, sure. But this is the House of Mystery - this is the basement the other basements are scared of. And yes, we’re going down there. And we’re going to stay awhile. Meanwhile, Pirate Queen Ann Preston stars in a bloody symphony of lust, greed, desire and deception that begins with buried treasure and ends with buried bodies. Hit the high seas in a swashbuckling tale illustrated by Tony Akins (JACK OF FABLES).

News from Brighton Woks Production diary

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Today's date 3rd August FP signing news (thanks FP website)

Saturday, August 16, 2008

What with the dollar exchange rate being so incredibly bad, I'm basically doing everything I can to get money in, short of dressing up as Pocahontas for that weird guy over the road (and it might come to that!!).

First of all, I've nearly finished Greatest Hits for Vertigo, written by David Tischman and (after #2) inked by Gary Erskine. lovely talented gentlemen that they are..

In the meantime, My cover work has included a short run on Hellblazer, and a slightly longer run on 'Chas - The Knowledge', a Hellblazer based mini series starring Constantine cabby mate, and Constantine too, getting drunk in Ibiza. Then I'm doing 6 covers for the House of Mystery and that's my vertigo work.

Next I've got two projects with Steve Niles - Lot 13, a creator owned project for Wildstorm - I've already done the first five pages using a monochrome technique. It's a 6 issue limited series graphic novel type thing. Before that also with Steve Niles, is the Simpson's Treehouse of Horror comic. A page from that apparently got a round of applause at San Diego a couple of weeks back - essentially Chief Wiggum is the good guy and the Simpson's become vampires. talking of San Diego - I did a Mad magazine Watchmen special for that called 'Botchmen' which you can get here

The publishers were a bit worried that the fil malers of the 'Watchmen' movie, who were guests at the convention might be offended, so they send copies to their director and producers. The guys liked it so much they ordered a case load of the things and sent them out to cast crew and members.

Last, but not least, I'm painting covers for th@The Dead', a zombie horror comic, written by Alan Grant and drawn by Simon Bisley, for Impact magazines in Belfast.

They're a new company and great fun to work for, so please everybody, but a few copies and propel them to megastardom.