Advance Review: Friendo #5 Is One Part Dark Humor, One Part Social Commentary, With A Good Pinch Of Horror
Friendo has been a series that has taken a deeper look, through a near-distant future and some well chosen satirical
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A Cool Britannia Of A Comic – Punks Not Dead: London Calling #1
David Barnett and Martin Simmonds have put the band back together, after a brief winter hibernation, to bring you the
Read moreOn The Road And On The Run! Take A Look At Punks Not Dead: London’s Calling #1
One of the best, and funniest, new series of the last year or so was Punks Not Dead by newcomer-to-comics,
Read more“Things Are Going To Get Well Lairy” – David Barnett & Martin Simmonds On Punks Not Dead: London Calling
Back for an encore this week is one of the breakout Indie critical successes of last year, Punks Not Dead,
Read moreDavid And Goliath With Cell Phones: Advance Review Of Friendo #4
By this point in the fascinating dark, satirical series, Friendo, our down-and-out loser of a hero (hey, beggars can’t be
Read moreAdvance Review: Friendo #3 Takes Dark Humored Look At Our Tech Addiction
We left our frazzled, tech-addicted ‘hero’ Leopold Yoof ready to hold up a hypermarket at gun point in the cliffhanger
Read moreA Great New Take On Super Heroics In Death Sentence: Liberty #1
In the Death Sentence universe that writer Monty Nero and artist Martin Simmonds have created over the past few years,
Read moreTalking Social Media, Artificial Intelligence & Collaboration With Friendo’s Alex Paknadel And Martin Simmonds
This week sees the publication of Alex Paknadel and Martin Simmonds’s sci-fi thriller, Friendo #2 from Vault Comics. The story
Read moreSlave To The Algorithm: Advanced Review of Friendo #2 From Paknadel, Simmonds & Vault
When you clearly have daddy issues, maybe it’s not the best of ideas to throw yourself into the deep end
Read moreVault Comics’s Friendo #1 Goes Back To The Printers With Another ‘Vintage Vault’ Cover
Another Vault Comics debut that’ll see a second printing, and another that goes with a homage cover by Nathan Goodeman
Read moreNYCC 2018: Punks Not Dead Returns From Barnett, Simmonds & Black Crown
We’ve been following developments with Back Crown pretty much since its inception, so it was with some delight we heard
Read moreVault Comics Signings For Friendo #1 And Fearcsape #1 At Forbidden Planet, London
White Noise studio mates, writers Ryan O’Sullivan (Fearscape) and Alex Paknadel (Friendo) along with Friendo artist, Martin Simmonds, will be at
Read moreAdvance Review: Imaginary Friends Designed By Corporate America In Friendo #1 From Vault Comics
Meet Leopold Yoof, a stuntman for Hollywood, with one Hell of a messed up childhood, who is given a pair
Read moreAnarchy In The UK: Preview Punks Not Dead #6
This Wednesday, the 25th of July sees the release of the concluding part to the first story arc of Punks
Read morePunks Not Dead #5 Focuses On Dorothy Culpepper As The Maid Of Mod
Often a comic book character will stand out from the crowd without the creators initial intentions, and while I am
Read moreThe Secret History Of Dorothy Culpepper Revealed In Punks Not Dead #5
This is the issue I’ve been waiting for ever since co-creators, David Barnett and Martin Simmonds informed me at Portsmouth
Read moreTen Takeaways From The Black Crown ‘Ruling Class’ Panel At Portsmouth Comic Con
3pm on the second day of any con seems to be the sweet spot for panels. The sun’s still out
Read moreNorthern Soul, Southern Insensitivity: Preview Punks Not Dead #4 From Black Crown
This Wednesday, the 9th of May sees the fourth issue of David Barnett and Martin Simmonds’ Punks Not Dead from
Read moreA Little Bit Of Northern Soul: Preview Punks Not Dead #3
Issue three of this supernatural, music-inspired series, Punks Not Dead, comes out fighting this Wednesday, the 18th of April, from
Read moreHey Ho, Let’s Go Interview David Barnett & Martin Simmonds On Punks Not Dead
With this week seeing the second snotty issue of Punks Not Dead smashing into comic book stores like a drunk
Read moreTurn It Up To Eleven: Preview Punks Not Dead #2 From Barnett, Simmonds And Black Crown
Punks STILL not dead, but in very rude health as the second issue of David Barnett and Martin Simmonds’ Black
Read moreECCC 2018: Black Crown At IDW With Shelly Bond, Tini Howard, Chris Sebela, Martin Simmonds, Nick Robles, Tamra Bonvillain
At the Black Crown: The Ruling Class panel at Emerald City Comic Con 2018, Shelly Bond, Tini Howard, Chris Sebela,
Read moreStop Moshing Around And Pick Up Punks Not Dead #1!
This Wednesday, the 21st of February, David Barnett (writer) and Martin Simmonds (artist) want us all to realise that, despite
Read moreThe Sixth Sense, But With Punks And Punchlines: Punks Not Dead #1 By David Barnett, Martin Simmonds & Black Crown
This week sees the release of the fourth title from IDW imprint, Black Crown, as Punks Not Dead moves into
Read moreThe Rundown On 48 Pages Of Comics, Culture & Cool In Black Crown Quarterly #2
Sporting a cover by Martin Simmonds (Punks Not Dead) Black Crown Quarterly #2 ambles into comic book stores this Wednesday, the
Read moreNeed Help Finding Good Comics? 5 Series To Look Out For In 2018
While Vice had real problems even finding 10 comics they thought great in 2017 (I won’t even link you to
Read moreSnotty, Sexy And Seductive: Reviewing Black Crown Quarterly #1
Black Crown Quarterly #1, out today in comic shops, is something similar the old Fat Wreck Chord samplers this punk
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