World Comic Book Review

28th March 2024

Highlander: The American Dream #1-3 (review)

Highlander: The American Dream #1-3 IDW Publishing, February 2017 – ongoing Writer: Brian Ruckley “Highlander: The American Dream” is a new comic book series from American comic book publisher IDW Publishing. The series is based on the third party property “Highlander,” which originally started in 1986 as a cult-hit action fantasy film starring French actor … Read more

Kill Shakespeare Past is Prologue: Juliet #1 (Review)

Kill Shakespeare Past is Prologue: Juliet #1 IDW Publishing, April 2017 Writer: Conor McCreery “Kill Shakespeare Past is Prologue: Juliet” is a new comic book from American publisher IDW Publishing. It is a spin off from the “Kill Shakespeare” comic book series originally published in April 2010 to October 2010. The original premise of “Kill … Read more

Helena Crash #1 (Review)

Helena Crash #1
IDW Publishing, March 2017
Writer: Fabian Rangel Jr.

“Helena Crash” is a new comic book series from American comic book publisher IDW Publishing. The title character is a rough-and-tumble female courier that delivers any kind of contraband to clients, if the price is right. The story is set in a fictional future where coffee is scarce and illegal, on account of the environment worsening to the point that coffea trees have become difficult to grow.

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Angry Birds Game Play #1 (Review)

Angry Birds Game Play #1
Kaiken Publishing Ltd / IDW Publishing, January 2017
Writers: Tito Faradi / Francois Corteggiani / Janne Toriseva

Online games have a long history of being supported by ancillary publishing material such as comics, magazines and books. “Angry Birds” is an online game originally developed in Finland by a company called Rovio Entertainment. Such was the significance of the game’s development in Finland that national airline carrier Finn-Air featured various Angry Birds characters on the nose of one of its Airbus passenger aircraft.

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