Can You Survive the Adventures of Sherlock Holmes?
Can You Survive the Adventures of Sherlock Holmes? combines the interactivity of a choose-your-own-path book with three classic Sherlock Holmes stories: “The Red-Headed League,” “The Speckled Band,” and to say the other would be giving things away. The reader gets to pretend to be Sherlock Holmes himself, which is fun, particularly as you can’t be too cautious. You’re told at the start that Moriarty may have sent you a case as a trap, but if you turn down too many, […]
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Read a Manga Classic for Free
Manga Classics accurately adapt well-known books into the comic format, keeping the original language. They’ve done a bunch of great works, including several Shakespeare plays. If you want to sample one, they’ve put their version of Anne of Green Gables (the only authorized manga adaptation by the estate of Lucy Maud Montgomery) online for free! It’s adapted by Crystal S. Chan and Kuma Chan. The story is described as Siblings Marilla and Matthew Cuthbert were planning to adopt an orphaned […]
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The Benevolent Society of Ill-Mannered Ladies
I have just read a historical mystery that I adored! The Benevolent Society of Ill-Mannered Ladies stars Lady Augusta and her twin sister Julia and is set in Regency London. The two women are in their forties and unmarried, so everyone, particularly their officious brother, thinks they should be ignored. Instead, they wind up helping women who have no other option. They recover blackmail letters and set out to rescue a wife kept prisoner by her husband. Along the way, […]
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Self-Published Good Omens Graphic Novel Announced
As longer-term site readers know, I loved the Good Omens TV show. Season 2 now has a release date (July 28), and the latest news is that Neil Gaiman, the Terry Pratchett Estate, and Colleen Doran are creating a graphic novel version that will be self-funded via Kickstarter. Doran, a long-time co-creator of other projects with Gaiman, will be adapting and illustrating the work. She’s a great choice. Particularly since the characters aren’t being drawn as likenesses, as that would […]
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Holmes Coming
I’m a fan of “Sherlock Holmes in the modern era” stories. I love the way they illustrate how the detective character is timeless while making entertainment out of the culture clash between the Victorian era and today. The latest version I’m aware of is the novel Holmes Coming, published at the end of 2022. Dr. Amy Winslow, through a complicated series of events, winds up being present when an earthquake awakens a crazy man from a steampunk laboratory. She takes […]
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Sheffield Holmes, Adventure in a New Generation: About Major Holmes & Captain Watson
This article originally appeared in Sherlock Holmes magazine issue #11, Winter 2022/23. Writer Jeff Rider launched the original Sherlockian comic book, Major Holmes & Captain Watson, via crowdfunding. The four-issue miniseries, illustrated by Ismael Canales, funded through two rounds in fall 2020 and spring 2021. It’s the story of how in 1914, Major Sheffield Holmes, nephew of Sherlock and “Uncle Mike”, and the American Captain Imogen Watson solve a murder that has repercussions for a coming global war. The book […]
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I’m on the News Talking About Free Comic Book Day
One of the local channels, NBC 15, sent a camera to Westfield Comics for Free Comic Book Day yesterday. Here’s the coverage on their website, where I’m quoted in the text article. The video there aired at 9 PM. I’m not in it, but I was in the 10 PM video, as seen here.
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Returnability Returns at Oni Press
Oni Press, promoting the release of Lamentation #1, has announced both returnability and a secret bonus initiative variant cover. They’re acting on the principle that selling to comic readers means selling to retailers first. Launching this month, Lamentation is a three-issue horror miniseries written by Cullen Bunn (The Sixth Gun), illustrated by Arjuna Susini (Made Men), and colored by Hilary Jenkins. Each issue is 48 pages with a cover price of $6.99 US. Publishers have begun experimenting with sizes and […]
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