from: Egmont Books Ltd August 04, 2008 Best Selling > Books > Comics and Graphic Novels
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Ordered the HSM Annual 3wks ago along with some other items and was told the other items would be dispatched straight away but the HSM Annual would not be sent until at least 1st December,be aware of this delay if you are getting it for someones birthday as theres a chance of it not arriving on time if not ordered early enough.This needs to be bared in mind for Xmas too.
Good price,shame about long wait on delivery.
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I have always been a graphic novel buff ever since buying Hitman & Preacher in my late teens. And now in my early 30's I came across an old box containing my old graphic novels, I felt that I struck gold! I loved the V for Vendetta movie and decided to purchase the V for Vendetta graphic novel and found it gripping, intense and incredible (not that I'm a non-conformist!). Thus leading me to Watchmen. What can I say, WOW! This is my second read of Watchmen within a month. It's definately better reading it again & again! It is imperative to read Watchmen before the movie. So, what are you waiting for.....go & buy it!!!!!
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I have always been a graphic novel buff ever since buying Hitman & Preacher in my late teens. And now in my early 30's I came across an old box containing my old graphic novels, I felt that I struck gold! I loved the V for Vendetta movie and decided to purchase the V for Vendetta graphic novel and found it gripping, intense and incredible (not that I'm a non-conformist!). Thus leading me to Watchmen. What can I say, WOW! This is my second read of Watchmen within a month. It's definately better reading it again & again! It is imperative to read Watchmen before the movie. So, what are you waiting for.....go & buy it!!!!!
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I have always been a graphic novel buff ever since buying Hitman & Preacher in my late teens. And now in my early 30's I came across an old box containing my old graphic novels, I felt that I struck gold! I loved the V for Vendetta movie and decided to purchase the V for Vendetta graphic novel and found it gripping, intense and incredible (not that I'm a non-conformist!). Thus leading me to Watchmen. What can I say, WOW! This is my second read of Watchmen within a month. It's definately better reading it again & again! It is imperative to read Watchmen before the movie. So, what are you waiting for.....go & buy it!!!!!
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This was on show at the Good Food Show last week beside the original - Maw Broon's Cookbook. Same kind of nostalgic appeal - days oot ! Cookin' the catch o' the day, some really basic stuff too. Recipes not as old as the first cookbook perhaps, but real Broons humour and great memorabilia tucked in to the pages - a 'must-have' if you got Maw Broon's Cookbook. Compared with other cookbooks on the go this year, this is great value.
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This was my first introduction to more "adult orientated" graphic novels (as opposed to comics). I bought it on a whim after seeing the cover featured in a TV programme hyping the 1989 Tim Burton Batman movie, and it was a real eye-opener. The tone is certainly much darker than the image of Batman which I'd grown up with (ie Adam West in all his campness) and provides a fascinating origin for the Joker. He comes across as an ordinary man driven beyond his capacity for reason, instead of the stereotypical insane clown of lazier Batman stories. (In fact the entire story is based around his "one bad day is all it takes" philosophy...)
The story itself is short but all the more effective for it, with some beautifully - if chillingly - drawn ... Read More:
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I can only echo the comments of those who have already detailed their concern, and indeed horror, at the way that Rupert has been infantilised in this latest Annual. It was a very sad day for Rupert fans when Egmont took over production of the Annual and effectively killed off what was a British cultural institution. Trotter's sketchy and lifeless drawing lacks the real integrity, accuracy, depth of field and immaculate detail -and 'magic'-that the drawings of Bestall, and latterly John Harrold had. And as for the colouring, formerly so sensitively done by Gina Hart, we seem now to have garish frames coloured by either a three year old or a computer.
I for one will not be buying an annual next year - not unless I see the names of artist ... Read More:
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I can only echo the comments of those who have already detailed their concern, and indeed horror, at the way that Rupert has been infantilised in this latest Annual. It was a very sad day for Rupert fans when Egmont took over production of the Annual and effectively killed off what was a British cultural institution. Trotter's sketchy and lifeless drawing lacks the real integrity, accuracy, depth of field and immaculate detail -and 'magic'-that the drawings of Bestall, and latterly John Harrold had. And as for the colouring, formerly so sensitively done by Gina Hart, we seem now to have garish frames coloured by either a three year old or a computer.
I for one will not be buying an annual next year - not unless I see the names of artist ... Read More:
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