Contents
Features
Geek Syndicate
Thirteen Things To Look Forward To in 2013 ......................................................................................................................................... 4
THE BLUFFER’S GUIDE TO ... Anime ...................................................................................................................................................... 10
A BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO ... Webcomics ............................................................................................................................................... 19 GEEK SYNDICATE At The Utopia Preview Screening ......................................................................................................................... 25 WAR COMICS - Britain’s Lost Genre? ........................................................................................................................ ........................... 36 Archery On Screen ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 42
Interviews
Greg Rucka Talks Lady Sabre .................................................................................................................................................................. 13 Steve Niles Talks to Geek Syndicate .................................................................................................................................................... 23 Sylvester Stalone Talks Expendables 2 ..................................................................................................................................................... 16 Geek Syndicate Catch Up With Cinebook ............................................................................................................................................ 28 Neil Gibson – Businessman turned Storyteller ............................................................................................................................... 46
Comic Writer, Paul Allor ........................................................................................................................................................................... 40
Reviews
Orc Girl ......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 52 Batman Automobilia #001 ....................................................................................................................................................................... 55 Buffy The Vampire Slayer – The Making of a Slayer ......................................................................................................................... 56 Hoax Hunters Vol 1: Murder, Death, And The Devil ........................................................................................................................... 57 Mockingbird, By Chuck Wendig ............................................................................................................................................................. 64 Lobster Johnson Vol.2 - The Burning Hand ......................................................................................................................................... 65
Star Trek Catan ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 62
Guild Wars 2: 250 Hours In ... ................................................................................................................................................................. 72 Porcelain and Butterfly Gate .................................................................................................................................................................. 79 The President’s Vampire, By Christopher Farnsworth ..................................................................................................................... 89
A Game of Thrones: The Board Game (2nd Edition) .......................................................................................................................... 91 Atomic Robo and yhe Flying She-Devils of the Pacific ................................................................................................................... 94 Daughter Of Fu-Manchu, By Sax Rohmer ........................................................................................................................................... 98 The League of Volunteers, Vol. 1 .......................................................................................................................................................... 100 Time Samplers Issue 1 ............................................................................................................................................................................ 102 Deadlight ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 107
Lo’Life Book 1: Romeo Spikes, By Joanne Reay ................................................................................................................................ 101
X-Wing Miniatures Game ....................................................................................................................................................................... 109
Previews
FILM PREVIEW - Man Of Steel .............................................................................................................................................................. 112 Day of Chaos: The Fourth Faction ........................................................................................................................................................ 113 FILM PREVIEW - Star Trek: Into Darkness ........................................................................................................................................ 114
LIL Elevator Pitch ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 116 The Samurai Chef Elevator Pitch .......................................................................................................................................................... 121
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