Welcome to a special Attack Helicopter Week edition of Art Highlight, a recurring segment where contributors to The Splintering showcase a piece of original art in their collection. In honor of this week’s theme, I am revealing a gem from my vault, the original splash art page to Fantastic Four #316, Page #3. This page is an absolute beauty and
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Today we’ll be reviewing the crowdfunded comic book series The Bobcat by James Hostler.
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The 1970’s was definitely the grooviest decade in history. After all, how many decades can lay claim to disco, bell-bottom pants, and Bi-Centennial fever? The 1970’s also had a unique assortment of novelty items (cue the obligatory Pet Rock reference). One of my favorite novelty items to come out from that decade was the Power Record Book and Record Sets.
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Today we are going to spend some time remembering the works and contributions of Herb Trimpe, a comic book artist and creator whose career spanned six decades. Herb Trimpe was born May 26, 1939, and had he lived, today would’ve been his 82nd birthday. Sadly, Mr. Trimpe passed away on April 13, 2015 at the age of 75. Herb Trimpe
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A crowdfunding review of Xenozoic by Mark Schultz
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Welcome to a special Monochrome May edition of Under the Radar, a segment where we spotlight comic books that don’t have the widespread attention of the comic book community that they should. Today, we’ll be looking at the black and white comic book Dark Horse Presents #1, which not only launched the flagship anthology series from Dark Horse Comics, but
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List of the top 10 greatest black and white comic book series of all time.
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Batman Black and White is an anthology series focusing on the universe of the titular character, as depicted in short stories by the very best talent in comic books. Originally a four-issue series produced by DC Comics in 1996, the format proved to be so successful that not only did it inspire four additional Batman Black and White series (totaling
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Crowdfunding review of Only Death Can Save Us – Book One: Keystone by Russ Leach
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What is a comic book crossover storyline? Well, it’s a comic book story that travels through at least two (but often more) different titles. For example, the classic Avengers/Defenders War took place between the two titles during the 1970s and is still talked about to this day by loyal fans. A crossover could also have one centric title, with several
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Veteran independent comic book creator Brian Silverbax is back at the crowdfunding grind with Tales from Kerra Prime, a follow-up campaign to Kerra Prime Handbook which successfully funded in 2020. Tales from Kerra Prime is an 80+ page anthology graphic novel that features 15+ different stories, with 25+ creative contributions as part of a single connected universe. Tales from Kerra
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Welcome to another edition of Under the Radar, a segment where we will spotlight comic books that don’t have the widespread attention of the comic book community that they really should. Today, we’ll be looking at Destroyer Duck #1, which contained the first appearance of Groo the Wanderer. Groo the Wanderer is a sword for hire in an age gone
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Today, we’ll be reviewing the crowdfunded comic book Johnny Phantasm 1985 by Patrick Thomas Parnell and Evan Pozios. For those of you not familiar with my crowdfunding review format, I grade a crowdfunding campaign on four distinct categories: Book Content and Quality Communication and Fulfillment Packaging and Shipping Stretch Goals and Bonuses With Johnny Phantasm 1985, I backed the book
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A crowfunding review of the art book 101 Drawings by P. Craig Russell
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A review of the crowdfunding campaign Ninety Four by Shelby Robertson
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Given that the Indiegogo campaign for Graham Nolan’s Alien Alamo launched earlier this week, today we’ll be reviewing his most recent crowdfunded comic book, The Chenoo. For those of you not familiar with my review format, I grade a crowdfunding campaign on four distinct categories: Book Content and Quality Communication and Fulfillment Packaging and Shipping Stretch Goals and Bonuses With
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Spotlight on Weird War Tales #10, the first professional published work by Walt Simonson
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A Review of Mike Allred’s Madman Action Yo’Yo’s Fun Pack!
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For our Jolly Jinglings edition of “Under the Radar”, we present DC Special Series #21, Frank Miller’s first work on Batman.
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A sexy scary crowdfunding review of the “Sexy Scary Space Pulp” trading card set
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For our first installment of “Under the Radar”, we present Starslayer #2, the first appearance of The Rocketeer.
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The Top 10 Greatest Horror Artists in Comic Book History
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Issue #2 of 47 Furious Tails is now funding on Kickstarter, with add-ons to allow you to get issue #1 as well.
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Welcome back to the Festival of Dread, The Splintering‘s month-long celebration of all things gory and gruesome! For those of you looking for a classic horror novel to celebrate the Festival of Dread, look no further than the newest edition of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley’s Frankenstein featuring reproductions of Bernie Wrightson’s classic illustrations. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley was original published in
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Review of the crowdfunding campaign Replicator Remastered by Rob Arnold
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Take a look back at this 1940 Universal Monster Movie with an instantly recognizable supporting cast.
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A ranking of the Top 10 Monster characters in comic books
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A review of the 2020 three issue mini-series Vlad Dracul from Scout Comics.
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Eyrie Magazine by Mike Hoffman is currently funding on Kickstarter
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Welcome back to another Top Ten list here at The Splintering. Today, we’re spotlighting the top ten writer/artist/creators – essentially, those creators who “do it all.” We’re taking everything into account on this one, including the creators’ writing, their artwork and their creations. Read on and be sure to let us know who we may have left out in the
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