World Comic Book Review

19th March 2024

The Case of Charles Dexter Ward (revisited)

Author: H.P. Lovecraft Artist (and adaption by) I.N.J. Culbard Self Made Hero, 2012 Contemporary fascination with the works of American horror writer H.P. Lovecraft and his peers seems to have no end, despite his brand of horror now being almost a century old. Your critic was meandering through a gift store in a rural town … Read more

The Devil That Wears My Face #1 (review)

Writer: David Pepose Artist: Alex Cormack Mad Cave, October 2023 David Pepose, we suppose, is best known to American comic book readers from his entertaining superhero time travelling adventure on Savage Avengers for Marvel Comics, the first issue of which we reviewed back in May 2022: Savage Avengers #1 (Review) – World Comic Book Review. … Read more

Cavity #1 (review)

Writer / Artist: Justin Randall Gestalt Comics, 2023 There must be a word to describe the genre of horror science fiction which involves the sort of dead, remote Australia most people are only familiar with from the Mad Max movies. “Outback dystopia”, perhaps, which sounds much better than “Road Warrior Australian”. This title, Cavity, is … Read more