Nick Brownlow

The Friday Review: The Bogie Man
8th March 2002
When 2000AD legends John Wagner and Alan Grant decided to turn their talents to crime noir, they took a typically unconventional approach. It's madness and mystery in the streets of Glasgow with THE BOGIE MAN.

The Friday Review: Lazarus Churchyard: The Final Cut
18th January 2002
LAZARUS CHURCHYARD is Warren Ellis and D'Israeli's story of an artificially immortal man. It was an early work for both of them, and outlived the magazine that launched it, yet after all these years, is it showing any signs of age?

The Friday Review: Hey, Buddy!
7th December 2001
Ten years ago Peter Bagge's HATE was hailed as a breakthrough work that both represented and anticipated the early 90s 'alternative' scene. Ninth Art revisits the first five issues to see if HATE endures.

The Friday Review: Grendel: Devil Tales
2nd November 2001
To some readers, Matt Wagner's GRENDEL looks like an impenetrably sprawling series. Nick Brownlow offers a primer on the series, and a review of a work that will introduce readers both to the Grendel myth and to Matt Wagner's storytelling style.

The Friday Review: Queen & Country
5th October 2001
DETECTIVE COMICS writer Greg Rucka made his name with WHITEOUT, but he's securing his reputation with espionage thriller QUEEN & COUNTRY. Nick Brownlow looks at the series' first four issues.




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