The Friday Review: Bulletproof Monk
By John Fellows
When BULLETPROOF MONK hits cinema screens as a Seann William Scott/Yun-Fat Chow movie, it's going to seem mainstream. In comics, it's anything but. Ninth Art discovers that you don't need sticky floors and folding seats to enjoy a good popcorn tale.

The Friday Review: Ruse: Enter The Detective
By John Connors
It's a little bit CrossGen, a little bit Conan Doyle; but is Mark Waid's elegantly illustrated detective tale too compromised to truly succeed? The answer is elementary, my dear reader...

The Friday Review: The Unknown Soldier
By Alasdair Stuart
It's a socio-political tale of anachronistic values and patriotism taken too far, and one of Garth Ennis's best explorations of some of his most familiar themes. Ninth Art faces the unknown - by the dawn's early light.

The Friday Review: Sparks: An Urban Fairytale
By Zack Smith
It's a fairy tale for people who've given up waiting for a happy ending. It's about a lonely, disillusioned girl and her robot. And it may just be one of the best books you'll read this year. Ninth Art sparks up.

The Friday Review: Maus - A Survivor's Tale
By John Connors
It's the CITIZEN KANE of comics - but does the sheer weight of expectation affect the appeal MAUS holds for new readers? Ninth Art's John Connors belatedly takes his seat to hear the Spiegelman family's survivor's tale.

The Friday Review: Arsenic Lullaby: The Devil's Hat Trick
By Zack Smith
Voodoo, foetuses, deviltry and the Klan? Ninth Art delves into the world of Douglas Paskiewicz, for one dark little lullaby that certainly won't give you a pleasant night's sleep.

The Friday Review: Abe: Wrong For All The Right Reasons
By Nick Brownlow
This comic has a superhero, but it's not like any superhero comic. This is a comic about wonder, reflection, poetry and introspection. It may sound like a curious beast, but if Glenn Dakin's ABE is wrong, then we don't want to be right.

The Friday Review: Box Office Poison
By Alex Dueben
If you think a first-time indie creator's reflections on comics and relationships are nothing you haven't heard before, you need to hear them the way Alex Robinson tells them. Ninth Art queues up for some BOX OFFICE POISON.

The Friday Review: Hellboy: The Chained Coffin And Others
By Nick Brownlow
There tend to be two types of comic fans in the world. Those who love the work of Mike Mignola, and those who just haven't read it yet. Ninth Art checks out a devil of a collection - your perfect introduction to HELLBOY.

The Friday Review: The Books Of Magic
By John Connors
A small bespectacled English schoolboy is initiated into the world of magic. A familiar sounding set-up, but this is the Gaiman variation: Everything you ever wanted to know about sects, but were too afraid to ask.

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