The Sci-Fi Western genre gets a fresh spin in this new monthly comic. Created by Jonathan Hickman and Nick Dragotta, who worked together on Marvel Comics' FF series, East Of West is shaping up to be one of the must-reads of this year. So if you like your Western wastelands with a side of … [Read more...]
Porcelain Graphic Novel – a Grimm tale for the 21st Century
Let's get straight down to business: Porcelain is a beautiful thing to behold. As the first offering by new publisher Improper Books, it's quite stunning in its execution. Written by Ben Read, with wonderfully rendered art by Christian Wildgoose, Porcelain tells the story of a young street urchin … [Read more...]
We’re going to the London Comic Con MCM Expo!
The London Comic Con MCM Expo is a massive bi-yearly event which focuses on gaming, sci-fi, TV shows, films, comics, anime, manga and cosplay. We're going to be there to cover it, so let us know if you're going! Here are some of the highlights of this month’s show! LONDON COMIC CON MCM EXPO | … [Read more...]
What to do until The Walking Dead returns
Now that The Walking Dead Season 2 has come to an explosive end we have a long and arduous walker-free summer ahead of us. But! fear not loyal readers, help is here in the form of this handy guide of Zombie-centric things to do that will keep your brrraaaaaaaiiiiiins sufficiently filled with enough … [Read more...]
Where’s the Doctor?
Illustrator Jamie Smart has been producing Doctor Who picture searches for the Doctor Who Monster Invasion magazine for a year and a half now and has just put some of his favourites up on his site. They're superbly detailed. We love them here at Dork Adore but have been driving ourselves mad … [Read more...]
Dork Fashion Icons: Enid Coleslaw (Ghost World)
Enid Coleslaw is the ultimate comic book anti-heroine and one that's become something of a poster girl for geek chic with indie cred. In the Daria Morgendorffer mold, she's a witty, intelligent and cynical commentator on the world around her. Brought to life by Thora Birch in the 2001 adaptation, … [Read more...]
The Best Comic Book Movie Adaptations
2012 is going to prove a massive year for the comic book film adaptation, with Zack Snyder rebooting Superman with The Man of Steel, Marc Webb taking on The Amazing Spider-man, The Avengers getting their first outing courtesy of Joss Whedon, and of course, there’s the Batman saga coming to an end … [Read more...]
Before Watchmen: the comic book prequel no one wants
It's always a bad sign when your press release launching a new project includes an apology for the existence of the project. DC Comics' announcement that it plans to publish 35 new Watchmen comics this year, 25 years after the original 12-issue series blew the doors off the entire super-hero genre, … [Read more...]
Make your own Iron Man, Thor and Captain America cakes!
I love cake. Who doesn't? And I have a soft spot for Marvel movies (yeah, even Thor. For very, very shallow reasons). So this Marvel Cakelet pan is right up my street. This cake pan has moulds for three of the characters from next year's mega-movie, The Avengers, (Iron Man, Thor and Captain … [Read more...]
Five things we love this week
The internet has been really rather wonderful this week. Here are five things we've spotted that you'll love. Marvel Super-hoodies As a general rule, I'm not the biggest fan of hoodies. But I'll make an exception for these Marvel Superhero hoodies. The two Spider-man designs and the Captain … [Read more...]
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