Graphic Novels

Godspeed, Screw-On Head: a Review of Mike Mignola’s “The Amazing Screw-On Head”

January 12, 2012

Best known for his seminal work on his creation Hellboy, Mike Mignola put together The Amazing Screw-On Head in 2002 as a great one-shot comic. As he himself describes, the character started out as a toy concept, “a robot head, threaded like a light bulb, that you could screw into different robot bodies.” (Story Notes, 2009). It combined with his love of dusty Victorians, strange machines, and a dash of the supernatural, and came out into this winner of the 2003 Eisner Award, for Best Humor Publication. In 2009, it was collected with a handful of Mignola’s other short-stories...

“To me, my scientists!” A review of The Five Fists of Science, by Matt Fraction and Steven Sanders

December 10, 2011

By Michelle Roberts

“To me, my scientists!” A review of The Five Fists of Science, by Matt Fraction and Steven Sanders

Much like our modern times, those living at the turn of the nineteenth century were facing a cold war: an “armed peace” where the major powers of the world had the military strength to wipe each other out. In 1899, Mark Twain wrote memorably of “peace by compulsion.” He theorized that if four of the major powers agreed to reduce armaments by 10%, and in turn “thrashed” the others into doing the same, it would achieve that peace. He was an ardent supporter of the Armistice Movement in Vienna, and concluded this was the only way to attain any...

“The Return of the Dapper Men” by Jim McCann and Janet Lee

November 11, 2011

By Maria Brown

The other day I found myself on a search for something my 9 year-old son and I could read together. I discovered that, while Steampunk is a well-established genre, there exists a fairly small selection of media for the youngest fans, and parents must often resort to modifying existing adult material for these developing minds. But this is beginning to change, as can be seen in Archaia Entertainment’s The Return of the Dapper Men. The story is written by award-winning author Jim McCann, and illustrated by Janet Lee using an innovative and visually striking decoupage technique; the result is...

Interview with Antonio Serra

November 8, 2011

By Lorenzo

Greystorm was published in 2009/2010 and edited by Sergio Bonelli Editore, one of the major Italian comic publishers. It is a 12-issue miniseries with protagonist, the wicked inventor, Robert Greystorm. Throughout the story, we find vintage submarines, airships, other steampunk inventions, and amazing adventures across the world. We had the pleasure to interview the creator, Antonio Serra, about his Steampunk creation. Doctor Fantastique’s: Would you like to introduce yourself and your works? Antonio Serra: I’m going to sum up a very long story. I was born in 1963, and I have always been a great fan of comics, adventure...

8 A Steampunk Anthology

May 26, 2011

By Theresa Breaux

My name is Theresa. I am a graphic novel junkie. There, I said it and I’m not ashamed. When my editor asked me to interview Samuel E. Kirkman Jr., a collaborator for “8 A Steampunk Anthology,” I jumped up and down and did my happy dance. Thankfully, my editor was spared the full sight of it. So I loaded up the trailer, right? Oh my gears and garters, was it awesome! As I watched the pages go by, I had a great deal more questions than “What is Steampunk” for Samuel. Looking at what he helped to create gave...

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