Phoenix #109

I haven't posted a Phoenix preview for a while so let's do so with the latest issue - #109. The cover is spectacular and unlike anything seen on the Phoenix beofre, with Looshkin having apparently drawn everything besides himself, including the straplines and logo! Great stuff that actually comes from the pen of Jamie Smart.

Inside it feels as though Jamie Smart and Adam Murphy have taken over over the comic, illustrating 13 pages between them. In fact only one strip inside is drawn by a different artist, and that strip is Sky Drifters by Zak Simmonds-Hurn. It's not that Jamie and Adam are bad artists (they're brilliant) but it would be nice to have a bit more variety.

Fortunately we are also treated to a game on the centre spread which was produced by Kate Brown.

Phoenix #109 is out now at the usual price of £2.99.

This Week In The Phoenix - Issue 67

I haven't posted a review of The Phoenix for a while now, but I received the latest issue, number 67, on time and early, so why not? This weeks issue, shown above, has a fantastic eye catching cover by Adam Murphy, featuring Adam with his "scariest guest ever" - Vlad The Impaler, in the Corpse Talk strip!

Adam also illustrated a second strip this week, entitled The Emerald Slippers. It looks like the strip has been painted by hand, but with the many amazing things Photoshop can do I just can't be sure.

This issue also heralds the return of Blimpville, illustrated by Patrice Aggs. If you have been reading The Phoenix since it's launch back at the beginning of 2012 you might remember this strip from the very first issues. If not, what happens is each week you have to find certain things (a bit of a 'Where's Wally?' is you like), and also spot what has changed since last week. It's all a good bit of fun!

That's all I'm going to reveal from the latest issue, so if you want to find out more you'll have to grab yourself a copy from your nearest store, for £2.99.

This Week's Phoenix - No. 45

The latest Phoenix features one of the most exciting Zara's Crown strips to date, with tense excitment in every panel and a thrilling cliffhanger at the end! I won't reveal too much, but here is just one panel: 

Excellent storytelling by John and Patrice Aggs!

Jamie Smart's popular Bunny Vs. Monkey comes back in the second part of a daring adventure - what lies behind "Door B"...? The centre spread of this week's issue is also taken up with an excellent Bunny Vs. Monkey poster!

Over the page in Corpse Talk Adam Murphy introduces us to William the Conqueror talking about one of histories most famous battles - the 1066 Battle of Hastings!

  

Further on in the comic Gary Northfield returns with another excellent Gary's Garden, all about the battle between two spiders and a spot of lunch!

All this and much, much more is packed into the latest issue of The Phoenix, on sale now from various stores for just £2.99!