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Written by: C Allegra Hawksmoor, John Reppion and Dylan Fox Published by Vagrants Among Ruins • http://www.amongruins.org/?page_id=301 The future died nine years ago. Earth was deep in the grip of a Steampunk industrial revolution, steam trains writing themselves across the countryside as colossal aerostats drifted overhead. Fortunes were made, lives …

Caleb and Lenny have broken down on these roads. And the only thing that they hate more than that, the stifling heat, and the fact they have no food, is each other. J Daniel Sawyer’s novella opens in the sort of situation we’ve all been in from time to time. …

While all this has been going on, my friends and colleagues have been asking me one thing. It’s the same thing they ask me every year around this time, and then again in July, while the event is happening: “Are you going?” When I reply that I’m not, there’s always …

Which is where Guy Adams and Jimmy Broxton come in. Together they’ve discovered Goldtiger , a lost cult newspaper strip from the 1960s. Packed full of action, style and casual violence, Goldtiger was the last great work of Antonio Barreti and Louis Shaeffer, a writer and artist team who seemed …

I know a lot about a lot of genre things, but no one can be familiar with everything. There are some things that have simply flown under my radar through the years. Such is the case with Green Arrow . All I knew about this guy before watching his latest …

In a recent issue of SFX , there was a list of five reasons why Luke Skywalker is better than Han Solo. (opens in new tab) As a life-long Luke fan, I was thrilled to see this (even if it may have been a little tongue in cheek), but I’ve …

The news that Syfy’s Alphas hasn’t made it to a third season is sad, not only in terms of jobs lost, but because the cancellation of any sci-fi show is a wee little tragedy. However, while I’m sorry to see it go, there’s one thing about it I won’t miss. …

Rob Williams is aboard as the writer and, as one third of the team who scripted “Trifecta” (Along with Si Spurrier and Al Ewing) he’s proved himself as one of the best Dredd writers in years. Art duties are being handled by Mike Dowling, best known for pencilling the surprisingly …

Afterlife Inc Volume 1 Dying to Tell-Tales from the Afterlife Written by Jonathan Lock Art by Ash Jackson, Jack Tempest, Del Borovic, Will Tempest, Roy Huteson Stewart, Jerry Gaylord Available from www.jonlock.com • £10 So the bad news is you’re dead. The good news is everyone’s dead, and that’s not …

Professor Elemental #1 Written by Chris Mole Art by Mike Hawthorne, James Feist, Liam Byrne, Owen Watts, Noah Rodenbeek Available from http://www.professorelemental.com • £5 I’ve been a fan of Professor Elemental for a while now. A British rapper who has not only pioneered steampunk rap but the splendidly titled sub-genre …