The Adam Dechanel Blog

EOS updated!

2011-11-22T06:24:00.000Z

Oh, Oh! The party is over and everyone is in trouble!

I'd be grateful if you could Read/Share/Reshare the newest free episode now at: www.clockworkcomics.co.uk

Bleeding Cool Preview!

2011-11-19T03:48:00.000Z

Hungry for more comic book adventure? Bleeding Cool have a preview before digital editing of EOS BEFORE it hits the main site at www.clockworkcomics.co.uk

Be prepared for spoilers!

EOS preview exclusive to Bleeding Cool! #adamdechanel #EOS #clockworkcomics http://t.co/5evqHeJw

CLOCKWORK COMICS!

2011-11-17T09:54:00.003Z

ALL NEW! ALL DIFFERENT!

Clockwork Comics is relaunched and now features two new comics!

EOS www.clockworkcomics.co.uk/EOScomic.html updated EVERY Tuesday & Thursday

Slipstream www.clockworkcomics.co.uk/slipstreamcomic.html updated EVERY Saturday

The best part? they're 100% free and work on MAC/PC or even tablets and smartphones!

Each comic also features a catchup viewer so if you miss an episode you can always keep up to date!

Please help promote the two comics and REPOST/SHARE/LINK!

Superboy #1

2011-09-21T17:23:00.000+01:00

Cover date: November 2011

"The Clone"

Writer: Scott Lobdell
Penciller: R. B. Silva
Inker: Rob Lean
Cover: Eric Canete with Guy Major

Story - 5: I won't delve into the past, I rode that train already. It was a good journey but if that's what you're after you'll have to check out the back issues, trade paperbacks and digital releases - this is a new character and a new journey.

As first issues go it delivers a lot more than the previous 'Super-centric' books. Both Justice League and Action Comics didn't really push the envelope exploring the character but here in Superboy, characterization is all you get. In actual fact the mysteries 'Red' is trying to fathom shed a great deal of light on the new Clark Kent and Superman dynamic. It's very well written and the inner monologues of the clone really push his confusions with the memories and intelligence that aren't his. Almost like Superman and the mystery donor's inherent memories are all he has and he is just a shell for them despite having a personality all his own.

The scenes where he is initially released and feels air, experiences sensations and realizes his abilities, are a touch of brilliance. It should be noted that he is the second clone (according to the artwork).

Rose inadvertently takes on the Lana Lang role and at first we're thrust into a pseudo Smallville. At first the 'one month later' scene really threw me, I thought at first it was terrible, I'll be honest, it sucked. However just like the confusion 'Red' feels I was taken aback by the woman in the burning building too. I fell for the sucker punch and it was a brilliant twist because it makes you as the reader reevaluate the entire plot. I really enjoyed the fact it refused to be formulaic with the story.

The cameo from Lois with Doctor Umber didn't feel forced at all and felt like a great twist to link this book to the current Superman series to come. There is just enough of the original series 'feel' to be familiar with but so much more to enjoy with a new sleek update. This Superboy seems to be far more powerful than even he realizes and with an intellect to rival a Brainiac, despite the fact he doesn't know why he does or how to use it, drawing on scenes from both the Smallville series and Supergirl movie. I hope you'll stick with me on this new journey to see where this new Superboy goes because if all the issues are as strong as this we're in for a superb ride.

Art - 5: You may not have seen the Jimmy Olsen Special earlier this year (the introduction of Chloe Sullivan) but R. B. Silva was charged with the art duties there and he again delivers his unique style to Superboy's adventures. The art is less cartoon-like now but retains that unique feel. There are some truly spectacular sequences that I honestly can't see anyone but Silva delivering it in as fantastic a fashion.

Cover Art - 2: I see what Canete and Major are trying to convey with the cover but it's truly misleading. In fact when it was first leaked there was a confusion as to whether Superboy in the Teent Titans and this cyborg were two different characters and as it turns out, this rendition is neither. As a piece of art it oozes cool, but in relation to the character and book, it just doesn't fit, and that is a pity as I think Superboy #1 deserved a full 5/5 rating overall.

For the full review visit: www.supermanhomepage.com

For fan thoughts: MMR review comments

the gifted #1 0.5 finale

2011-08-12T17:09:00.000+01:00

Here it is folks the big cliffhanger!
What happens next? That's up to you!
Give me some ideas on how you want it to continue!

the gifted #1 0.1-4 omnibus

2011-08-12T11:20:00.000+01:00

Before the finale later today here is the chance to catch up on all the action in The Gifted #1

the gifted #1 0.4

2011-08-11T21:43:00.001+01:00

We're entering the home stretch, so what the heck is up with these guys? men or monsters?

the gifted #1 0.3

2011-08-10T06:42:00.001+01:00

Another day another five pages of web comic fun! (please note: this chapter features nudity)

the gifted #1 0.2

2011-08-08T06:25:00.001+01:00

Well what a weekend! You're back for more action? OK you got it!

the gifted #1 0.1

2011-08-04T20:26:00.001+01:00

End of the week blues? Well hopefully this Zoanthrope epic The Gifted: The Beast Within, will help serve as a little pick me up?

education of a superhero #1 0.11 - Finale

2011-07-28T07:15:00.001+01:00

Secrets revealed, the villain ready for action* , action and adventure on the horizon... but no superhero? Yep, that's right this was a teaser that spun out of the show and in a few short weeks the new edition will be revealed!

From tomorrow EOS will be filed under the 'comics' tab as we start The Gifted another series proposal from TADB. See you then!

*(yes true comics fans that IS the Black Bat, inspiration for DC Comics Batman!)

education of a superhero #1 online 0.10

2011-07-27T10:57:00.001+01:00

So a professor at Van Oak University is not what he appears to be? What is his secret and what does this have to do with Julie and her friends?

education of a superhero #1 online 0.9

2011-07-24T20:55:00.001+01:00

So college is in full swing, we've met Julie Meyers and her friends but what of Professor Gray? Are we about to learn his secrets?

education of a superhero #1 online 0.8

2011-07-23T19:42:00.001+01:00

All caught up? great here is the next chapter!

education of a superhero #1 online 0.1-7 omnibus

2011-07-22T06:45:00.002+01:00

Arrived at the party late did'ja? well not to worry here is the first half of the Education Of A Superhero webcomic, yes the one that had the radio show, anywho for those of you that have been following be nice to the latecomers!

education of a superhero #1 online 0.7

2011-07-21T06:39:00.001+01:00

The introductions continue as Julie meets her dorm-mates...

education of a superhero #1 online 0.6

2011-07-20T06:18:00.001+01:00

and then amongst the trials and tribulations, a sinister turn...

education of a superhero #1 online 0.5

2011-07-19T11:44:00.001+01:00

continuing the adventure...

education of a superhero #1 online 0.4

2011-07-18T11:28:00.001+01:00

We were a bit slack the last few days so here are a few more pages!

education of a superhero #1 online 0.3

2011-07-14T07:05:00.001+01:00

The adventure continues...

(Yes I know the title cards are annoying but once the entire comic is collected it hopefully wont be as much of a pain!)

education of a superhero #1 online 0.2

2011-07-12T21:05:00.001+01:00

The adventure continues...

education of a superhero #1 online 0.1

2011-07-11T19:34:00.001+01:00

A long while ago, I wrote a little short about a young girl in college that was to become a superhero. In creative circles it was popular as a proposal and spawned a five part radio serial and an album. The spin was that she never read comics, never saw the cartoons, much like Ralph Hinkley in Greatest American Hero, Julie Meyers was thrown in at the deep end with no idea how to BE a superhero.

She didn't have a Ma & Pa or an Uncle Ben to teach her the rights & wrongs in fact she was always a 'bad influence' at school so one day when she is in an accident, her life changes forever... but there was a back story and here it is... so check back daily!

will 1888's mystery be solved

2011-06-29T07:10:00.000+01:00

"This is the best thing I have ever seen at the Union. Forget the East End; it should be up the West End." Elizabeth Paul, Southwark News.

It has been a fantastic run, and as some of you may know the show has been nominated for 2 Off West End Awards - Best New Musical and Best Female Performance (Gemma Salter).

I'd like to thank everyone for their unwavering support and if you haven't seen it yet shame on you but there might still be time! The show site, the venue site

the rocketeer soars again

2011-06-28T21:09:00.001+01:00

The Rocketeer aka Cliff Secord first appeared in 1982 created by the late great comic book writer & artist Dave Stevens. A beautiful homage to the movie serials of the 1940's throwing in icon Bettie Page as inspiration for Cliff's girlfriend. If you're lucky The Rocketeer: Deluxe Edition, which collects all the original stories may still be available from IDW publishing. Just ask your friendly neighbourhood comic store staff.

As the story goes, in 1938 Los Angeles, Cliff Secord, an aspiring pilot, discovers a mysterious package in his airplane, hidden there by two gangsters who were fleeing the police. In that package, Cliff soon finds what the police were really looking for: a stolen rocket-pack with the help of his best friend Peevy Peabody fashion a helmet so he can use the pack as a force for good, beating gangsters and the nazis while also impressing his girl Betty.

Now you might not be familiar with good old fashioned comics is so you may have visited the movies, seen it on television, rented the video, laserdisc or dvd of this:

A brilliant adaption of the original books by Danny Bilson & Paul De Meo for Walt Disney Pictures with an equally heart soaring score by James Horner a special edited suite can be heard here:

Well its the 20th anniversary and to commemorate that fact IDW publishing have launched a miniseries of brand new Rocketeer comics featuring stories & art by the likes of comic book industry legends Mike Allred, Kurt Busiek, John Cassaday, Darwyn Cooke, Michael Golden, Gene Ha, Michael Kaluta, Garry Leach, Bruce Timm and Bill Willingham with covers by Alex Ross.

Rocketeer Adventures is a fantastic tribute to the Dave Stevens who passed away March 11th, 2008 from complications of leukmeia at the age of 52. Dave Steven's official site Donations to fund research into the causes, diagnoses, and treatment of hairy cell leukemia, can be made at Hairy Cell Leukemia Research Foundation.

As a special treat a fan animation created by John Banana (the man behind Rabid Rabbits) has been released and we at TADB hope that Disney/Pixar take note and help Cliff take flight again!

you've reached your final destination...

2011-06-23T18:44:00.001+01:00

So you may not have heard of this movie series if you've been living under a rock but in a while back, in the year 2000, Final Destination arrived in cinemas. It told the story of Alex Browning and a premonition during a school trip to Paris that enabled him to save a few of his classmates from Flight 180's fatal flight.

Sounds like a 'strange but true' documentary right? wrong! You see, a force for good delivers premonitions and clues to help the survivors but Death isn't easily stopped. The grim reaper has a list of people he must kill and through bizarre coincidences he claims back everyone that was meant to die on the flight. The only way to survive is to figure out the Death's list and look for the signs to cheat him - if you can, you live!

In each movie a young teen receives the life saving premonition. The big tragedies that Death has orchestrated so far are, a plane crash, a motorway pile up, a rollercoaster derailment, a subway crash and a racetrack explosion, but the weirder causes of death happen afterwards and when we say weird we mean ranging from the most incredibly gore filled to the insanely ridiculous!

Fun facts for movie buffs are that X-Files Morgan & Wong created the movie franchise and that the score was devised by Shirley Walker of Warner Bros/DC Comics animation before she sadly passed away and is chilling, surprising and beautiful.

There are four movies in the series and the reason for this post? a FIFTH is about to hit cinemas! At TADB we are gagging to be there opening night but OK, maybe you aren't sold on it yet? Take a look at the trailers my friends!

And here you go folks... The official trailer for part 5!