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Liam Sharp’s Starhenge continues in Ore: A Starhenge Graphic Novella

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Artist and writer Liam Sharp is returning to his fantastical realm of StarHenge to summon a new spellbinding tale, Ore: A Starhenge Graphic Novella. The news comes shortly after it was announced that Sharp earned an Eisner nomination for Best Painter/Multimedia Artist (Interior Art) for StarHenge: The Dragon and the Boar and for Nocterra: Nemesis Special, also published by Image Comics.

Following the events of StarHenge, in which a future Merlin travels to 5th-century Britain to prevent monstrous time-traveling robots from robbing the universe of magic, Ore: A StarHenge Graphic Novella charts the battle between the resurrected Ur-Queen and the horrifying AI of the CAST, in a galaxy-spanning conflict where ALL sentient life is threatened. A first look at a selection of pages from the graphic novella shows Sharp’s stunning illustrations and the genesis of Ore, revealing the plans of her many avatars: to save as much life as they could, and to make the CAST learn how to suffer. Ore: A StarHenge Graphic Novella will hit shelves this August from Image Comics.

Ore: A StarHenge Graphic Novella will be available for purchase at comic book shops on Wednesday, August 7 (cover by Liam Sharp; Lunar Code 0624IM253). It will also be available across many digital platforms, including Amazon Kindle, Apple Books, and Google Play.

Ore: A StarHenge Graphic Novella

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Batman #125

It was new comic book day yesterday! What’d you all get? What’d you like? Sound off in the comments below. While you think about that, here’s some comic news and reviews from around the web.

Kotaku – She-Hulk’s Arrival In Marvel’s Avengers Leaked In Awkward Xbox Livestream Moment – With a show coming, is it a surprise really?

The Mary Sue – 99.5% of HarperCollins Union Vote in Favor to Initiate a Strike For Equitable Pay – We support them.

Reviews

Comicbook – Batman #125
CBR – Flashpoint Beyond #3
The Beat – Saga #60
Comicbook – Saga #60
Collected Editions – Shazam!: To Hell and Back
The Beat – Starhenge #1
CBR – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin

Review: Starhenge #1

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Starhenge #1

Liam Sharp strikes out on his own with Starhenge #1 kicking off an intriguing series that’s a bit Terminator mixed with magic and a fantasy setting. The end result is an interesting start that’s more visuals than story when it comes to what sucks you in.

Taking place over three time periods, Starhenge #1 has to do with a future where humanity had discovered magic but then forgot about it as they go up against a robotic race determined to wipe them out. It’s straight up an intergalactic Terminator with the magic spin of it all. The story riffs so much on that concept it also involves time travel to help figure out what has happened to magic and the legendary Knights that will save humanity.

None of the story is necessarily bad. Sharp has put together an intriguing world and concept that is familiar but adds just enough to make it different. Where things fails is in how the story is laid out. The narrative is a bit choppy as it attempts to pack in a lot of what’s going on and explain things in a way that makes sense. That includes a storyline in the present involving a girl into witchcraft who will obviously play a role in saving the future and is the story’s narrator.

The art by Sharp is disturbingly beautiful. There’s an H.R. Geiger quality about it without the phallic bits. The page layouts and some panels are jaw dropping at times with a crazy amount of detail and painted like dreamscape. But, like the narrative itself, the images at times feel a bit choppy as we get explanations about the world and what’s going on. There’s an odd flow that’s missing at times like separate images are mashed together on a page and then the text is the last thing to be thought of.

I wanted to really like Starhenge #1 and as a concept I do. But, the flow of the narrative and art aren’t quite polished creating a slightly jarring experience. You can piece together what’s going on but it takes a bit to really connect the dots as things are laid out and a lot of questions remain. It’s a sci-fi story that you just go with the flow, even if that flow is going to turn into a time traveling loop of a time.

Story: Liam Sharp Art: Liam Sharp
Story: 7.0 Art: 8.5 Overall: 7.0 Recommendation: Read

Image Comics provided Graphic Policy with a FREE copy for review

Purchase: Zeus Comics – TFAW – comiXology/Kindle

Graphic Policy’s Top Comic Picks this Week!

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Batman #125

Wednesdays (and Tuesdays) are new comic book day! Each week hundreds of comics are released, and that can be pretty daunting to go over and choose what to buy. That’s where we come in

Each week our contributors choose what they can’t wait to read this week or just sounds interesting. In other words, this is what we’re looking forward to and think you should be taking a look at!

Find out what folks think below, and what comics you should be looking out for this week.

Absolution #1 (AWA Studios) – A hired killer has a month to prove she can change before the bomb implanted in her head explodes.

The Ballad of Gordon Barleycorn #1 (Black Caravan/Scout Comics) – Gordon and his manager Giuseppe are hunted down by a religious debt collector who’s come to make him pay for his past. Yeah, this sounds like the weird we enjoy.

Batman #125 (DC Comics) – The new creative team of Chip Zdarsky and Jorge Jimenez begin their run here!

Behemoth #1 (Black Caravan/Scout Comics) – Theresa wakes up have turned into a monster, then thrown into a detention camp where the government wants to turn her into a weapon.

Captain America: Sentinel of Liberty #2 (Marvel) – The two Captain America series are interesting in how they’re similar and differ. This one focuses on Steve and Bucky as they begin their missions.

The Closet #2 (Image Comics) – The series follows a family as they move across the country and a creature from the closet follows them along the way.

DC vs. Vampires #7 (DC Comics) – The second half of the miniseries begins here as the world has been taken over by superpowered vampires. Will anyone be able to stop them?

Mega Centurions #1 (Scout Comics) – Former heroes lives are turned upside down when a face from the past comes crashing back into their lives.

Metal Society #3 (Image Comics) – A really intriguing sci-fi series that sees humans fighting for their rights through combat to overthrow their robot overlords.

Mind MGMT: Bootleg #1 (Dark Horse) – Matt Kindt’s mindbending superspy series returns with Farel Dalrymple on art!

Prodigy: Icarus Society #1 (Image Comics) – A new series from Mark Millar is always on the radar.

Promethee 1313 #1 (Ablaze) – What if you knew the world was about to end? What would you be willing to do to save the people you love?

Starhenge: Dragon & Boar #1 (Image Comics) – Liam Sharp launches a creator owned series! A future Merlin travels to 5th-century Britain to prevent monstrous time-traveling killer robots from robbing the universe of magic.

There’s Something Wrong with Patrick Todd #1 (AfterShock) – A fifteen year old is on the run and using his telepathic abilities to force people to rob backs then turn themselves in.

Tiger’s Tongue #1 (Mad Cave Studios) – Twin princesses hold the future of their people in their hands as they face the brink of war.

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She-Hulk #4

The weekend is almost here! What geeky things are you all doing? Sound off in the comments below! While you wait for the weekend to begin, here’s some comic news and reviews from around the web.

Oni Press – James Lucas Jones and Charlie Chu out at Oni Press – Hell of a shakeup going into SDCC.

Reviews

CBR – Hellboy and the BPRD: Old Man Whittier
Atomic Junk Shop – Little Monarchs
CBR – She-Hulk #4
CBR – Starhenge #1
CBR – Thor: Lightning and Lament #1