Category Archives: Books

by | 24/01/2012 · 9:00 pm

BOOK REVIEW – FOOTPRINTS #3 & #4 by Joey Esposito and Jonathan Moore (Comic)

By Marty Mulrooney

FOOTPRINTS #3 & #4

FOOTPRINTS is a creator-owned comic book mini-series written by Joey Esposito (the Comics Editor for IGN) with art from Jonathan Moore (FUBAR). An inventive twist on the noir genre, FOOTPRINTS stars Mr Foot, aka Bigfoot, as a world-weary detective trying to find out who killed his brother, Yeti, in a cryptozoological mystery that spans decades. FOOTPRINTS #3 & #4 comprise the penultimate and final instalments of the comic book series that AMO recently pronounced Best Comic/Graphic Novel of 2011.

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by | 18/01/2012 · 12:00 pm

BOOK REVIEW – ICO: Castle in the Mist by Miyuki Miyabe (Translated by Alexander O. Smith)

By Marty Mulrooney

Ico Castle In The Mist

ICO: Castle in the Mist is a novel written by Miyuki Miyabe, one of Japan’s most popular and best-selling authors. Inspired by the cult video game Ico (an award-winning PlayStation 2 game released in 2001/2002, now remastered in HD for PlayStation 3),  the story was originally printed between May 2002 to May 2003 as instalments in Shūkan Gendai, a Japanese weekly current affairs magazine. It was recently translated into English by Viz Media and released in North America on the 16th of August 2011, before being distributed in the UK by Simon & Schuster from the 15th of September 2011.

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by | 16/01/2012 · 10:00 am

AMO COMPETITION – Win The Hunting Ground by Cliff McNish

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In 2011 Alternative Magazine Online reviewed a chilling book entitled The Hunting Ground, noting that “Cliff McNish writes with confidence, intent on telling his own unique ghost story rather than simply falling back upon genre conventions such as slow build-ups and excessive gore.” To celebrate the recent release of The Hunting Ground in paperback in the UK, AMO has teamed up with Orion Books to offer our readers (UK and Eire only) the chance to win one of five copies!

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by | 14/01/2012 · 12:00 pm

Alternative Magazine Online: The Best of 2011 Roundup/Awards

By Marty Mulrooney

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Following the success of the previous AMO awards in 2009 and 2010, Alternative Magazine Online is proud to present our top picks of the best films, games, books, graphic novels and music of 2011!

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