The Top 15 TV Detectives
Everybody has their favourite TV detective. And in many cases, everybody has their favourite version of their favourite TV detective. This list started out as a top 5. Then 5 more of equal merit snooped…
Sherlock Holmes
Adler – Lavie Tidhar, Paul McCaffrey & Simon Bowland (Titan Comics)
Adler is exactly what it sounds like – a graphic novel taking Irene Adler, famously known to Sherlock Holmes only as ‘The Woman,’ into a life and adventures of her own. It is, even from…
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Sherlock Holmes : The Vanishing Man – Leah Moore, John Reppion & Julius Ohta (Dynamite)
Whether you are a seasoned Holmes fan or have discovered him via Benedict Cumberbatch’s portrayal in Gatiss and Moffat’s series, it matters not, as there is something in The Vanishing Man for every fan. Beautifully…
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A Study In Emerald – Neil Gaiman & Rafael Albuquerque (Dark Horse)
Well, this is ridiculous quite frankly. Gaiman, Holmes, Lovecraft-that’s three of my favourite things right there and in A Study in Emerald they\’re smashed together in what is truly a collaboration made in literary heaven. The 2004…
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My Life in Film… Paul Kane
This one’s hard, being the ardent cinephile that I am, and in no way reflects my top ten choice of movies in general – as I probably couldn’t narrow it down to a top thousand!…
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Associates Of Sherlock Holmes – Edited By George Mann (Titan Books)
It’s always a pleasure to take a stroll through the Sherlock Holmes universe, especially when it’s an expanded variety, as here. For as the title implies, the thirteen tales herein are not Holmes adventures per…
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The Sacrifice of Sherlock Holmes
The Sacrifice of Sherlock Holmes – Starring Nicholas Briggs, Richard Earl, Tracey Childs, Jeremy Clyde, Joe Jameson, Jamie Hind, Frances Marshall, Alan Cox, Elizabeth Rider, Jamie Newall, Christopher Naylor & Natalie Burt & Written by…
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Holmes and Hellraiser Heaven
Why is it that Holmes and Hellraiser work so well together? I was asked when I was approached about doing this blog. What is it that makes them such a perfect match? For me, that’s…
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Who Killed Sherlock Holmes? – Paul Cornell (Tor UK)
Who’s murdering ghosts? Who Killed Sherlock Holmes? is the third novel in Paul Cornell’s ‘Shadow Police’ series, following on from the events in London’s Falling and The Severed Streets. Someone has killed the ghost of…
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Sherlock Holmes: The Sign of Four / The Hound of the Baskervilles (Second Sight)
One year before Granada began filming Jeremy Brett in what to my mind will always be the definitive Sherlock Holmes television adaptions, Sy Weintraub – famed, among other things, for bringing Ron Ely’s Tarzan to…
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Titan Comics Announces Sherlock Manga!
This June, Titan Comics is thrilled to unveil Sherlock: A Study In Pink – a manga comic series adapting the episodes of the smash-hit Hartswood Films TV show starring Sherlock Holmes as played by Benedict Cumberbatch…
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Sherlock Holmes and the Necronomicon
Sherlock Holmes and the Necronomicon – Sylvain Cordurie & Laci (Dark Horse Books) Being a devotee of both Conan- Doyle and Lovecraft, and having previously stumbled across, and eagerly devoured, ‘Shadows Over Baker Street’ my…
