The recent Hawkeye television series on Disney+ (which I will discuss in another post) was clearly based on the comic book run by Matt Fraction and David Aja (with Matt Hollingsworth on colours and Chris Eliopoulos on letters, edited by Steve Wacker), with the visual aesthetic of the promotional material…
The Suicide Squad and Suicide Squad: the difference between the definite article and its absence – a discussion? The Suicide Squad is technically a sequel to 2016’s Suicide Squad, but you don’t need to know anything about the first film to understand and enjoy the second film (apart from wanting…
Nowadays, instead of purchasing a lot of comic books, I read a lot of my comic books via the various libraries I have access to (see my post on borrowing more than 1000 collections and original graphic novels). Therefore, it was a significant shift when the pandemic closed the libraries…
As a fan of martial arts and superheroes, I was looking forward to Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (herein referred to simply as Shang-Chi), although I suspect not as much as Asian people who are fans of the MCU. This film is the first Asian American superhero…
My love of comic books and films means that I try to watch adaptations of superhero comic books in the cinema for the best experience (see the comic book movies category of this blog); however, for various reasons, I missed the opportunity to catch Shazam! on the big screen. Its…
It’s been more than two years since the last MCU film (Spider-Man: Far From Home) – we’ve been lucky to have WandaVision and Loki, (my thoughts on them here and here, respectively), but there’s something about a big MCU film that is special. Unfortunately, it’s the first MCU film I…
Created by Jordan MorrisWritten by Jordan Morris and Sarah MorganAdapted by Tony Cliff, Jordan Morris and Sarah MorganColours by Natalie RiessPublished by First Second Books It’s about time I reviewed an actual comic book on this blog. Much like the unusual route for a scripted sci-fi podcast being turned into…
A disclaimer germane to the ensuing spoiler-filled discussion: I don’t find Loki (or any villain character) particularly interesting. I’m always confused when people talk about their favourite villains in comic books, because I’ve always been into the good guys – I thought that was kind of the point. Something to…
My proper job, which pays for the niceties such as comic books and webhosting, has gotten the better of me lately, which has prevented me from posting regularly. This is a shame because I had been planning to discuss some of the newsletters by comic book creators that I’ve been…
I have to admit that I was never a big fan of digital comic books. I enjoy the tactile sensation of reading a physical copy, the ease with which you can flip back and forth through the story, and the collector’s buzz of owning something as part of a collection.…