Scalped #30–34 by Jason Aaron and RM Guera It's that time of the year for me to attempt to describe my appreciation for the brilliance that is Scalped. Because I'm slow on the uptake, I arrived late to this superb noir drama, so I'm reading it in trade paperback form;…
By Neil Gaiman and various artists [This is an old piece of writing that I discovered, which I thought should be included in my exhaustive compilation of posts about things I have read/viewed/played.] Neil Gaiman's Sandman series was a significant touchstone in my comic book reading life, and remains a…
Blue Beetle #1–19 by Keith Giffen, John Rogers, Cully Hamner, Rafael Albuquerque, Duncan Rouleau and others I don't know if it's a DC versus Marvel thing, or if I'm one of those readers who is ruining comic books by not trying new things, but Blue Beetle was a book that…
by Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill How late is this discussion of a comic book? It somehow got lost in the pile, which is why it's taken so long to get around to it, but I think that I'd deliberately forgotten it because I hadn't enjoyed it and didn't want…
Welcome To Tranquility Books One and Two, collecting issues #1–12 by Gail Simone and Neil Googe I picked up these two trade paperbacks in the Gosh! half-price sale, but even then they were rather expensive – the full price for a single trade would have been £14.50 ($20), which is…
Dynamo 5 #1–7 by Jay Faerber and Mahmud A Asrar I'm not sure why I bought this trade paperback – I hadn't read anything by Faerber before, let alone own any of his work. I think there were several factors behind the decision: Greg Burgas was a big advocate of…
The final week of comics for April means I'm getting closer to my goal (well, one of my goals) of being up to date on my four-colour periodical purchases. I know this is a little odd, but it's what I have to do. Fantastic Four #578 Another issue of Fantastic…
Another week of comics, which included Avengers vs Atlas #4 (but I'll be talking about Agents of Atlas at a later stage, so that will have to wait). Soon, I'll be up to date. Soon. Hercules: Fall of an Avenger #2 'Now that's what I call a funeral.' The gods…
Time for some more rambling thoughts on comic books I purchased several months ago for reasons that seem to elude me at this precise moment in time. I think it's the heat ... Fables #94 I'm definitely repeating myself when it comes to Fables: Bill Willingham writes a good story…
Week 2 of April comics, and we have five to talk about, so let's get to it. Batman and Robin #11 Dick Grayson being attacked by a Robin being controlled by his mother through his spine, 99 Fiends attacking in a graveyard, mysteries under Wayne Manor, and Sexton doesn't seem…