I have been remiss in catching up on my weekly comic book purchases – I'll never get back to being up to date if I don't start doing at least two of this a week (as well as all the films I saw in the cinema). So, let's do this.…
Batman: The Man Who Laughs (Ed Brubaker and Doug Mahnke) and Detective Comics #784–786 (Ed Brubaker and Patrick Zircher) This is a very strange collection – The Man Who Laughs is a one-off special, and is interesting and well executed, with a good story about the early Joker getting revenge…
Ultimate Origins #1–5 by Brian Michael Bendis and Jackson Guice The basis of this story is at the heart of a big problem in comic books: EVERYTHING has to be connected. Despite having the scope of the Ultimate universe to do anything, there is still the urge to have the…
By Steven T Seagle and Teddy Kristiansen I'll get to the point: this is a quite beautiful graphic novel that you should read. Seagle uses a semiautobiographical tone to tell a story that is about the creative process, the analysis of Superman and what he means (this is a Vertigo…
Uncanny X-Men: Lovelorn (Uncanny X-Men #504–507 + Annual #2) by Matt Fraction, Terry Dodson (Mitch Bruweiser/Daniel Acuna) Can my thoughts on a book be considered unbiased if I got the book cheap in a sale? I’m not sure, but it’s a factor in the discussion. I read some of Ed…
The Punisher #55–60 by Garth Ennis and Goran Parlov I started reading Garth Ennis' Punisher Max series in the comic books but I stopped after a year when I realised it would read better in trade form, especially as Ennis seemed to be deliberately writing six-issue arcs. I still haven't…
Batman and Robin #3 This is a gorgeous comic book – Frank Quitely provides that dirty edge to his beautiful-looking people that's amazing. The first panel alone is great. When Robin escapes from Professor Pyg ('You just redefined “wrong”.') and the fight scene begins, the action just leaps off the…
I like the work of Ed Brubaker. I enjoyed reading the X-Men books growing up. Brubaker has written some X-Men stories. Therefore, I decided to read them. That makes sense, doesn't it? Let's have a look (with thanks to the library for providing all the TPBs). Uncanny X-Men: Rise and…
In which I continue my thoughts on the weekly purchases made during my unintended blogging hiatus. Only two comics for this entry, so it should be quick. Ex Machina #44 In which we learn about origins of The Great Machine. Sort of. In the 2004 part of the story, Bradbury…
Told you I had lots of comics to talk about, but only two for this week: Fables #87 Bill Willingham has the entirety of fiction to use in Fables, so it should be no surprise that he has plenty of stories to tell after his long-form narrative of The Great…