Continuing my catch up with posts I should have been doing over the past two weeks, I'm condensing the time frame between the purchases of my comics and 'reviewing' my haul for last week the day after the haul from the week before. A lot of comics Astro City: The…

And ... I'm back. Apart from my flat writing style and lack of innovative blog content, it is my inability to maintain a regular schedule that has hampered my desire to produce a consistent site. The worse thing is that if I miss a few days due to whatever reason,…

This week's comic buying was tinged with the unfortunate but inevitable news of the cancellation of Captain Britain and MI:13. This is nothing new in mainstream comics – a good comic book starring lesser lights in the superhero firmament gets critical praise but not enough people buy it. Some might…

The equal opportunity part of me feels slightly bad for only buying comics from the big two this week – last week's haul was two-thirds independent publishers, and no Marvel – but I assuage my guilt slightly with the purchase of a first issue of a Vertigo comic, even though…

Too many comics for self-indulgent preamble. Even Ignition City #2 arrived. Astro City: The Dark Age Book 3 #1 It's been over a year since the last Astro City book, which is a shame when it's such a good book. Brent Anderson's art, although a style I don't like, suits…

Tomorrow is Free Comic Book Day but it tends to be more for the US than the UK – the amount paid for shipping the free books over here tends to negate the point of the day. I mention this, apart from bigging up the annual celebration of comic books,…

Avatar should sort out their distribution times: two weeks after Ignition City #1 shipped, Ignition City #2 is scheduled to arrive in comics shops. As it is, UK didn't get their consignment, which meant that I get a bit more breathing space until the next issue. However, for one of…