Although I didn't go to the comic shop for two weeks, there were only two books waiting for me. This is a little disappointing after the absence, but I'm sure my finances are grateful, especially after Christmas. Incognito #1 If Brubaker and Phillips are going to place Criminal on hiatus,…
Getting back on track with reviews of my weekly comic book purchases, today catches up with my last haul of 2008 (I didn't get the books that arrived in the last week of the year). Buffy The Vampire Slayer #20 Beneath one of my favourite of the Buffy covers by…
I'm not a great one for new year's resolutions, so I won't be making any. But I did want to make an effort to post regularly and consistently. I don't think I've got it in me for blogging every day, but I'll do my best to be here continuously. With…
Scalped #12–18 by Jason Aaron & RM Guera (with John Paul Leon and Davide Furno) Scalped has been my personal discovery of the year – a visceral, gritty, taut and gripping thriller set on a reservation in South Dakota, it continues to enthral and entertain with each collection. The first…
The Umbrella Academy #1–6 by Gerard Way and Gabriel Bá One of the great things about all the comic book blogs is that it represents a diverse collection of readers and tastes when it comes to comic books. In this way, I can see what might be of interest before…
[I'm so inconsistent: I was doing well, with regular posting and reviewing, then I miss a day and I go AWOL. Then Christmas comes along and everything goes to pot. I was meaning to post over Christmas, but that was a little ambitious. So, let's try to get things back…
Secret Invasion #8 And so we reach the end of latest Marvel crossover, years in the planning and months in the execution. And the result? It turns out to be the set up for another crossover – sorry, 'story'. This is annoying; in post-crossover interviews, Bendis has talked about the…
Serenity: Those Left Behind and Serenity: Better Days by Joss Whedon & Brett Matthews and Will Conrad Before I left the USA in September 2002, I saw the first episode of Firefly (not the pilot – in their infinite wisdom, Fox had decided not to show that first). I didn't…
Batman #608–612 and 613–619 by Jeph Loeb and Jim Lee My love of Jim Lee's art overcomes the lack of enjoyment I get from stories written by Jeph Loeb (my apologies if I bore you with how much I don't get the big deal with Loeb – I'll stop doing…
Guy Ritchie's Gamekeeper #1–5 Story by Guy Ritchie, script by Andy Diggle, art by Mukeshi Singh Poor Virgin Comics. Grand plans, big names, glossy books – but did they ever stand a chance? I liked John Woo's 7 Brothers (mostly because it was written by Garth Ennis), but I didn't…