These reviews are a bit out of date, but you will have to deal with it. You are emotionally strong; I’m sure you can cope. It was quite a rush, reading all my comics in one go after so long without new comics. I felt quite the junkie, getting my…
I have heard good things about Hicksville ever since it came out but never tried it because it seemed to be getting TOO much praise from critical circles, which can put me off. I was given the chance to try it out when Gosh! had it on sale for £5…
Finally, I got round to reading my back issues of The New Avengers. Even though I don’t have issues 7 and 12 yet, I read the rest as they aren’t story conclusions, and I assume I’m not missing vital information necessary for enjoyment. The Sentry storyline (#7–10) is a strange…
JLA Classified: New Maps of Hell by Warren Ellis and Jackson Guice You know what I don’t like? Fucking ugly covers that are not at all indicative of the interior art. That is an ugly picture; the garishness of the other five covers would be enough to put me off…
Fables #50 Definitely my book of the week. And a double-sized, special issue that is not only good but also uses the occasion for scope and a special event in the story. The book tells of Bigby’s mission, a cracking adventure in the Adversary’s realm, via the Cloud Kingdoms of…
I handled a certain selection of my 3-week haul in the previous post, so this next batch are linked by being more traditional, lighter superheroics and comics. Supergirl and the Legion of Super Heroes #18 Adam DeKraker does a nice job of pencils over Kitson’s layouts this month (can he…
SHOCK! HORROR! CLANDESTINE CRITIC READS AND REVIEWS COMICS! Fell #5 Another brilliant issue of Fell, the greatest comic not actually a TV series. The classic interview dialogue between suspect and the NLP-knowledgeable Fell is just a joy, seeing him play the smart man to the disturbed perp, with lovely little…
Death: At Death’s Door By Jill Thompson During the Sandman: Season of Mists arc, Death finds her home invaded with the souls of the dead, so enlists the help of her sisters, Delirium and Despair, to find the missing souls. Delirium helps by throwing a party in Death’s home. This…
The New Frontier Vol. 1 by Darwyn Cooke This book wasn’t on my horizons when it first came out, despite the buzz it created around the comic blogging world. Darwyn Cooke was not a creator I had read at all, and the thought of laying down a hefty sum of…
Elektra: The Scorpio Key Brian Michael Bendis & Chuck Austen I recently saw the Elektra film on DVD; the film was dull, but the accompanying documentary on comic book writers and artists who had worked on Elektra was far more interesting. Hell, just seeing Frank Miller, Brian Michael Bendis, Greg…