Not having a lot of money at the moment to buy new monthly series, I have to be blown away by the prospect of a new book to make me add it to my list. The vast majority of books from the Big Two have to go well out of…
I know that my choice of blog reading skews the perspective, but it seems that a lot of sites talk about comic book casting as if it's big news. When Elizabeth Hurley was cast as the villain in the new Wonder Woman television pilot, it was all over the place…
Disclaimer: I don't buy anywhere near enough comic books to be able to post a 'Best Comics of 2010' list. I don't buy anywhere near enough comic books in floppy format on a weekly basis, and I tend to buy a lot more trade paperbacks. This means I haven't read…
Dodgem Logic is, according to Alan Moore, 'the 21st century's first underground magazine'. There have been five issues so far, so it seemed like an opportunity to compile my thoughts on it. My reason for reading is obviously Alan Moore – he may have left comics but he's still writing.…
With the sad news that Wildstorm will no longer be its own imprint within the DC, there have been many people lamenting the loss (including various creators at The Beat, Newsarama, as well as other people discussing the implications or just their favourite titles). I don't have the eloquence or…
Just over 2 years ago, I wrote about the meagre offering of regular animated superhero series on free-to-view television in this country. With the recent the school summer holiday, where cartoons are used to pacify the kids for a while in the morning, I thought it was time for a…
Another Comic-Con has come and gone, and the internet pauses to have a bit of a breather, after running around posting images and talking about teaser footage and reporting on panels. And, another San Diego Comic-Con has happened without me being there; so am I bitter? No, and yes, but…
I had wanted to keep up my daily routine of writing about comic books and films and television and books and comedy, but the parliamentary elections have completely overwhelmed me today. I never thought I would be so caught up in the results – we were listening to the radio…
Warren Ellis wrote a small item on his Whitechapel site about the price of comic books (after the observation that, for the first time, there are more $3.99 comics than $2.99 in the Diamond Top 300). He notes that all his books at Avatar were $3.99 but now that is…
I don't listen to a lot of comic book podcasts that come out on a regular schedule (and definitely not video podcasts; comic book fans are not the most photogenic of people, and I don't want to watch overweight men in extra large superhero t-shirts, sorry), although I have sampled…