I’m sure I loved the Adam West Batman TV series when it was repeated during my youth, with the colourful characters, the silliness, the catchphrases and action. However, I have to confess that I don’t have any love for it any more – I now think it’s silly and stupid…
I try to see all the animated superhero films that come out (although there is quite a lag time to arrival in the UK: we still haven't received Green Lantern and Superman/Batman); I think this was the best film of them all so far. It had a good story, good…
I know I reviewed the film yesterday, so apologies for continuing to discuss peripheral aspects of the movie. I wanted to point out what I thought was a bit of a discrepancy in the movie poster: see the main poster image for X-Men Origins: Wolverine above (I've used the landscape…
It was my birthday the other day – I don't advertise it because it's not something I do – I had a lovely time, enjoying an extended weekend to fully celebrate the anniversary of my parturition. I'm also very lucky in that my girlfriend, Kim, is comic book friendly and…
On my Tumblr blog [LINK], I post an image a day of things I like, usually comic book covers. As well as books that represent my comic book collection, I also post covers from the solicitations for DC and Marvel that catch my eye. In doing so, I've become worried…
Dr. K started a meme: What song do you think killed Darkseid? And I've joined in. My choice is based on my belief that, having grown up on a farm in the Mid-West, Clark Kent loved populist country and western music ... Also, you should read Dr. K's thoughts on…
It came as a surprise, reading this Newsarama review of the first episodes, to discover that the US is getting Wolverine and the X-Men a few weeks after it has started airing over here in the UK. I’m so used to most programmes starting over there and us having to…
To reiterate the title of this post, this is a selection of the comic books I enjoyed this year that I also thought were very good. This is not a list that classifies for inclusion on any 'Best of' lists: I haven't read nearly enough comic books to be able…
Do you have a demarcation in your comic book tastes? By this I mean, can you split the books you buy into different categories? For me, I can distinguish between the comics designed to entertain and amuse, and the comics that are about being more serious, more adult, more heavy.…
For Christmas, my lovely girlfriend got me a Marvel calendar – a lovely gift, with each month highlighting a different Marvel hero or villain or team. At the side of the diary section, there is a classic cover with an introduction to the character (for those who don't know anything…