You can call it cameos. You can call it Easter Eggs. You can call it in-jokes. Whatever your name of preference, it is one thing that comic book art can do better and easier than just about any form of entertainment I can think of. The artist can tell the…
Tom Spurgeon wrote a post on Sunday called The 50 Things That Every Comics Collection Truly Needs. In it, he lists and explains his choices. Now, I didn't originally read the post – instead, I read other people's reactions to it, in a meme kinda way. But, when I did,…
I don’t like Harrods. It makes me feel uncomfortable. It’s a shop for posh, rich people who think they are better than everyone else. Although that may be true, it doesn’t mean they should get to rub our faces in it. Therefore, I think that the only thing that could…
I really want to like No Heroics. I'm the demographic (well, I would be if I was younger, sigh ...): I like comedy and I like comic books. It doesn't require complicated mathematics to work it out. So it is with heavy heart that I write the words, 'It was…
I've been thinking about new stories versus old stories. This applies to entertainments I enjoy (film, television, books, comedy, etc.) but particularly to comic books. I try to read a variety of material, but I will gravitate to stories I haven't seen before. This is the stance of the jaded…
And I'm back. New computer and time to blog. So, even though the film isn't out until next year, the first Watchmen trailer hit the internet. Empire has even done a trailer/comic comparison. They certainly made their mark. Watchmen is a masterpiece of superhero comic books, and I love it…
As a fan of superheroes and cartoons, I tend to feel cheated here in the UK. Unless I pay a subscription to Sky or Virgin, I can’t get the cartoon channels, particularly Cartoon Network and its Toonami section. Terrestrial channels occasionally get some cartoons but never the really good ones.…
Our Gods Wear Spandex: The Secret History of Comic Book Heroes Written by Christopher Knowles and illustrations by Joseph Michael Linsner This is a book that tries to unite all comic book superheroes into a common theme; in this case, that they are all derived from occult origins. This is…
It's hard to be a fan of superhero comic books sometimes. For example, the Associated Press release – about the appearance of Prime Minister Gordon Brown in Captain Britain and MI:13 #1 (which you can read at Newsarama) – was picked up (and reported in an identical fashion) by the British…
I've been re-reading Alan Davis' Excalibur again, after the ClanDestine mini-series crossed over with it. In doing so, I saw the greatest character that doesn't appear in a regular series of his own, as shown in the image at the top of this post. Captain Britain as Iron Fist. I…