The weekend didn’t quite turn out the way I had anticipated; I couldn’t get my comics and haven’t read my New Avengers back issues yet, so I’m just going to groove on a wave of unrelated synaptic firings. Because I have a disturbing weakness for watching really bad films about…
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…
There is a trade paperback review that will be up shortly, but I felt compelled to do some linking to a few things. The main reason for me doing a links post today was discovering this post yesterday, quite possibly the single funniest thing I’ve read, ever, on a blog…
Saxondale is the new 7-part series from Steve Coogan, the man behind Alan Partridge. Although he probably doesn’t want that as his epitaph, it will be, as Partridge is one of the great comedy creations, starting out on radio, in On The Hour and Knowing Me, Knowing You …, through…
Marvel solicitations for September here. Like the DC soliciations, a selection rather than a long rundown: Ultimate Spider-Man #100 I don’t read Ultimate Spider-Man (although I did start out reading it), but you have to admit that it’s an impressive feat for the same creative team to continue for 100…
DC solicitations for September can be found here. I thought I’d try something different, and point out a handful of interesting new things from the massive listing of new product from DC, rather than go through the whole thing in detail. In reverse list order: Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall…
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…
May Reilly Parker is an annoying, yet seemingly indestructible, old woman. She currently lives in Manhattan, New York, with her nephew, Peter, and his wife, Mary Jane, after living for many years in Queens, New York. What is your idea of perfect happiness? Before the destruction of my house, it…
I got nothing today. I feel bad about it. I didn’t know what to write about. I think it’s because I’m more a reviewer than anything else. I love talking about things I have seen or read; it’s something I’ve always done. When I was younger, I wanted to be…
Incoming Inventory 100 Bullets #73 I’m seeing this series through to the end, rumoured to be the appropriate issue 100, and enjoying it as it comes out. It probably reads better in the trades, but it’s too late for me to switch now. Ex Machina Special #2 Ex Machina was…