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…
And now, the Mighty Marvel Mammoth Menu! (They do a lot of books, don't they?) Ultimate X-Men #72 – is The Magician the most boring-looking hero you have ever seen? It looks like one of designs that Mike Weiringo puts up on his blog that he did as a child;…
It's the turn of Image comics, details seen here. Image has come on a long way, but the promotional blurb can cause strange reactions. Take the intro for the Bedlam GN: 'It's Blade meets The DaVinci Code in this bold new graphic novella!' I really dislike the 'Hollywood pitch' style…
I'm in the process of moving, so my comics are inaccessible at the moment. Which means that the list of future comics that hit the web are the perfect fodder for blogging; I am required to post my opinions as a comic blogger, and all the research material is right…
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…
Kurt Wagner was born in Bavaria with indigo fur covering his body, a prehensile tail, three fingers on each hand (including opposable thumbs), fang-like canines, and yellow eyes with no distinguishable pupils. Naturally, a career in the circus beckoned. He was invited to join the X-Men by Professor Charles Xavier,…
I got around to seeing Sky High on DVD on the weekend, and thoroughly enjoyed it. I’d heard nice things about it, but you can never tell until you see it for yourself. It is not a groundbreaking film in anyway – it is a coming-of-age story, formulated exactly to…
Apart from getting rid of old comics (Trimming the Collection), reading a variety of stuff I wouldn’t buy (From A Library), and being silly (Q&A), I do actually buy comics as they come out. Shocking, I know. Since starting a new job that is in the opposite direction from my…
Blackagar Boltagon is King of the Inhuhmans Royal Family, as well as being a member of The Illuminati. Subjected to mutagenic Terrigen Mist while still an embryo, he was born with an array of powers, such as speed, flight, strength and endurance, but it is the capacity of his vocal…
This letter is my most recent; my other letters were all around the same time, about 8 to 9 years ago (damn, I feel old …). That was my concentrated letter-writing time, where I was writing pretty regularly to comic books. I don't think I was a hack – I…