Book Review: Dark Detectives

Dark Detectives: An Anthology of Supernatural Mysteries Edited by Stephen Jones Illustrations by Randy Broecker Published by Titan Books I’m a big fan of the investigator of the supernatural element – see my previous blog posts about Mike Carey’s Felix Castor and Charlie Huston’s Joe Pitt – so I was delighted to…

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Comic Book Review – Elric Volume 1: Elric Of Melniboné

The Michael Moorcock Library Elric created by Michael Moorcoock Script and adaptation by Roy Thomas Art by Michael T Gilbert and P Craig Russell Lettered by Tom Orzechowski Original editor: Michael Friedrich Collection edited by Tom Williams Published by Titan Comics Originally published in 1983/1984 by Pacific Comics, these six…

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Comic Book Review – Elric Volume 2: Stormbringer

Elric created by Michael Moorcock Written by Julien Blondel & Jean-Luc Cano (based on the novel by Michael Moorcock) Art by Julien Telo, Robin Recht, Didier Poli Colours by Robin Recht, Jean Bastide & Scarlett Smulkowski Translated by Edward Gauvin Letters by Gabriela Houston Published by Titan Comics I always…

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From A Library: iZombie

Created/written by Chris Roberson & created/drawn by Michel Allred iZombie: Dead to the World (iZombie #1–5 and part of The House of Mystery Halloween Annual #1) iZombie: uVampire (iZombie #6–12 and The House of Mystery Halloween Annual #2) iZombie: Six Feet Under and Rising (iZombie #13–18) iZombie: Repossession (iZombie #19–28) Now…

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RIP Terry Pratchett

(Photo copyright Rob Wilkins) It was a genuine shock when I turned on my phone to check the news and saw that Sir Terry Pratchett had passed away. Even though the diagnosis of a rare form of Alzheimer’s disease was widely known, his passing was completely unexpected and he was…

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