Edited by John Joseph Adams Published by Titan Books This anthology of twenty-three stories has tales that mix the Old West with fantastical elements; each one has the name, author and the location/year (such as East Texas, 1880, or Colorado Territory, 1868). As is usual with anthologies, the selection is…
Script: Simon Furman Pencils: Iwan Nazif Inks: Iwan Nazif (with Bambos Georgiou) Colours: Nestor Pereyra & Digikore Letters: David Manley-Leach Publishers: Titan Comics [Apologies for the absence in posting: I’ve been moving house, which I think it’s a legitimate excuse. At least it means that this connects this review with…
(I saw this film on opening weekend, so this is very late but real life has intruded: we are in the process of trying to buy and sell a house, so at least I have a decent excuse.) I still feel I have to pinch myself sometimes – I’ve been…
Written by Ari Marmell Published by Titan Books This is the first story in a new series of urban fantasy about Mick Oberon; we first meet him getting beaten up by the hired muscle of a crooked committeeman of Chicago’s 34th Ward. Fortunately, it doesn’t matter too much because he…
The first Madam of Espionage mystery, written by Carol K Carr Published by Titan Books Carol Carr is a former lawyer who decided to indulge her passion for history into writing, which led to this book. You know where you are from the preface: ‘My name is India Black. I…
Written by Tanya Huff Published by Titan Books The Wild Ways is the follow-up to The Enchantment Emporium (which I reviewed here), focussing on Charlotte ‘Charlie’ Gale – she is a cousin of Alysha ‘Allie’ Gale, the lead in the first book, and was also a major character in the…
Written by Miles Cameron Published by Gollancz This book is the second part of The Traitor Son cycle, and it’s another huge chunk of medieval fantasy after the wonderful initially entry, The Red Knight (which I reviewed here). Cameron has written another epic story about the Red Knight aka the…
Let’s start with the summary – Captain America: The Winter Soldier is the best second film of the Marvel studio films so far. It is better than Iron Man 2, obviously, and even better than Thor: Dark World. It manages the trick of bringing out what worked well in the…
Written by Pat Mills and Tony Skinner Art by Martin Emond, Duke Mighten, John Erasmus Published by Titan Comics A brief history lesson: Toxic! was a British weekly comic book published in full colour in 1991 (it only lasted 31 issues and the publisher went bankrupt shortly after, unfortunately leaving…
Über #0–5 Written by Kieron Gillen Pencils by Caanan White Inks by Keith Williams Colours by Digikore Studios Letters by Kurt Hathaway Published by Avatar Press Germany, April 1945. The war is nearly over: Germany is overrun by the Russian army. However, General Guderian is approached by General Sankt with…