I started the ‘Writer Top Five’, with the first one on Greg Rucka back in 2012, with the idea of it being a regular series. As usual with me, it never happened quite the way I envisaged, but that doesn’t mean I can’t eventually persuade myself to revisit an idea…
By Tanya Huff Published by Titan Books I’ve never read anything by Canadian fantasy author Tanya Huff before but, based on The Enchantment Emporium, I need to rectify that state of affairs. She is prolific, having written several contemporary fantasy series (including the Blood Books series, about a human detective…
Chain Reaction is an interview show for Radio 4 where the interviewer chooses their subject, who then gets to choose their subject for the next show. It started off as a comedy thing, with comedians interviewing other comedians, but Stewart Lee changed that by asking to interview Alan Moore. This…
Suicide Risk #1–4 Created and written by Mike Carey Drawn by Elena Casagrande Colours by Andrew Elder Letters by Ed Dukeshire Published by Boom! Although Mike Carey has written several longboxes of superhero comics for Marvel, including long runs on X-Men and X-Men: Legacy, I don’t think of him as…
Mouse Guard: The Black Axe #1–6 Story and art by David Petersen Published by Titan Books I am aware that a lot of people who are into modern comic books don’t really get anthropomorphic comics books, specifically where the entire cast and setting is anthropomorphic, and not just animal characters…
By V.E. Schwab Published by Titan Books When two friends find a way to acquire superpowers, events will never turn out smooth. When these friends are intelligent, competitive, driven individuals, the top pre-med students at their college, whose friendship is shattered by acquiring their superpowers, their lives and the lives…
By Joe Abercrombie Published by Gollancz Take a Western but with swords instead of guns. Set it in an epic fantasy world. Throw in a stagecoach chase, an attack by ‘natives’ around the wagons, a prospector town full of vice and criminals, and tough characters living in a harsh world.…
Numbercruncher #1–4 Written by Si Spurrier Art by PJ Holden Coloured by Jordie Bellaire Lettered by Simon Bowland Published by Titan Comics Numbercruncher is a creator-owned series that was first published in Judge Dredd Megazine in 2011, which was then collected and updated by Titan Comics with new material and…
Written by Miles Cameron Published by Gollancz The Red Knight paperback is a huge, thick book – it could be used as a handy shield in a fight – and it is only the first part of The Traitor Son cycle. However, you won’t notice the size of the book…
Written by Paul Cornell The concept of police investigating magical-related crime in London is not without precedent – I’m a big fan of Ben Aaronovitch’s Folly series – but it’s way that the story is told that makes it different. Cornell, in addition to his comic-book writing, has written for television…