Several weeks after the film came out – this is absurdly late to post my thoughts on this film. All the discussion has already occurred, although I avoided it for fear of spoilers, and I have nothing new to add. However, The Dark Knight Rises was such a wonderfully enjoyable…
Written by Roger Gibson and drawn by Vince Danks Published by Titan Books This hardback collects the six issues of the independent comic, which is (as the author admits) a police procedural television show you might see on ITV on a weekday evening at 8pm, but in comic-book form. It’s…
By Jonathan Maberry When I was recently lavishing praise on Gorlan Parlov’s art in Marvel Universe Vs Punisher, I didn’t talk too much about the writing, which is unusual for me. When looking for some information about Maberry, I discovered his website and that he is an award-winning novelist: in…
This is not a review of a film, it is a question about a film: Why did the media rag on John Carter so much? Because I watched a perfectly enjoyable fantasy adventure film, and I’m completely bemused by the treatment the film received. Is it the greatest film ever?…
Mysterius The Unfathomable #1–6 by Jeff Parker and Tom Fowler This is an oddly charming creator-owned series published by Wildstorm in 2008 about a selfish mystic/magician/magical expert called Mysterius. We meet him when he finds his new ‘Delfi’ – Delfi is the name he gives all his assistants – at…
I’m not sure where I stole this idea from but it seemed a nice adjunct to my posts about comic book artists I like, so I thought I’d go through the list of writers who have the most comics in my collection (from this post), starting with writers who were…
Kim Newman's Anno Dracula is a wonderful novel blending fiction and history, with characters appropriated from novels and films, into an alternative timeline (in which Dracula wasn't killed but has become consort to Queen Victoria and brought vampires into English society) detective story about a Jack the Ripper killing vampire…
Doctor Voodoo: Avenger of the Supernatural #1–5 by Rick Remender and Jefte Palo Doctor Strange is a great character but he can’t seem to sustain an ongoing series. There have been some excellent recent mini-series (The Oath by Brian K Vaughan and Marcos Martin, and Strange by Mark Waid and…
Power Man and Iron Fist #1–5 by Fred Van Lente and Wellington Alves This mini-series launched out of the Shadowland crossover, with ‘The All-New, All-Different’ on top of the logo – the new is Victor Alvarez, the new Power Man, a young man with the power to absorb chi from…
Comic books have been the source for television programmes before – Batman, Wonder Woman, The Incredible Hulk, The Amazing Spider-Man, and Smallville are perhaps the most famous live-action series, and there are many animated series as well – but these were based on well-known franchises. Now, things are different, and…