Irredeemable #5–8 by Mark Waid and Peter Krause Although the story can be summed up in the phrase 'What if Superman turned evil?', there is more to the story of the Plutonian and his murderous spree, killing millions of innocents as well as most of his former friends. It examines…
Chew #6–10 by John Layman and Rob Guillory The thing about Chew that makes it even more special is that it is not afraid to keep on taking the story further. It's pretty unusual to begin with – Tony Chu is a cibopath, someone who can pick up psychic impressions…
I'm not going to be sharing my thoughts on recently consumed pop culture this evening. Nothing on comic books or trade paperbacks or films or television or novels. I'm not even going to dredge up some old writing and post it in place of more topical content. The reason? I'm…
Just over 2 years ago, I wrote about the meagre offering of regular animated superhero series on free-to-view television in this country. With the recent the school summer holiday, where cartoons are used to pacify the kids for a while in the morning, I thought it was time for a…
Breaking my routine by talking about a film I have seen in the same week – I thought I should get in to the habit. The other reason is that this film has playing again and again in my head, providing me with continued joy after the credits rolled. I've…
Time for the final week of comics from July, which brings me even closer to my goal of discussing comic books in the week they actually arrive (and I run out of things to write about. Possibly). Let's talk comic books. Batman: Return of Bruce Wayne #4 Is this mini-series…
Still waiting to talk about my thoughts on Atlas (I bought issue #3 this week), so only two comics to talk about today, which is good because time is of the essence. Heroic Age: Prince of Power #3 I really loved this issue. I thought it was good when Thor…
A Bank Holiday Monday in the UK where it isn't raining; I was almost too shocked to write anything. However, I don't let meteorological surprise get in the way of talking about comic books I bought six weeks ago. Astro City: Silver Agent #1 A breath of fresh air –…
July started out a slow month for comics: two comics in the first week, two comics in the second week. Not that my bank account is complaining (although I still bolster my collection with plenty of trade paperbacks, unfortunately ...), but it makes these posts short. Batman and Robin #13…
After yesterday's self-indulgent whimsy, I'm back to doing the thing that I do: talking about stuff that everybody else talked about when it was topical, in a waffling and non-critical manner. You should know the drill by now. Turf #2 The first issue came out in the beginning of April…