Lots of catching up to do with my weekly comic book purchases, and the week I'm talking about today was one where I bought a lot of comic books, so let's get on with my thoughts. Astro City: Dark Age Book 3 #4 Wow, this is taking too long. The…
I'm amazed that I've kept to my resolution of daily blogging because I get so easily distracted, especially by games ... Lego Indiana Jones is not my favourite Lego game by far (in order: Lego Batman, Lego Star Wars, Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy, then quite a distance…
I don't intend to be very topical in this return to blogging, but I wanted to get some thoughts down about the recent (and much-hyped) series finale/swan song for David Tenant while still fresh in my head. I’m not a hardcore Doctor Who fan, but I watched it growing up…
I try to see all the animated superhero films that come out (although there is quite a lag time to arrival in the UK: we still haven't received Green Lantern and Superman/Batman); I think this was the best film of them all so far. It had a good story, good…
As I threatened, I'm going to talk about the comics I bought in the weekly schedule since I last wrote about them on the blog. Just because. The last time I did this was 23 July 2009, so let's continue as if no time had passed ... Detective Comics #855…
I suppose you could consider it ironic for a chap who hasn't been blogging for five months to talk about the other places you won't find him regularly online, but I'm sure I don't see it that way ... Clandestine Critic – Obviously. This is my main outlet for recording…
Admit it – you thought I wouldn't come back. Hell, even I thought I wouldn't. I have an unofficial tradition of posting regularly for a spell, before something breaks the run and I stop blogging for a few months (with no explanation). I'm sure that's a familiar pattern around the…
Only two comics? On the day that San Diego Comic-Con began? That's some sort of universal imbalance right there. Or it's some sort of karma to enable me to write some notes about them, or something. Anyway, onto the thoughts, as we mourn the passing of a comic that was…
In addition to comic books and films, I've also been reading actual 'proper' books with no pictures or anything, so these few notes about them should not be seen as an attempt to impress you with the fact that I can get through entire picture-less books. Having enjoyed the Justice…
Today, in my series about comic book artists, I'll be talking about Gary Frank, an artist on my list of favourites just outside my top 5. Like a lot of people, I discovered Frank's art when he did a two-year run on Peter David's Incredible Hulk (between #401 and 425)…