When I was a teenager, reading Chris Claremont's Uncanny X-Men and thinking Wolverine was a cool character, I never imagined that it would not only be a live-action film but also be a hyped blockbuster to start the summer season. Add to the mix the pirated version being leaked a…
Tomorrow is Free Comic Book Day but it tends to be more for the US than the UK – the amount paid for shipping the free books over here tends to negate the point of the day. I mention this, apart from bigging up the annual celebration of comic books,…
I have been enjoying the delights of the library's reservation system and reading an odd selection of comic books in trade paperback form. The notes I made on each didn't quite gel into full discussions about them, but I wanted to collect them in one space together, so here they…
The list of film spin-offs from British sitcoms is not pretty (see this list at Wikipedia; for the record, I haven't seen the League of Gentlemen film, and I was never a big fan). Apart from the Monty Python boys, even spin-offs from sketch shows haven't been good. Therefore, even…
Or, the fourth Joe Pitt book by Charlie Huston. Having loved the first three Joe Pitt novels, it goes without saying that I was going to enjoy this book. It is surely the sign of a good book that it entertains you throughout but leaves you almost angry at the…
Avatar should sort out their distribution times: two weeks after Ignition City #1 shipped, Ignition City #2 is scheduled to arrive in comics shops. As it is, UK didn't get their consignment, which meant that I get a bit more breathing space until the next issue. However, for one of…
A change of pace today: some terrible photographs from my mobile phone of typographic errors I've noticed recently. I follow the English FAIL blog, GrammarBlog and Apostrophe Abuse (which are all derivations of the FAIL Blog), which probably inspired me to take the photos in the first place. You can…
Incredible Hulk #112, Incredible Hercules #113–115 by Greg Pak & Fred Van Lente and Khoi Pham, and Hulk Vs. Hercules: When Titans Collide by Greg Pak & Fred Van Lente and various artists If you spend enough time reading comic book blogs, there is only so much internet buzz you…
I would never have watched this film in the cinema if I didn't have an unlimited pass I pay for – I certainly didn't watch Crank at the cinema; hell, I watched it on DVD and didn't think that there could be a sequel, let alone harbour a desire to…
A Bank Holiday weekend meant a delay to the arrival of this week's comic books, and nice weather meant a delay to my sitting my lazy arse down and writing a few words about them. Seems appropriate, and it was also needed because it meant I could try and come…