Friday the 13th was unlucky for me but lucky for Rich Johnston in that I couldn't find a copy of Watchmensch in Gosh! or Forbidden Planet (I didn't get down to Orbital). I hadn't preordered it, so it's my fault, but I was feeling in a Watchmen vibe and Johnston…
According to IMDb, Franklyn was originally set to star Ewan McGregor, Paul Bettany and John Hurt, along with still-starring Eva Green, until McGregor broke his leg in a motorcycling accident and schedules were disrupted. I think that the resulting film would have changed response to it from ‘Hmm, interesting’ to…
As mentioned recently, it was my birthday, so I did something to celebrate. Not being a drinker, I don’t gather a group of friends in a pub to poison ourselves to the point of vomiting and spending the next day in bed; instead, I try to something a little different.…
Ryan Sook is one of those artists who creates lovely covers and great art but who has yet to work on an extended run on a great book to elevate him to the next level. I first remember seeing his work on part of the Tangent Comics: Tales of the…
This won't be a review free from bias: I first bought Watchmen in trade paperback form 20 years ago and have read it on average once a year since then. It was the story that made me realise the power of comic books, made me become a fan of Alan…
By Paul Gravett With Watchmen hype flowing over the world and DC trying to capture the zeitgeist and get people to try comic books with their 'After Watchmen, What Next?' promotion (which isn't going to work but points for effort), the answer to the question of what sorts of comic…
My impulses got the better of me in the shop – I decided to buy a comic book that I hadn't planned on buying. It's a combination of things: the recent weeks of only having one book in my weekly haul, the reaction against Marvel increasing the price of their…
It was my birthday the other day – I don't advertise it because it's not something I do – I had a lovely time, enjoying an extended weekend to fully celebrate the anniversary of my parturition. I'm also very lucky in that my girlfriend, Kim, is comic book friendly and…
Batman #667–669, 672–675 by Grant Morrison, JH Williams III, Tony S Daniel In the parlance of football commentary, this book is a game of two halves – one of quality and wit and imagination, the other is overblown and silly and lacking in art. While all comes from the imagination…
The Final Solution by Michael Chabon When I was an impressionable youngster, BBC2 showed the Basil Rathbone-starring Sherlock Holmes films on Friday at 6pm – thus began my attachment to one of the five most well-known fictional characters. My favourite personification of Holmes was Jeremy Brett, which meant I had…