I only seem to have a couple of new comics on a weekly basis at the moment – I'm not deliberately cutting down on my purchasing of the monthly floppy pamphlet (with the exception of the Bendis-written Avengers books, which were dropped after the sour taste of the end of…
Dr. K started a meme: What song do you think killed Darkseid? And I've joined in. My choice is based on my belief that, having grown up on a farm in the Mid-West, Clark Kent loved populist country and western music ... Also, you should read Dr. K's thoughts on…
Collecting Countdown To Infinite Crisis, The OMAC Project #1–6, Wonder Woman #219 by Greg Rucka, Jesus Saiz and Cliff Richards Rucka is a greater writer of espionage/political thrillers – you will know this if you've read Queen & Country – so I wanted to read this series, despite it being…
I don't like wrestling. Being British, I associate it with overweight old men in skimpy leotards shouting 'Easy! Easy!' on a Saturday afternoon. I don't doubt that the performers are extremely fit and they work extra hard; however, an entertainment where everything is planned in advance isn't a sport. I…
Another week, another book falls victim to my harsh culling – I decided to not continue with New Avengers. The advent of Dark Reign has left a sour taste in the mouth – I tried issue #48 but wasn't impressed – and the $3.99 price for a regular comic book…
It came as a surprise, reading this Newsarama review of the first episodes, to discover that the US is getting Wolverine and the X-Men a few weeks after it has started airing over here in the UK. I’m so used to most programmes starting over there and us having to…
Jack Of Fables #6–11 by Bill Willingham, Matthew Sturges, Tony Akins and Steve Leialoha I told you I had been reading a lot of books from the library over the Christmas holiday ... After reading the first trade, I wasn't that interested in reading any more of the story –…
Deathblow #1–9 by Brian Azzarello and Carlos D'Anda This is a logic extrapolation: 100 Bullets is really good. Azzarello writes 100 Bullets. Ergo, Azzarello writes good comic books (that are not just 100 Bullets). Even though I was seriously underwhelmed by his Superman: For Tomorrow [my review], and I had…
The Oscar nominations have been announced, leading to wailing and keening and gnashing of teeth that The Dark Knight wasn't nominated for Best Film and Christopher Nolan for Best Director. Trying to predict the whims of the Academy is almost impossible (as Niels Bohr said: 'Prediction is very difficult, especially…
On this blog, I have a tendency to talk more about the writing and the story of the comic books I love. This is partially because a lot of what draws me to comic books is the writing, but also because I feel inadequate in explaining and discussing appreciation of…