Written by Ian Haydn Smith If I were to analyse my enjoyment of film posters, I guess it’s the interaction of my love of films and the love of comic books, which distil so much into a stationary image that encapsulates so much more. When I regularly bought film magazines,…
I saw Justice League in the cinema when it first came out. It left such a lack of impression on me, even as I left the cinema, that I didn’t even tweet my reactions, because I didn’t have any. I recently rented it so that my partner could see it…
I’m not sure if it’s a law or anything but it’s a rule of thumb: if you read comics and you’re British, then you read 2000 AD at some point in your comic-book reading life. For some, it’s a lifelong connection; for others, it’s a phase but it’s a phase that…
In a way, I feel a bit sorry for Ant-Man and the Wasp: it’s a film of less substance in the MCU, being a fun caper movie in the same vein as Ant-Man; it’s coming after the huge events of Avengers: Infinity War; and it’s arriving after a tremendous run…
My latest comic book artist post – where I talk about a comic book artist whose work I like and post some of their art – is about Carlos Pacheco, the superstar Spanish artist who first arrived on the scene in 1994 and was an instant smash and who has…
By Nick Setchfield I don’t know Mr Setchfield but I am rather jealous of him: he is features editor of SFX magazine, he reviews film and he’s just written a cracking debut novel that mixes espionage with the occult. Talk about living the good life … The book begins with…
I have recently posted my thoughts on Avengers: Infinity War and about my enjoyment of Kurt Busiek’s writing, and it got me thinking about something I find incongruous about the MCU from the perspective of a long-term comic book fan: I have always found The Avengers a really boring book.…
There has been sufficient time since Deadpool 2 was in cinemas that I can write my thoughts about the film because I need to discuss spoilers in my reaction to it, and I know how people feel about spoilers in films they haven’t seen yet, because I’m one of those…
Written by Scott Snyder, Grant Morrison, James Tynion IV, Joshua Williamson, Frank Tieri, Sam Humphries, Dan Abnett, Peter J Tomasi Art by Carmine Di Giandomenico, Riccardo Federici, Ehtan van Sciver, Philip Tan, Tyler Kirkham, Francis Manapul, Tony S Daniel, Danny Miki, Riley Rossmo, Howard Porter, Jorge Jimenez, Dough Mahnke, Jaime…
The latest in my posts about the writers who have the most comics in my collection, and my favourite books of theirs, is about Kurt Busiek (pronounced BYOO-sik), the prolific and multi-award-winning writer who redefined the approach to writing superhero comic books that are about superhero comic books. I’m probably…