New Excalibur #16–24 by Chris Claremont and various artists I don't know why I do it sometimes. I used to like Chris Claremont's writing growing up; I'd been re-reading old Excaliburs because of the ClanDestine mini-series; and Paul Cornell was bringing back Captain Britain to his own title. Put all…
Tom Spurgeon wrote a post on Sunday called The 50 Things That Every Comics Collection Truly Needs. In it, he lists and explains his choices. Now, I didn't originally read the post – instead, I read other people's reactions to it, in a meme kinda way. But, when I did,…
(Apologies for the unprofessional photo – you can see my reflection in the shop door. Scratch off 'photojournalist' for the list of potential careers.) In the previous posts in this series, I've talked about comic book shops mostly situated in central London; these are shops that are some distance from…
I've had a full week – my post about the Harrod's Comic Book Exhibit helped to tweak the accompanying copy, if Rich's comment is true; a question about the use of double hyphens in comic book lettering to Todd Klein became the source of a post on his excellent blog…
When I mentioned I had bought a book by Andrew Collins in my post about the oddity that was my presence on the Wikipedia page for The Collings and Herrin Podcast, this was the book I to which I was referring. I would like to point out that I didn't…
Moon Knight #7–13 by Charlie Huston and David Finch/Mico Suayan/Tomm Coker, plus Annual #1 by Duane Swierczynski and Jefte Paolo Although I didn't completely enjoy the first collection of Huston's take on Moon Knight, it didn't mean I wouldn't read any more of the stories. Now that Huston has set…
Superman #662‒664, 667 and Annual #13 by Kurt Busiek & Carlos Pacheco This second trade of Busiek & Pacheco's run on Superman, finishing off the story started in the first Camelot Falls collection, which I reviewed here. To catch up: Arion has told Superman that Superman will be responsible for…
I don’t like Harrods. It makes me feel uncomfortable. It’s a shop for posh, rich people who think they are better than everyone else. Although that may be true, it doesn’t mean they should get to rub our faces in it. Therefore, I think that the only thing that could…
I really want to like No Heroics. I'm the demographic (well, I would be if I was younger, sigh ...): I like comedy and I like comic books. It doesn't require complicated mathematics to work it out. So it is with heavy heart that I write the words, 'It was…
I've been thinking about new stories versus old stories. This applies to entertainments I enjoy (film, television, books, comedy, etc.) but particularly to comic books. I try to read a variety of material, but I will gravitate to stories I haven't seen before. This is the stance of the jaded…