They Walk Among Us is a small comic book shop in Richmond, which means it's quite a distance from the previous four comic book shops in central London I've talked about so far. I would have thought that the location would be a negative ‒ the central London shops can…
Being a fan of Warren Ellis (see this rather extensive selection of previous posts about Ellis' work), it was obvious that I was going to buy his first novella; the only question was how much I would enjoy the book. The story of Crooked Little Vein is pure Ellis, a…
Ultimate Power #1‒9 by Brian Michael Bendis, J Michael Straczynski, Jeph Loeb and Greg Land I enjoyed Supreme Power, the revamp of the Squadron Supreme by JMS and Gary Frank for the Max imprint back in 2003, and I like Bendis' work; I don't like the work of Jeph Loeb…
Life has got in the way of my blogging at the moment, particularly the part of life associated with work. Apologies for the infrequency. However, I had to return to post this news: I'm on Wikipedia. For now. If you ever needed confirmation that the information on that site shouldn't…
The online DVD rental company that I use tends to be bad at getting films to me in the actual order I want (I'm sure it's the same with others, but I've only used this company). As such, seeing films when I would like to see them is difficult, and…
Fantastic Four #525–526 + #551–553 and #544–550 by Dwayne McDuffie & Paul Pelletier and Karl Kesel & Tom Grummett I like the Fantastic Four: stories about exploring the edge of narrative imagination and about family appeal to me. However, creators don't always get this mix right, resulting in some less…
I'm not sure I completely understood The Nines, the 'psychological thriller/drama' by writer John August in his directorial debut, but I did enjoy it. Here's what I thought it was: I think it was a meditation on the writing process, about the creator and his interaction with his creations, the…
Wolverine #26–32 by Mark Millar, John Romita Jr and Kaare Andrews This collection is the second half of Millar's run on Wolverine (the first half of which I enjoyed). It starts with the origin of the villain of the piece, Gorgon, in an effort to hype up his bad ass-ness.…
Checkmate #1–7 by Greg Rucka (1–5), Rucka/Nunzio DeFillipis/Christina Weir (6, 7), Jesus Saiz (1, 2, 4, 5), Cliff Richards (3, 6, 7) Even though Checkmate revives a previously used concept in the DC Universe (of which I have almost no knowledge apart from the John Ostrander Suicide Squad), these new…
Origin #1–6 by Bill Jemas, Joe Quesada, Paul Jenkins (plot), Paul Jenkins (script), Andy Kubert (pencils), Richard Isanove (digital painting) If you've read this blog before, you might have picked up on the fact that I entered the world of mainstream American superhero comics via the X-Men, specifically Chris Claremont's…