The Dead Boy Detectives #1–4 by Ed Brubaker, Bryan Talbot & Steve Leialoha I've been reading a lot of books from the library over the Christmas period, so expect me to share my thoughts with you on a range of different collections. This first trade paperback is something I didn't…
Scalped #12–18 by Jason Aaron & RM Guera (with John Paul Leon and Davide Furno) Scalped has been my personal discovery of the year – a visceral, gritty, taut and gripping thriller set on a reservation in South Dakota, it continues to enthral and entertain with each collection. The first…
Scalped #6–11 by Jason Aaron and RM Guéra Garth Ennis, in his introduction, asks the reader to blog about Scalped – it's taken me a long time, and I don't think my post will be of benefit, but I had to say my bit because this book is just really…
Written by Bill Willingham, art by various. One of the magical (if you'll pardon the pun) things about comics is that they can do just about anything: anthropomorphised rabbit samurai in feudal Japan, a barbarian aardvark, a former preacher with the voice of God whose best friend is a vampire,…
Scalped #1–5 by Jason Aaron & RM Guera I may be revealing the workings behind the curtains of Clandestine Citadel here, but I don't always write about the comic books immediately after I've read them. Shock, horror, I know, but I've never been about being up to date. This is…
Jack of Fables #1–5 by Bill Willingham & Matthew Sturges and Tony Akins Vertigo has always been one for capitalising on a success, so it is no big surprise that Fables, their current bestseller, gets its own spin-off in the character of Jack of all Fables, exiled after the mess…
From A Library: Neil Gaiman’s Neverwhere by Mike Carey and Glenn Fabry And so continues the strange evolution of Neverwhere – from television series to novel to comic book. Has there been a stranger path? And, to let you know where it came from (this is a Vertigo book so…
The Witching Hour TPB (collecting issues 1–3) by Jeph Loeb & Chris Bachalo I thought I would remind you that I do talk about comic books as well. However, the choice of material reviewed doesn't necessarily help. In fact, I disliked it so much, I didn't bother posting an image…