Jack of Fables: The New Adventures of Jack and Jack (2010)

  Quote: “Get your paws off me, you damned dirty ape!” “There’s no need to be rude. It isn’t as if hot baths are easy to come by in the jungle.”   This is volume 7 of the Jack of Fables paperbacks and it collects issues 36-40. It was again… Continue reading

Fables: The Great Fables Crossover (2010)

This is volume 13 of the Fables paperbacks and it collects issues 83 – 85 of Fables, issues 33-35 of Jack of Fables and issues 1-3 of The Literals. It was written by Bill Willingham and Matthew Sturges and the art was by the usual collection of artists involved with… Continue reading

Jack of Fables: The Big Book of War (2009)

This is volume 6 of the spin-off series from Fables collecting issues 28 – 32. It was written by Fables writer Bill Willingham and Matthew Sturges writer of the excellent House of Mystery – also for Vertigo. Art duties were shared amongst Tony Akins, Ross Braun, Jose Marzan Jr. and… Continue reading

Spider-man: Fever (2010)

This book collects the 3 issue Fever mini-series by Brendan McCarthy and an early meeting between Spider-man and Doctor Strange from Spider-Man Annual #2 by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko. Lee and Ditko, of course, require no introduction to fans of Spider-Man or Doctor Strange. I am a big fan… Continue reading

Scotland Gave the Comic Strip to the World

[  Mood: Happy ] I take a break from the usual nonsense to bring you a piece of nationalistic pride (Ubalstecha style). According to an article in the Daily Mail that was sent to me by my mother-in-law, Scotland gave birth to the comic strip as we know it. Unfortunately, I… Continue reading