[ Currently: Listening to Radio Scotland ] The Originals is a graphic novel with story and art by the legend that is Dave Gibbons. It seems that I have grown up with Dave for most of my comic reading life. In the late seventies he drew a number of strips for… Continue reading
This is the excellent sequel to the Scarlet Traces book and is again written by Ian Edginton and drawn by D’Israeli. The alternate history story continues 40 years after the events in Scarlet Traces. Britain has taken the war to the Martians and has been involved in an extended campaign… Continue reading
This book was written by Ian Edginton with art by D’Israeli. The pair have worked together on a number of projects that fall into the Steampunk or Alternate History genres. This book is no exception. Described on the front cover as: Quote: A murder-mystery sequel to H.G Wells’ The… Continue reading
[ Currently: Listening to BBC Radio Scotland ] This is a story that was first published in Judge Dredd: The Megazine 4.01-4.10 – a sister publication to the long running 2000AD. It was written by Dan Abnett (who has written many stories for Marvel UK and 2000AD) and it was drawn… Continue reading
This book is a collection of four standalone stories featuring Wolverine. The stories come from Wolverine #41 and #49, X-Men Unlimited #12 and Giant-Size Wolverine #1. The first story is called The Healing and is short at 11 pages. It was written by Stuart Moore and illustrated by C.P. Smith…. Continue reading
This book collects issues 1 to 5 of the mini-series of the same name. It was written and drawn by Sam Kieth – creator of the Maxx and Zero Girl. I love Keith’s style of drawing and probably first came across him on the Epicurus the Sage books and most… Continue reading
This, remarkably slim, book collects issues 0-18 of the ongoing series. It is mainly written by Michael Avon Oeming (#0-6 co-written with Mike Carey) and mostly drawn by Mel Rubi. Again both creators are new to me and while I liked the art I found the writing was not to… Continue reading
This book collects all the D.R. and Quinch stories from that grand British institution 2000AD – a weekly anthology comic that introduced Judge Dredd and many other memorable characters to the world. The stories are written by Alan Moore and beautifully drawn by Alan Davis. The book also collects 9… Continue reading
[ Mood: Sleepy ] This book is a multi-part story spread across various Super-titles and collects Superman #160-161, Adventures of Superman #582-583, Superman: Man of Steel #104-105, Action Comics #769-770 and Superman: Emperor Joker #1. As the story is spread across the four titles and one special so the it and… Continue reading
This book collects Batman Confidential #22-25 and 29-30. It is written by Andrew Kreisberg with pencils by long-time Batman artist Scott McDaniel. The writer is new to me but I enjoyed this story so I might look out for more books that he has written – as well as… Continue reading
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