Although I haven’t been reading many comics lately, I have been looking at some pretty pictures. And the pictures don’t get much finer than in this comprehensive round up of images from the manga series Akira – the post-apocalypse never looked so good. This book collects images cut from the… Continue reading
Since I buy trade paperback collections of comics much more than individual issues these days, I am starting to amass quite a collection. So I was thinking that I need to find some way of easily cataloguing them so I know what I have as some are on bookshelves but… Continue reading
So I have just finished A Game of Thrones and enjoyed it very much. It probably helped that the TV adaptation was so good in the first place and made me want to read the book. As with any adaption there are going to be differences between the book and… Continue reading
With the first season of Game of Thrones coming to an end, I am probably going to take some time out from comic reading to do more book reading (I currently only tend to read novels on the commute to and from work which is only about an hour each… Continue reading
Quote: Dutch sent in the big guns, huh? No problem. I got some big guns of my own. This is my first read from the Marvel Noir range of books. In this set of books, well known Marvel heroes are taken from their modern setting and re-imagined in… Continue reading
Quote: “Did you hear something?” “Don’t jinx us babes. You’ll be twisting your ankle next.” This collects the recent five issue mini-series. It was written by Si Spencer who is another graduate of the 2000AD as well as being a TV script writer – most notably on the… Continue reading
Quote: I’ve got one secretary of state, fried to a crisp. I’ve got one cruise missile, origins unknown, sticking out of the White House lawn. I’ve got one robot samurai – origins also unknown – lying in two pieces in the hall outside the Oval Office. And in the… Continue reading
Quote: “Logan has regained his memory.” “All of his memories? All of his … real memories?” “Yes. That is correct.” “That ain’t a good thing, girlie.” This book collects Wolverine (volume 3) issues 36 – 40. It was written by a writer new to me called Daniel Way… Continue reading
Quote: And in the far north, Gotham Crags is a place of ghosts, lorded over by its insane ruler! This is an original graphic novel written by the Scottish writer Alan Grant who has had a long career in comic books. He has co-written many times with John… Continue reading
Quote: Stop him, sir? Perhaps I wasn’t clear. […] No one has ever stopped him. This book collects issues 1 – 5 of the Marvel mini-series. It was written by J. Michael Straczynski, the creator of the great Babylon 5 who now seems to have moved into comics… Continue reading
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