“I wish they’d let me join them in death. I would have been a great ghost. Maybe I didn’t have the right hat.” This spin-off series from Fables enters its second major story line, and its first without creator Bill Willingham who remains as a consultant, with South African author… Continue reading
“It’s just this coat. It’s so big and heavy sometimes.” A spin-off story from the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen books featuring Janni Dakkar as Captain Nemo. The normal creative team of writer Alan Moore and artist Kevin O’Neill are in charge again for this short adventure. Set in 1925, the… Continue reading
“Only silly Dorothys arrive in a magical land and want to go home.” The latest trade collection of the Vertigo series, Fables, takes us to volume 18 collecting issues 114 to 123 – marking 10 years of the series. The usual contributors are present again with writer Bill Willingham and… Continue reading
“You’re willing to kill Grud knows how many of our own children to get at people you don’t even know are our enemies?” The latest volume of collected Judge Anderson stories from 2000AD, Judge Dredd Megazine and various annuals and specials was written in the main by Alan Grant –… Continue reading
“… dead gods are another thing altogether. They can be infinitely more useful.” This long delayed original graphic novel is a spin off from the long running Vertigo series, Fables. As with the main series, it was written by Bill Willingham. The book has a number of artists – Jim… Continue reading
“There is justice after all. A whole new world stretched out and screaming.” This recent reprint is of a graphic novel from 2000. The book was by the Scottish creative team of writer Grant Morrison and artist Frank Quitely. The pair have worked on a number of projects together including… Continue reading
“First thing you learn about birds, they ain’t got no manners.” The series was written by horror/fantasy author Caitlin R. Kiernan and is set in the world of some of her novels. Caitlin’s work is familiar to me not through her prose work but the various Sandman spin-offs she has… Continue reading
It’s been a bit quiet around here lately – sorry about that. Extended holidays and a touch of flu have meant that I have not been reading much in the way of comics recently – currently I am enjoying the the excellent Surface Detail by Iain M. Banks. Anyway the… Continue reading
“They call me the Buffalo.” “They call me sir.” The latest comic book incarnation of The Shadow comes from Dynamite. The first story, The Fire of Creation, was written by Garth Ennis with art by Aaron Campbell. Ennis has had a string of hit series for both the major publishers… Continue reading
“Reign of terror? I’m not sure I understand. But you’ve got lots of time to explain it to me. Well, at least the night.” This prestige format one-shot from DC is part of their Elseworlds series where a twist is applied to a familiar hero usually by changing their normal… Continue reading
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