Quote: Dammit. You rather die than go to jail? Fine. But I’m still getting those names. This book collects the first five issues of the ongoing series Chew from Image. It was written by John Layman who wrote the Fantastic Four House of M story that I read… Continue reading
Quote: “Clippity-clop, clippity-clop! Mommy, how will I get into his base …?” “Oh well, grenades through the windows and then kick the door in shooting. Or just sneak up with a flamethrower if you want.” This book collects the first six issues of Jennifer Blood from Dynamite. It… Continue reading
A beautiful book from Fables cover artist James Jean that is composed entirely of wordless illustrations. The book’s panels are concertinaed together to form a continuous whole. Within this structure are interweaved two distinct fantastical landscapes – a seascape and a strange procession across a weird landscape. The book allows… Continue reading
Quote: “Now here’s a rare beauty! Divinely Holmesian! Don’t you agree, detective?” “If I were stalking deer.” This is an original graphic novel featuring Batman and (surprise, surprise) the Mad Hatter. It was written by Bruce Jones whose only other work I have read was a Deadman series… Continue reading
Quote: What kinds of heroes would we be if we retired having never slain an actual dragon? And so we come to the final collection of the Jack of Fables comics. This is volume 9 and it collects issues 46 – 50. It was again written by Bill… Continue reading
Quote: I fully intend to kill that giant and ensure that no more virgins are sacrificed! This is volume 8 of the Jack of Fables paperbacks and it collects issues 41 – 45. It was again written by Bill Willingham and Matthew Sturges. The art was by various… Continue reading
[ Currently: Listening to BBC Radio Scotland ] Quote: “You gave him the one thing that he could not live without: you gave him back his war.” This book is a bit of an odds and sods collection of House of M related stories. The main story is from Wolverine… Continue reading
Quote: “Hope you don’t mind, Goblin, but I brought some of my buddies along.” This book collects the five issue mini-series and was written by Mark Waid and Tom Peyer. I know Waid best from the Kingdom Come mini-series but he has had runs on other DC titles… Continue reading
Quote: “You’re a terrorist now?! People have been sent to kill you. My people.” This book collects New X-Men 16 -19 and was written by husband and wife team Nunzio DeFilippis and Christina Weir. The art was by penciller Aaron Lopresti and inker Brad Vancata. All of the… Continue reading
Quote: “I can’t do it this time. I can’t raise the dead.” This book collects the Mutopia X mini-series that was written by David Hine a British artist and writer who seems to be more well known for his writing duties these days. He wrote the District X… Continue reading
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