Fables: Rose Red (2011)

  Quote: He’s never fought a duel. I’m an expert at it. He’s agreed to a game he barely knows, where I own the game board, the pieces, the dice – everything.   This is volume 15 of the ongoing Vertigo series and collects issues 94 – 100. As usual… Continue reading

Jack of Fables: The End (2011)

  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

Jack of Fables: The Fulminate Blade (2011)

  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

The Green Woman (2010)

  Quote: I’ve been a good servant. But haven’t I done enough? Haven’t I?   This book is an original graphic novel from Vertigo comics and was written by the veteran horror novelist Peter Straub with Michael Easton who is the writer of the Soul Stealer trilogy. The painted art… Continue reading

John Constantine, Hellblazer: City of Demons (2011)

  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

Peter and Max: A Fables Novel (2009)

  Quote: He told people what to do and no one ever told him what to do – except for sometimes his wife did, but Max already understood how marriages involved a private exception to many rules.   Now for something slightly different. Bill Willingham, writer and creator of the… Continue reading

Delirium’s Party: A Little Endless Storybook (2011)

  Quote: There is nothing more important than seeing someone smile! And it is SUPER SPECIALEST MOST GRANDIVELY important when that someone is your very own sister!   Incredibly it has been 10 years since the Little Endless Storybook was first published (it is due for a re-issue for those… Continue reading