Posted in DC, Dusting Off, tagged batman, Chuck Dixon, Graham Nolan on April 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Every Wednesday we take turns to delve into our trusty longboxes, pluck out a dusty back issue, and give you our thoughts. We’ll also try and place it in the context of the time it was originally published.
As Grant Morrison continues to drop hints about “Batman RIP” being “the end of Bruce Wayne as Batman”, [...]
Posted in Marvel, tagged Brian Michael Bendis, Spider-Man, Stuart Immonen on April 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
It doesn’t take a genius to realise about whom Mark Waid was (somewhat snarkily) talking when he recently said “[Spider-Man]’s dialogue is a joy to write, and if you don’t have your readers chuckling or even laughing out loud a few times per issue, you should go write Thor or something”. But either way, it’s [...]
Posted in Marvel, tagged J. Michael Straczynski, Marko Djurdjevic, Thor on April 28, 2008 | No Comments »
After enjoying last issue a surprising amount, I promised I’d give this one a look too. And here we are.
Thor #8 proves to me that the previous issue was no one-off. The second of a two-part story sees Thor and Odin discuss what is to become of Odin now that Thor is running Asgard. Mixed [...]
Posted in The Sunday Pages, tagged Grant Morrison, batman, Iron Man, blue beetle, Jai Nitz on April 27, 2008 | No Comments »
A busy weekend means a slightly smaller-than-usual column, but luckily Seb’s still around to deliver the goods - an examination of the Spanish Language issue of Blue Beetle, and another Batman theory as Morrison’s run speeds towards the finish line. By contract, I manage to contribute nothing but a couple of links to articles I [...]
Posted in Marvel, tagged Hulk, Jeph Loeb, Ed McGuinness on April 25, 2008 | 6 Comments »
The issue opens with the aftermath of the red hulk destroying a helicarrier. Now, I know this isn’t Loeb’s fault so much as Marvel editorial’s, but seriously, how many Helicarriers are there? Seems like half the time the only reason they ever show up is to be destroyed. Let’s just say I’m not the only [...]
Posted in DC, tagged batman, Grant Morrison, Ryan Benjamin on April 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Well, talk about a letdown. Just as Morrison’s Batman run was starting to make sense, and the issues becoming eagerly anticipated, we’re suddenly left with an unexplained delay of a few weeks for #675 – and when it does come out it turns out to be little more than a “bridge” issue between the mystery-unravelling [...]
Posted in Dusting Off, Marvel, tagged Captain Marvel, Civil War, Paul Jenkins, secret invasion, Tom Raney on April 23, 2008 | No Comments »
Every Wednesday we take turns to delve into our trusty longboxes, pluck out a dusty back issue at random, and give you our thoughts. We’ll also try and place it in the context of the time it was originally published.
With Captain Marvel now out as a Skrull, I thought I’d give the back-issues another going [...]
Posted in Image, tagged Jim Mahfood, Stupid Comics on April 22, 2008 | No Comments »
Late last year I had the great pleasure of meeting Jim Mahfood when he did a signing at Forbidden Planet, London. Fantastic chap, very friendly, and genuinely grateful of the enthusiasm people had in his artwork even if we were all greasy-looking nerd types. I’ll buy anything with his name on, because he’s just that [...]
Posted in DC, Vertigo, tagged Brian Wood, DMZ, ricardo burchielli on April 21, 2008 | No Comments »
It’s been a while since I looked at DMZ, and there’s a lot to say about this issue, the second in the latest arc, “Blood in the Game” which, after a series of done-in-one character spotlights, returns the focus to Matty and his new friend - the Che Guevara-meets-Hugo Chavez figure, Parco Delgado.
There’s an uneasy ceasefire [...]
Posted in The Sunday Pages, tagged Frank Miller, Grant Morrison, Iron Man, Jack Kirby, Mortal Kombat, Steve Niles, The Spirit on April 20, 2008 | No Comments »
We can’t hope to compete with the amount of news coming out of NYCC, so instead, we’re focusing on the one thing we can deliver. Our opinion! Comics-inspired computer games (Iron Man, Mortal Kombat Vs. DC) and movies (30 Days of Night, The Spirit) are the focus of this column, though there’s always time to [...]
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