Posted in DC, Vertigo, tagged Hellblazer, Jason Aaron, Sean Murphy on June 23, 2008 | No Comments »
Given that Andy Diggle’s run was just starting to pick up some momentum, I have to admit to not having been hugely enthused by the prospect of this fill-in two-parter by Jason Aaron. Not least because I’ve always been a bit uncomfortable with Americans taking on John Constantine – no offence, but it’s never seemed [...]
Posted in DC, Vertigo, tagged Hellblazer, Andy Diggle, Giussepe Camuncoli on May 23, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Andy Diggle’s Hellblazer run comes to a surprising end with the second half of a story that, as something of a microcosm for the run as a whole, feels like it’s leading up to something big but stops short before actually getting there. I’m not sure if there are any specific reasons for his departure [...]
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 DC, Dusting Off, Vertigo, tagged The Dreaming, Peter Hogan, Steve Parkhouse, Sandman on March 5, 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.
Ah, The Dreaming. Road to hell, good intentions, and all that. Having started out as a [...]
Posted in DC, Vertigo, tagged Brian Wood, DMZ, Nathan Fox on January 22, 2008 | No Comments »
DMZ #27 once again features guest art from Nathan Fox, and continues the “Hidden War” non-arc concentrating on various new and supporting characters from around the DMZ. Under the spotlight in this issue is the DMZ’s own club DJ, Random Fire, who finds himself just angry enough with the world to make some seriously bad decisions.
At the [...]
Posted in DC, Vertigo, tagged Brian Wood, Northlanders on December 11, 2007 | No Comments »
If you’d told me a year ago that I’d consider a Viking comic one of December’s most anticipated new releases, I’d probably have been fairly sceptical. More so if you’d told me that it’d be coming from Brian Wood, who’s made his name writing a mix of hip indie, street-level blockbusters and the odd politically-tilted piece of speculative [...]
Posted in DC, Vertigo, tagged American Virgin, Becky Cloonan on December 5, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I almost didn’t review this, because as anyone following the title will know, it’s being axed with issue 23 and if you didn’t buy it, it’s YOUR FAULT. American Virgin is like no other comic out there at the moment, and soon it won’t even be out there itself. It’s always been an ill fit for [...]
Posted in DC, Vertigo, tagged Hellblazer, Andy Diggle on December 4, 2007 | No Comments »
Having started his Hellblazer run with a couple of storylines that showed an assured grasp of Constantine’s character and voice, Andy Diggle turns his hand to the sort of single-issue, self-contained story that have long been the title’s hallmark, and proves adept, if not exactly spectacular (we’re not talking Hold Me, here) at doing so.
In [...]
Posted in DC, Vertigo, tagged Brian Wood, DMZ on November 16, 2007 | 1 Comment »
It’s a big day for DMZ as it starts its third year. This is a real milestone to anyone who remembers the days when the comic was conceived as being around 24 issues long (the current target is somewhere around 60) because any issue from now on should taste extra-sweet.
For this arc, entitled “The Hidden [...]
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