Stupid Comics: Phoenix Edition

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 [...]

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Suburban Glamour #4

After a third issue stuffed with exposition and plot, the pressure was on writer-artist Jamie McKelvie to satisfactorily wrap up the myriad threads in his first solo mini (though in calling it that, let us not forget Matt Wilson’s invaluable contribution of his colours.) It would’ve been a difficult task even for a more experienced writer [...]

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Suburban Glamour #3

Okay, usual disclaimer time – you know that James and I are both fans of Jamie McKelvie’s work and friendly with the man himself. But aside from getting in digs at Jeph Loeb at every available opportunity, we consider ourselves to be editorially neutral – and this works both ways. So, just as we wouldn’t [...]

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Suburban Glamour #2

When McKelvie’s not getting namechecked by the Duloks and racking up endorsements from Warren Ellis, he’s still plugging away at the thing everyone’s raving about in the first place: his comics. Suburban Glamour #2 hit shelves this week, marking the half-way point of his first writer/artist turn. If you’re not up to date on the (sold out!) Issue #1, [...]

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Popgun: Volume 1

Having successfully proven year on year on year that no-one can sell an anthology comic (coming soon to a bargain bin near you: 6 month’s worth of unsold Marvel Comics Presents issues!) the industry has somehow realised that an anthology TPB will actually sell pretty damn well. Following the success of chunky, packed-to-the-eyeballs anthologies like [...]

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