Ellis once again working to confound the tendency that people have to pigeonhole characters or jump to conclusions about what sort of person they are or the role that they fulfill. Today we see that far from being the flighty Read more…
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The exploration of violence in these two volumes takes many twists and turns. The first volume struck me as being more grounded but both of them have a resonant emotional core that connects with the reader on a very visceral Read more…
After reading the first team up between Dredd and Batman it was almost inevitable that I was going to be around for the second one. This one definitely didn\’t pack the same punch as Judgment In Gotham though. The premise Read more…
What if you’d spent your whole life in a cage, never glimpsing the world outside? What if everything you knew was darkness, fear and cold, clinical steel? What if one day, an angel came to you with a message of Read more…
You always expect Morrison to bring a new spin to a character — to explore realms that others have left untouched, and as usual he delivers just that with a great deal of panache. Here the art by Dave McKean Read more…
Click the above link to check out this new site. This is a site that will advertise the indie media (books, CD\’s, etc) for the artists and provide indie authors resources for indie publishing, including links to publishing resources, articles Read more…
This was something permanently lodged in my brain as something that presented the whole idea of a post-apocalypse world in a more realistic way than a lot of comics and other media. It was bleak, and McMahon\’s stylised art seemed Read more…
Today was a very kinetic episode — as usual packed with more than most would be able to get into six pages. Ellis has the use of comics and their panels down to a fine art as far as conveying Read more…
The best ideas tend to be the simple ones — high concept is fine but has to be cooked with as much delicacy and precision as a souffle. This story takes a simple premise — a person who has a Read more…
My first introduction to Takeshi Kitano was through Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence where he plays the Japanese guard that everyone could like. At the time I didn\’t know his name and have to admit that I was watching the film Read more…