I absolutely love this series. It never hits a wrong note and there is no fat on it whatsoever — from the first story onwards it hits the ground running and it makes you run alongside it. You know as Read more…
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I was witness to the genesis of this book, and though the book says the seed of an idea was planted in Missouri, I think something had already clicked into place in Chicago. We were both there to record some Read more…
Every single character gets the chance shine here. This week we learn that there is more to Sirkka than was first shown us — that she is not just some shallow hedonist lazing around and thinking of pleasure all day. Read more…
The idea of telling a story through the history of an object is not new and neither is the idea of that object being a gun. Still, if that\’s all there was to this story then it wouldn\’t be Garth Read more…
A fairly quiet episode this week. It didn\’t feel gentle in the way that Arkady\’s episodes did though. Whenever Alice is being moved around, moved into place, given how she was introduced, it makes you a bit nervous. Connor seems Read more…
I need to maybe find a different way to start these pieces instead of the reminiscent ramblings that I always use as a lead in, but I tend to think framing it in a personal way talks about why the Read more…
I don\’t know what the hell Grant Morrison does with his comics but it feels like my head is being rewired every time I read one of them. This comic intersects with The Invisibles at important levels, intersects with Zenith, Read more…
It seems to me as if there is no point in my consciousness where The Clash weren\’t there. I don\’t think there are any albums in my entire collection that get played as much or have the same energising effect Read more…
This series answered a question that I am sure a lot of British people have asked themselves — why aren\’t we in space and what it would it have been like if we had managed to get our acts together Read more…