Last week the gun was fired — this week the projectiles hit their target. You know what the first thought was that popped into my head? Too damned easy. And a full on frontal assault against a group like the Read more…
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It remains for me and a lot of people, including Mike Mignola the creator of Hellboy, the preserve of the comic books which spawned him to explore the true nature and depths of the character. I think my first exposure Read more…
Freakangels on full alert; well, most of them. I like that the gang are still maintaining their idiosyncratic paths in spite of the current threat to Whitechapel. Here we see the community working together; we see what the whole Freakangels Read more…
When the true crescendo comes in this first arc it is going to be interesting to see how the characters bring what we have seen of each of their personalities to bear on the situation. We saw how handy Jack Read more…
So, we have seen the freakangels policing each other and now we get to see one go into action against someone who has attacked him. Duffield once again displays a real ability for capturing the kineticism of violence and not Read more…
In one place someone settles in and in another place someone is unsettled. Sometimes it is hard to remember that each episode is only six pages long. To do what he does with those six pages every week shows just Read more…
Scouting around my flickr contact\’s lists I happened across this character Mister Crimson and followed him here. He is an interesting character described thusly by his creator: Mister Crimson is the story of a pulp-era superhero that has been abducted Read more…
I found Chip Zdarsky on twitter in the lists of more than a few people that were following him and have checked out a lot of his work recently and I am really getting into his style. So today I Read more…
As one man how different can each of your works be? If you are writing genre fiction, no matter what genre, aren\’t the tropes of said genre going to effect the eventual product whether you are playing against the conventions Read more…
I think as much as anything that Jamie McKelvie writes it is his design work which I find so fascinating and compelling — it is not something that everyone who puts comics together pays much attention to. I think it Read more…