I suppose that recognising something of yourself in a character is nothing new … In fact I know it\’s not, and the degree to which the writer / artist pulls you into the heart of that magic can be the Read more…
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I have been following Jason Howard only since he hooked up with Warren Ellis for Scatterlands, and I have loved what I have seen of Trees. I started following him on twitter and found out about Super Dinosaur And after Read more…
Those lovely people at Image Comics made Warren Ellis\’ Trees Issue 1 free to download for a few days. For me a new Warren Ellis comic is something to celebrate. Anything by Jason Howard is likewise worth raising a glass Read more…
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RX1HJMV3SYE&w=560&h=315] This looks very interesting.
I hadn’t watched a subtitled film in a while (strange because I used to watch them all the time) but this film captured me very quickly. Animation kind of slides serious matters in under your defences, and like Maus and Where The Wind Read more…
I love John Smith – I think the first thing by him that I ever read was Indigo Prime. I have enjoyed Devlin Waugh. I loved Revere. There is something in his writing that is akin to Grant Morrison, something Read more…
Ed Brubaker is one of those surefooted writers who you know you can rely on to deliver a perfectly paced, character-driven piece of writing. This is something I find pretty impressive when I consider the different genres that I have Read more…
This looks really cool. I like that sometimes intuition draws you back to a place you haven\’t looked at in a while, and when you get there you find you turned up at just the right moment. Disenchanted is following Read more…
I enjoyed this immensely. I am glad that Battling Boy is coming close on its heels, because this whets the appetite. Pope is like none other when it comes to generating a kinetic breakneck speed of narrative, where you find Read more…
2000ad was one of those things that shaped my whole sensibility. Before I read a science fiction book or knew what dystopian really was, 2000ad had been warping my mind and giving me dark thoughts about stories I wanted to Read more…