A little different to Scott Pilgrim. In fact it took me a second to realise I was reading a book from the same author. Great awareness, right? But I vaguely recognised the artistic flourishes of O\’malley. This was a quick Read more…
Tag: comics
Thank you, Jonathan Hickman, for giving me the Fantastic Four back. In simpler times I watched the cartoon on TV, and this was before DVD and the Internet, so it took a while to piece the story together, but I Read more…
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…
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=WrTXFORUXwk&w=560&h=315] I always try and keep an eye on what Paul Duffield, the artist who collaborated with Warren Ellis on Freakangels is doing. I hadn\’t looked at his site for a while, but I was really pleased to note this Read more…
Ed Brubaker is one of those writer\’s who really dig in under the surface of the subjects he writes on. You get to travel around inside the skulls of the characters he creates, and the nuances and foibles that make Read more…
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RX1HJMV3SYE&w=560&h=315] This looks very interesting.
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…