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Bruce’s Scottish holiday

18. March 2010

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On the racks today is the Batman International collection, which includes Batman: the Scottish connection by Alan Grant and Frank Quitely. I like Frank’s artwork normally, but glancing inside at his depiction of Edinburgh Castle as viewed from the Grassmarket I can’t help but wonder why he didn’t render a more accurate depiction of the [...]

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Almost Silent

25. February 2010

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New in this week from Fantagraphics is Almost Silent, a collection of four earlier original graphic novels by the brilliant Jason. Regulars will know we love Jason’s work and if you’ve been meaning to read some and somehow never quite got round to grabbing the earlier works then this lovely little hardback is the perfect [...]

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Barry Windsor-Smith’s Conan

21. January 2010

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Barry Windsor-Smith has to be one of our most respected comics artists and his run in the early 70s depicting Robert E Howard’s great barbarian hero Conan (teamed with the equally legendary Roy Thomas) still stands as a real high point of fantasy art; actually his art on Conan is still pretty much the benchmark [...]

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Comics? Not in this weather – Diamond deliveries possibly delayed

6. January 2010

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Oh dear, after last week being a no new comic week because of that whole Christmas and New Year thing, it seems that this week might be a bit short of new comics as well. Diamond Comic Distributors has it’s warehouses in the North West, which is currently under a little bit of snow. The carriers [...]

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“I’m not the man they think I am at home, no, no, no, I’m a Rocket Man!”

17. December 2009

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How utterly, gloriously gorgeously 1930s pulp sci-fi is this? IDW’s lovely hardback collection of the late Dave Stevens’ Rocketeer. I just saw some heading for the shelves – if you’re in that last minute panic of present purchasing, may I humbly point you towards this wonderful collection? I’d be more than happy to have that [...]

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Pictures that tick

19. November 2009

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We may have to wait until next year for the promised new edition of Dave McKean’s brilliant Cages, but meantime there’s something rather lovely in this week’s new releases to keep McKean fans going: Pictures That Tick is a large-sized collection of Dave’s shorter comics work from the 90s and early 2000s. And as you’d [...]

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Red Son

11. November 2009

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Hitting the racks tomorrow this rather tasty deluxe hardback edition of Mark Millar’s Superman: Red Son; I love this Soviet propaganda style cover artwork by Dave Johnson.

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Go stake yourself

5. November 2009

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“Dude. You just staked the zombie version of yourself. You are going to be in therapy for the rest of your life.” That has to be one of my favourite lines of the week as Morbius the Living Vampire stakes his zombie counterpart in Marvel Zombies 3, paperback edition hitting shelves this very day. Written [...]

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James Bond Omnibus coming this autumn

15. August 2009

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Titan Books have recently announced the publication of what looks like being a very tasty collection of James Bond comic adaptations in the James Bond Omnibus Volume 1. Produced as they were before the movie versions, these adaptations take far more from the original novels by Iain Fleming. So this Bond; ruthless, driven, cold and [...]

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Captain Britain

16. July 2009

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Oh yes, it is here. It may be a lot later than originally intended, but dammit, its worth the wait. Not to mention the weight – its a humungous tome, just remember when picking it up to lift from the legs and not your back. Alan Moore, Alan Davis, Captain Britain. Oh yes.

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Wednesday Comics – coming every Thursday to a comic shop near you.

27. June 2009

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I’ve been meaning to mention this one ever since it was announced. DC comics are particularly fond of the summer event idea and are also rather fond of the idea of weekly comics. Now normally I have to say I find the whole idea rather horribly drowning in dense continuity, but the latest summer weekly [...]

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Oli Smith & Oliver lambden present – BLOC

24. June 2009

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Bit of a supergroup of UK small press here. Well, okay, a bit of a super duo anyway. Oliver Smith (dashing poster boy for Camden Comic Stall, London Underground Comics, LUC176 and writer/artist of various comics that I rather liked) and Oliver Lambden (artist on the great Tales From The Flat and Dan Lester Mysteries [...]

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Tripwire magazine brings us some bad distribution news….

22. June 2009

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Joel Meadows of Tripwire magazine brings us the sad news that the forthcoming 2009 annual has not reached Diamond distributor’s minimum order threshold and wont be carried by them in the US. This is a huge blow for Tripwire, which I’ve written about previously as being a rather smart, literate and really well put together [...]

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Just seen my Christmas Present…..

7. June 2009

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Fantagraphics have some great news for us (although perhaps not for our wallets – but hell, who really needs food anyway?): Gahan Wilson: 50 Years of Playboy Cartoons features not only every cartoon Wilson drew for Playboy, but all his prose fiction that has appeared in that magazine as well, from his first story in the [...]

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Lenore returns…

31. May 2009

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Roman Dirge’s cute little dead girl has a new publisher. Titan Books have announced that they’re going to begin publishing not only the existing Lenore books but also going to be bringing out new comics and more by Roman Dirge starting this summer. Around the world little goth girls and boys are rejoicing! Lenore: Noogies Hardcover [...]

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