It’s been what seems like years in the making, but Mark Millar’s fumetti-turned-regular comic has finally hit the shelves, and it’s really, gloriously off the mainstream beaten track, with a kind of Kickass-meets-Marvels feel to it.
It’s immediately obvious why this was originally envisioned as a photo-comic - it takes place in the “real world” of, [...]

Another week, another first issue of a Grant Morrison-penned “event” story. But where the opening two parts of Batman RIP have thrilled, the first chapter of Final Crisis underwhelms. The technical quality is there, but the story fails to deliver on the promises that this will be something huge, significant and epoch-making.

The main problem, [...]

Every Wednesday we take turns to delve into our trusty longboxes, pluck out a dusty back issue, and give you our thoughts. We’ll also try and place it in the context of the time it was originally published.
So, for better or worse, they’re bringing back Barry Allen (at least, they appear to be – I’m [...]

With Carey’s increasing handle on the property and Brubaker/Fraction’s promising-sounding run, PAD’s position of writing the best X-book isn’t as secure as it once was, but that reflects the improving quality of the line rather PAD getting any worse. Even so, the events of Messiah Complex meant that the X-Factor’s stride wasn’t simply broken, rathar [...]

Once again, no update today due to the UK Spring Bank Holiday. Normal service resumes tomorrow!

The weekly news-commentary piece returns after a 2-week, Bristol-motivated absence to discuss the industry’s latest developments, with a look at James Robinson and Geoff Johns’ Superman, Jim Mahfood’s latest announcement, some stuff about the book we all love to hate, Ultimates, and links to a couple of columns about the tenuous relationship between comics and [...]