Inside this week’s Sunday (and not-at-all Hastily Edited On Monday) Pages, you can find a selection of capsule reviews including Captain America #42, Daredevil #111, Fantastic Four: True Story #3, Ms. Marvel #32, Superman #680, Ultimate Spider-Man #126, X-Men Legacy #216. In addition, we give a quick plugola to an interview with one of our very favourite comics talents, and there’s another big UK show coming up!

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This week, forgoing the usual Sunday Pages news items, I’m going to take a quick look at the meagre purchases I made at yesterday’s Camden Comics mini-Festival, Low Energy Day. I’ll leave it to the official site to explain the idea, but needless to say it’s a frankly brilliant one and my only regret is that I haven’t made it to the Camden Comics Stall sooner. Bear in mine, I was feeling pretty wiped out after finishing moving house that morning, so with just enough strength to drag myself from Northfields to Camden, I didn’t have much time to hang around and check out everyone, nor could I afford to - there are around a hundred different exhibitors all with their own body of work, so what I chose to purchase here is in no way an indicator of quality, it’s just the books I bought on the day. Reviews and more below the cut! Continue reading »

This week’s Sunday Pages brings you news of two free comics from rising talent Marc Ellerby, some discussion of Chuck Dixon’s abrupt exit, and an article that’ll potentially transform the experience of watching The Incredible Hulk!
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It’s a Bristol Comic Expo special this week, and with James having already done his thing over at CBR, it’s left to yours truly to provide a recap of our weekend. Of course, despite being able to namedrop here and there, we’re hardly Rich Johnston (although we do know him, as well), so don’t expect too much in the way of insider revelations in what is really more of a diary entry than anything else. But come this way for some truly fascinating tales of story pitching competitions, hypothetical scenarios on Earth-Dave, lost bags, appalling town planning systems - and even some comics…

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