By way of introductory remarks, let me state I’d been considered re-reading Frank Herbert’s Dune for a while, so when this comic popped up on Netgalley, it seemed a very obvious request. After all, what better way to quickly remind myself of the plot and immerse myself in the world? The answer is probably none. […]
By way of introductory remarks, I’d like to say that I’d had to look up this collection of Neil Gaiman’s The Sandman, but when I did, I found myself going ‘damn, Dream Country was a great collection’. Which is almost odd for me as there’s no underlying arc here, which is the sort of thing […]
I am not a huge expert on space opera, but I feel like I understand the basic recipe. A crowd of misfits gets drawn together by a major violent clash between cultures, clash emotionally, but come together to scheme and trick their way out of a seemingly doomed situation. The satisfaction, at least for me, […]
By way of introductory remarks I’d like to note that I read volume two of Neil Gaimans’ The Sandman, The Doll’s House, last year, and only discovered I didn’t review it when scratching around for things to blog about today. I’m not entirely sure why I didn’t and my only thought is I didn’t feel […]
Welcome to a brave new world of the blog as I talk about the first Manga I’ve ever read, The Iceblade Sorcerer Shall Rule the World, written by Nana Mikoshiba and illustrated by Norihito Sasaki. Now I should fess up immediately by mentioning that comics aren’t hugely my thing. I like them, but I have […]
(mild spoilers) Someone on a Discord asked for Must Read the other day. I hate the term. Must Read for what? To know a genre? To fit into a social space (there are lots of interlinked social spaces among the bookish)? To fit a specific taste? Nevertheless, there are titles it makes more sense to […]
(moderate spoilers) One of my favourite mythic cycles is the Ulster Cycle, that often driven by Cú Chulainn. It’s entrancing in its wildness, its ferocity, its tragedy. One of the things that has drawn me to the comic Slaine over the years is the certainty Pat Mills must feel similarly about the Ulster Cycle. Slaine […]
(Some spoilers) Okay, first off, does anyone else have muddled synapses that look at Hellblazer and immediately think of Ozzy bellowing Hellraiser? Maybe while driving cars off cliffs in a computerised version of California? Please say I’m not the only one. In any case, there’s a certain amount of similarity here beyond the names. Hellraiser […]
Evening my fine fantasy folk. Are you in the mood for an Epic Fantasy comic? Something maybe featuring a protagonist akin to a pagan Joan of Arc, or a Queen Medb? Witchcraft and war, swords and schemes, boobies and balls? I hope so, because that’s what I’m here to talk about. Artesia starts on the […]
Welcome to my first comic review of Wyrd & Wonder and what a comic to review. I wish I’d been there when Sandman had been first published. I wish I was a big comics fan so I could tell you what it was like going from superheroes to this twisted landscape. I’ve seen glimpses; there’s […]
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