Comics Archives

Detective Comics #29: From Dystopia to Utopia to Dystopia, Again
It got the job done, I suppose, but I've come to expect better from Detective Comics. The final page teases a new creative team starting next month; we've known Flash team Francis Manapui and Brian Buccelato will be taking the reigns for a while now from early book solicits I think, overall, Gothtopia was a success[...]
Serial Artist – Far More Than Just A Whodunit Murder Mystery
Now, I've worked in and around the comics industry long enough that if I shared my CV with you, I think you'd probably agree I know a good book when I see one, but none of that means I know how to actually write a good one None of us will learn that until this[...]
Picking Up The Pace In Monkeybrain's Headspace #1
Over-narration sometimes annoys people in films, but it's worse in comics, a medium which is based upon the reader lingering over images We don't need to be told that Shane isn't trained to fight dragons: we can tell that from how badly he's doing it. The final panel plays the Abrams-Lindelof game of teasing us with[...]
Captain America Lives On: Remembering Joe Simon
Much to their surprise and joy, the character went on to receive worldwide fame. [Me and my grandfather after his book My Life in Comics was published] I have this really bad habit, though I do it out of love and pride for my grandfather Whenever I see someone wearing a Captain America t-shirt, I like to[...]
It's Starting To Look A Lot Like Iron Man 2020 (SPOILERS)
It looks a little familiar. Gotta love those cog shoulders… Comics courtesy of Orbital Comics, London. Spoilers for today's Iron Man comic book Which, as we all now know, features a crippled Arno Stark, the true son of Howard Stark and, as we know, the identity of the Iron Man 2020 character, now only six years away. And[...]
Forty-Three Thoughts About Forty-Three  Comics – Veil, Darkness, New Warriors, Nova, Tales Of Honor, Action Comics, Uncanny X-Men, Phantom Stranger, Moon Knight, Wolverine & The X-Men, Wild Blue Yonder, Sinister Dexter, Gate-Way, Rogue Trooper, She-Hulk, Loki, The Movement, Arkham War, Earth 2, Batwing, Green Lantern, Adventure Time, Evil Empire, Wild Blue Yonder, Suicide Risk, Garfield, Day Men, Shadow Now, Twilight Zone, Bad Blood, Terminator, Lobster Johnson, Grindhouse, Victories, Catalyst Comix, Apocalypse Al, Drumhellar, Clone, Evil Empire, Revival, Saviors, Velvet And Secret
Also, how many of those men look just like Christopher Eccleston? But she's not the only one having subway trouble in today's comics From New Warriors… Yes, someone having the horn on a subway is, I think, generally normal behaviour But yes, people should keep it covered up more And certainly not expose it to young[...]
In The DC Universe, Edward Snowden Would Be Exposing Batman
Although they never do that in Homeland. I mean, I suppose that Superman can hear anything he wants to, just by concentrating, so it evens the game a little. But, damn.  Comics courtesy of Orbital Comics, London. What is it with Batman? When he's not storing ways to defeat all the other member of the Justice League… Or spying[...]