I’ve been reading a lot of comics for a long time now and I’ve reviewed my fair share on this blog and on other spaces and places around these inter-webs. In all this time as a comic reader and fan, one of my favourite characters consistently (and I’m sure for many of you too), has…
Tag: Weekly Wayfarer
All The Licensed Comics!
Comics are booming in popularity, variety and just generally being fantastic these days – and on the international scale it’s never been bigger and closer to mainstream than it is right now. One element of that which doesn’t get covered a lot by itself is the licensed properties, i.e, comics about things that weren’t originally…
“reMIND” by Jason Brubaker – Acclaimed and worth it! [Comic Addicts]
(This is my column over at Comic Addicts, if you’re into that sort of thing, head on over!) Welcome back to a new year everyone! We here at Comic Addicts are so happy that we can ring in the new year with our brand-spanking new website and all of you amazing readers who have followed…
The Demolished Man by Alfred Bester (Book Review)
Spiders’ Storybook Scrutinies The Demolished Man by Alfred Bester My rating : 4.5 of 5 stars I was never aware of Alfred Bester beyond knowing the name in passing, being a fan of science fiction for so long – but eventually I decided to try out this book with a plot most intriguing. Our primary character/protagonist and…
All the buzz on “MARVEL NOW!” in one place! (Comic Addicts)
As we move now well past the halfway mark of Avengers vs. X-Men (a.k.a AvX) and head into the final stretch of this marathon of mindless mauling, big news arrives. The good folks over at Marvel Comics have announced a huge new “game-changing” move they are calling Marvel Now! that will start to build momentum…
Reviewed : Transmetropolitan Vol. 1 – Back on the Street
Transmetropolitan, Vol. 1: Back on the Street by Warren Ellis (Publisher : DC/Vertigo) “After years of self imposed exile from a civilisation rife with degradation and indecency, cynical journalist Spider Jerusalem is forced to return to a job he hates and a city he loathes. Working as an investigative reporter for the newspaper The Word,…