Yeah, I’ve been slacking. Young Avengers Kieron Gillen, Kate Brown, Jamie McKelvie, Mike Norton I picked this up because I bought many comics when I went to the Comics Unmasked exhibition at the British Library. It was ace! I want to read more (which is the best thing to have after reading a comic). I … Continue reading
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Comics round up #3
Mouse Guard: Legends of the Guard volume 2 I realise I haven’t read volume 1 yet but I can catch up. I love Mouse Guard and this volume is beautiful. It has stories from various writers and artists (including one of my favourites, Stan Sakai) all woven together in the narrative of patrons of a … Continue reading
Comics round up #2
Hawkeye: Little hits Matt Fraction, David Aja I loved the trade paperback of Hawkeye: My life as a weapon and I loved this. Clint just gets into ALL the trouble – with gangsters, with his friends, with his girlfriend, with the Avengers. It’s complex but also astoundingly funny. There is one panel where he just … Continue reading
Comics roundup #1
Avengers: Endless Wartime Warren Ellis, Mike McKone, Jason Keith I picked this up randomly because it was by Warren Ellis. It was pretty good. The story fused a bit of history from both Captain American from 1944 and Thor and some weird creature from Asgard. They had to fight the fused monster that was begotten … Continue reading
Book review: Saga
Having just recently read the first volume of Saga (got it for Christmas) I had to very quickly read volume 2. Saga is a graphic novel created by Brian K Vaughan and Fiona Staples, published by Image. Holy shit is it awesome. So what’s it about? It’s sort of star crossed lovers but epically strange … Continue reading
