Writing a review of ‘Watchmen’ is hard work for any poor bastard assigned with the task. No matter what angle you choose to approach this seminal work with, no matter how you dissect it and not matter how many fancy words you use to shroud your intent, you only end up saying the same god-damn [...]
Posts filed in Comic Book Reviews
Comic Books Galore, 8/4-08
What say you, dear readers; are you up for another round of me blathering on about the random comics I’ve been tearing through? If so, then grab a hold of that parachute and try not fall to your death while I present my latest conquests in a, hopefully, death-defyingly funny manner. Here we go:
Pride of [...]
Locke & Key: Nr. 1 - “Welcome to Lovecraft” | Joe Hill & Gabriel Rodríguez
Joe Hill isn’t a superstar like his father, Stephen King.
But he will be. The surest sign of this is of course that he was awarded the the SABA (Slightly Apocalyptic Book Award) for “Best New Author” here at this very blog. He received that honour because of his marvellous short-fiction collection “20th Century Ghosts” and [...]
Comic Books Galore: A Mostly Whedon Edition
It’s not been that long since I posted my first “Comic Books Galore”, and I can honestly say that I didn’t think I’d be posting another one any time soon. Happily, though, I was given a golden opportunity to pick up some really cool comics by the living legend, Joss Whedon, and I’m couldn’t help [...]
Comic Books Galore, 22/2-08
You guys know me. I don’t read comic books, ’cause, well, I’m one o’ those literary types. I waved good bye to Donald Duck and McScrooge years ago and I can’t honestly say that I’ve missed them much. Since then I’ve been feeding my comic needs with the funnies and the occasional webcomic and that’s [...]
-
Meta
Posts