The Originals by Dave Gibbons Dave Gibbons (didn’t he try to be ‘David Gibbons’ at one stage, to be taken more seriously? I understand the dilemma – I’ve never liked the ‘Dave’ contraction myself, only allowing it in sport situations – but history and common knowledge will out, so Dave…
Fantastic Four #527–532 by J Michael Straczynski and Mike McKone Welcome back to From A Library Week. Today is the collection of the first six issues of the Fantastic Four written by JMS. I looked in the book for the name of this collection but couldn’t find any indication of…
Welcome to From A Library Week – a whole week of reviews of comic books that I borrowed from my excellent local library. First up, American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang. I enjoy reading reviews, particularly on the internet. The discussion of stories and the introduction to things I…
Superman/Batman: Absolute Power TPB by Jeph Loeb and Carlos Pacheco Despite my dislike of a previous Loeb-written story, I wanted to read this trade for two reasons: firstly, the majestically gorgeous art of Carlos Pacheco; secondly, I have a weakness for alternate dimension stories (and I do mean weakness –…
Spider-Woman: Origins by Brian Michael Bendis, Brian Reed and the Luna Brothers Everything you wanted to know about Bendis’ obsession, in one handy tome. Jessica Drew’s father is a scientist in Wundagore Mountain, and her mum is pregnant with her when she is hit by the DNA compiler ray –…
The Witching Hour TPB (collecting issues 1–3) by Jeph Loeb & Chris Bachalo I thought I would remind you that I do talk about comic books as well. However, the choice of material reviewed doesn't necessarily help. In fact, I disliked it so much, I didn't bother posting an image…
The New Frontier Volume 2 by Darwyn Cooke Much like the book itself (except for a sentence or two on the back cover), this review has no ‘What happened before …’ blurb (see my review of volume 1 for some history). What I will say about the presentation of this…
Orbiter by Warren Ellis & Colleen Doran According to Ellis himself, he didn’t like science at school. Reading Orbiter suggests different; it makes you think he was the prize physics pupil, president of the after-school science club, what with all the amazing detail and understanding he brings to the workings…
BPRD: A Plague of Frogs by Mike Mignola and Guy Davis I think Hellboy is one of the great comic book creations of recent years, despite the fact that I’m not really into the Cthulhu/Lovecraft horror thing. I prefer the supernatural adventure, the punching, the folklore from around the world,…
The Authority: Kev by Garth Ennis & Glenn Fabry I’m not sure why this comic exists. I’m not talking existential angst or getting deeply philosophical. I mean, why would Garth Ennis write a series about a former SAS assassin interacting with the widescreen superheroics of the Authority? I can’t make…