Advantages: It is good Disadvantages: it isn't bad
A friend of mine once described Alan Moore as “the most normal man in Northampton”. It still makes me chuckle to this day. I’ve never been to Northampton but I love the idea of Moore stalking his way through the gloomy urban twilight, perhaps off to worsh ...
Nick Butterworth has written many books about Percy the Park Keeper and he is a character who has become a firm favourite with both my daughters. In his latest adventure, 'Percy's Bumpy Ride', you can find out what happens when Percy attempts to invent ...
Advantages: Bizarre stories, very funny, good artistry, disregard for superhero convention Disadvantages: Sometimes patchy jokes
FADE IN.
INT. DESPERATE EXECUTIVE’S BOARDROOM. DAY.
The decade – the 1940’s. Around a large chrome table sit business heads of every major entertainment conglomerate. They’re desperate for new ideas since the popularity of costumed heroes is on the ...
Advantages: Charming art, devastating story Disadvantages: Compact panels
...Written and illustrated by Raymond Briggs, When the Wind Blows was his first attempt at an adult graphic novel. Released in 1982 on the back of his success with children’s books, it tells a sorrowful tale of the effect a nuclear attack on England has on ...
Advantages: Explosive, vibrant and packed with action, gorgeous cover art Disadvantages: Nothing that new here, over-hyped, feels like a pre-cursor to something else
...A review of the trade paperback for the Marvel Comics 2008 comic book event, Secret Invasion. This is based on the original Marvel Comics imprint, which simply reprints material originally published in Secret Invasion 1-8. A UK imprint, from the publisher ...
