It seems that fate or destiny is unescapable. We try and walk a righteous path, put its seems the the road to the Hellmouth is paved with good intentions! In trying to save Buffy from the abyss, have the Scooby Gang instead sacrificed on their own? Faith, probably the most prickly of characters and arguably… Read More »
If you were to ask a 12 year old version of myself (a huge Archie fan!) there will be gore and horror in my beloved Archie Comic Books. My reaction would be a fixture of incomprehension, disbelief and a scoff at the idea! 30+ years later, here we are with Archie being the standard of modern… Read More »
Another month and another new universe to get acclimated with; this time from the folks that brought you Arrow, X-Men Gold, Star Wars: Revelations and The Old Guard; Tales Through Time, messer’s Marc Guggenheim and Justin Greenwood. If you are fans of either of these creators, you better get strapped in. Crackerjack is the happiest-go-lucky… Read More »
A few pieces of media consistently scare me, and those I’ve spoken about a lot. Sadly, horror books are almost never on that list. When I’m reading horror, one scene per book (max) will affect me on a gut level—one perfect culmination of tension and imagery that sears itself into my memory. This book has… Read More »
“Space, the final frontier”, is one of the genres where, normally, I can enjoy a serious dose of fiction, with nary a whimsy or joke abound. After all, in a vacuum “no-one can hear you laugh!”. With the possible exception os Space Balls, humour in sci-fi can be a hard to do thing; kind of… Read More »
Being a geek is cool, no matter what anyone else says. We are the ultimate fans, we live for the special variant cover by that artist we really like. We explore the minutiae of why Batman could work or why Superman’s cloak does not tear or how Peter Parker attracts so many babes. I bring… Read More »
Way way back in the distant past, when Star Wars mania first gripped the world and took root in my mind, my father stated that I couldn’t really enjoy the galaxy far, far away if I didn’t have an appreciation of those which had come before. So my education in 50’s & 60’s B rate… Read More »
The final issues of this fun little series coms to a climactic close as Red Sonja and her gang make a final stand against Mordread and his dark powers! How do they manage such a feat? Sonja, as we know by now, is not one to be trifled with, and having lived with cursed armour,… Read More »
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish has no business being as good as it is. The movie was barely on my radar until I heard it had an Oscar nomination. The original two Shrek movies are classics of the modern age with more meme power than any other franchise, except maybe Star Wars, but I… Read More »
The prequel era of The High Republic is in full swing but the connections to the first phase are a bit vague at present. What makes The Blade so much fun is that it presents the past of a relatively minor character from the prior group of stories. This gives the reader an emotional touchstone… Read More »