Category: Comics
Deadpool 2 (2018) (a film review by Frank Ochieng)
Deadpool rules! Okay, admittedly this is an unconventional way to segue into a film review without sounding like a giddy fanboy. Nevertheless, the costumed glib-sounding gladiator is back on the scene in ‘Deadpool 2’ up to his usual trivial tricks in the Marvel Universe. After making a sensational splash as the wise-cracking warrior with the […]
The Forensic Comicologist: Insight From A Life In Comics by Jamie Newbold (book review).
Jamie Newbold is a comicbook collector, ex-police officer, and dealer hence the rather long-winded title to his book, ‘The Forensic Comicologist: Insight From A Life In Comics’. I wasn’t quite sure what to make of the title until a flick through the pages and one of the boxed snippets about Neal Adams, which revealed Newbold […]
Legionnaires Book Two by Tom McCraw, Tom Peyer, Mark Waid, Lee Moder and Jeffrey Moy (graphic novel review).
Let’s now go back to 1995 and the version of the Legion Of Super-Heroes from that time. This massive book of 392 pages contains Legion Of Super-Heroes # 69-73, Legion Of Super-Heroes Annual # 6, Legionnaires # 25.30, Legionnaires Annual # 2 and Showcase ’95 # 6. If you remember my reviewing of ‘Legionnaires Book […]
The Legion Volume 2 by Dan Abnett, Andy Lanning and Oliver Coipel (graphic novel review).
My annual fix of Legion Of Super-Heroes starts with the second volume of Dan Abnett, Andy Lanning and Oliver Coipel, ‘The Legion’. With this version of the LSH, an explosion has propelled nine Legionnaires and part of the headquarters across the galaxy. With no way to get back, Element Lad placed them in tromium crystal […]
The Death of Superman and Reign of the Supermen double bill.
On January 14th 2019, Superman returns to the big screen for one night in an animated double feature. The event will include two features; audiences will first see The Death of Superman, followed by the new release of Reign of the Supermen. The two-part film is an animated adaptation of “The Death of Superman,” DC’s’ […]
Native Americans In Comic Books: A Critical Study by Michael A. Sheyahshe (book review).
I often wonder why there aren’t more books about ethnic minorities in comicbooks. As author Michael A. Sheyahshe points out in his introduction to ‘Native Americans In Comic Books: A Critical Study’, this is the first book on the subject and on his own people. Sheyahshe is a Native American or as he prefers to […]
Hellboy (2019) (first trailer).
Here’s the trailer for the new Hellboy flick based on the Mike Mignola comic-books from Dark Horse. This is the first of a new series without Ron Perlman as the Big Red One. The movie now stars David Harbour in the title role (better known as the Sheriff from Stranger Things). The film also features Milla […]
The Umbrella Academy (Netflix superhero series trailer).
Here’s the trailer for the new Umbrella Academy TV ten-episode series coming on Netflix, February 15th 2019, based on Gabriel Ba and Gerard Way’s Dark Horse comic-book of the same name. Here’s the official blurb: A dysfunctional family of superheroes comes together to solve the mystery of their father’s death, the threat of the apocalypse […]
Alter Ego #155 November 2018 (magazine review).
I have to confess to not knowing much about comicbook artist and writer Norman Maurer (1926-1986) but with Richard Arndt’s interview with his widow, Joan, I learnt a lot. Joan, by the way is the daughter of Moe Howard and the connection to ‘The Three Stooges’ should slap you on the face considering Maurer drew […]
Lip Hook by David Hine and Mark Stafford (graphic novel review).
‘Lip Hook’ is another interesting graphic novel from the people at SelfMadeHero. It starts with fugitives Vince and Sophia on the run, driving fast along an English country road. They turn off at the left fork for Lip Hook, a dead end as the road goes nowhere else. Beyond Lip Hook, there is only marshland. […]
