I read a lot of comics, and one of the best is Astro City. It's creator-owned, and off in its own universe, so there's no continuity with other comics to keep up with. People often describe this as the opposite of Watchmen: it shows what it would be like to live in a world full of superheroes, rather than showing what superheroes would be like in ( Read more... )

Looking at this week's new comics, one of them is Avengers Arena. I won't be buying it, because I think the whole concept is fundamentally wrong. Basically, it's a deathmatch story involving a bunch of teenage characters: they all get stuck on an island, and are told that they have to kill each other until only one is left. Apparently this is quite ( Read more... )

I was never really into Transformers when I was a kid: I never saw the cartoon series, read the comic, or had any of the toys. I did have a Robo Machines toy (same concept from a different company), and I read the last few installments of their strip in the Eagle.

I watched the Transformers animated film about 10 years ago, then bought a few of ( Read more... )

Whenever I read a book, I put a review on Goodreads. This includes graphic novels and TPBs, but it doesn't work so well for individual comic issues or a series as a whole. So, here are some thoughts about comics I've read recently. I'm keeping spoilers to a minimum, but please proceed with caution if you're sensitive about that.

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Last year I wrote/drew a story for my nephew. I deliberately did it in the style of a children's book (e.g. Mr Men), so that I could print it out with a picture and a couple of lines of text per page. It was 14 pages long, so when I added a title page and moved the "moral" to the back that was 16 pages. Having it as a multiple of 4 is convenient, ( Read more... )

I understand the appeal of buying local products, to support your community. However, there are times when it makes sense to import stuff from other countries. Here are a few useful things I've learnt about recently.

Overseas transaction fee

As I mentioned last year, I've been using Comixology to buy digital comics. This works out slightly ( Read more... )

Two years ago, I wrote about DC's Infinite Crises, i.e. their habit of rebooting the universe every few years. As I mentioned, I didn't read Final Crisis, but last year this was followed by Flashpoint, which led to every mainstream DC comic being cancelled. Most (all?) of these were relaunched, starting with issue #1; there were 52 titles in total ( Read more... )

Time for another round of decluttering. All these comics are free to a good home - let me know if you'd like any/all of them. I'll wait a couple of days, then offer whatever's left on Freegle. If you'd like more info about any of these, just ask.

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Milky bars Comic books are on me!

I'm having another clear-out, so all these comics are free to a good home. If you'd like any of these, just squeak. Some of them are very good, and I'm only getting rid of them because I've bought a replacement copy in better condition. Others aren't quite so good, but I assume that someone liked them...

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I follow several webcomics, and some of them use charts (graphs) as an alternative to other drawings. That's fine, and some of the charts are funny and/or informative. However, I think that there are 2 basic rules to follow ( Read more... )