Olympian Dreams
I think it's fair to say that the biggest thing to happen in Britain this year is the Olympic Games. The Queen's Diamond Jubilee was fun...
Maddening ideas
This isn't the column I had intended to write. It's not even the one I thought I had to. It's the one that forced itself from my...
Sleaze, not Scarborough…
I am very, very happy. My copy of Sleaze Castle Etcetera: The (in)Complete Final Cut Vol. 1* hit my doormat a few days ago, and I have been...
A free comic book and a bit of a saga.
There is a lot that goes on in comics that I'm not happy about. The overwhelmingly sexist and negative portrayal of female characters that...
Once upon an idea…
It is a truth, universally acknowledged, that there is nothing new under the sun.* Ideas are strangely self replicating, and the really good ones...
A Fatale-ly flawed speculation.
I think I must be missing something again. Something is going on that makes no sense to me/ Of course that might be down to my lack of intellect....
What's your motivation?
There is only one sure fire way to become a millionaire by making comics, but it's very, very simple. All you do is start with two million...
Rights and Wrongs. A foolish take on the Gary Friedrich Case
The current storm surrounding Gary Friedrich and his legal difficulties with Marvel has served to re-open* the can of worms that is creator...
Re-watching the Watchmen
They've only bloody gone and done it.Not quite in the way I was expecting them to, but DC are going ahead with a new Watchmen based project....
Lost comics, and how to find them.
Nostalgia ain't what it used to be, or so they say, but while it's probably a bad idea to live in the past* it can be a fun place...
Logo Low Blow?
Right. I'm just going to get the controversial statement out of the way right up front.I don't care about the new DC Comics logo. I...
Conning Eagles
I don't know about you, but one of the things I do in the first week or so of every year is try to sort out what I'll be doing over the...
Happy New Year Part Two: Say you want a Resolution!
HAPPY NEW YEAR!I hope that however you chose to mark the occasion you had a great time, and that if your celebration included the demon drink...
Happy New Year Part One: Hopes for the future
New Year is a funny old thing. However good the spirit of Christmas is, New Year remains my preferred holiday. It's a time for partying like...
Christmassy Greetings
Merry Christmas, my foolish friends! Pull up a chair, grab a mince pie and take a seat! Did you try the mulled wine? You really should – go...