comics – Tales From The Bitface

Stormwatch by Warren Ellis, Tom Raney and Bryan Hitch (Books 2018, 30)

2018-12-29, 17:46 2018-12-29, 17:46 Books / comics2 Comments

I don’t always include all comic-type things here. No particular reason why, except maybe that they sometimes feel too short and not substantial enough. I probably wouldn’t have included this, except that it conveniently gets my total for the year to thirty. It’s a post-Watchmen story of superheroes handled in …

All the Things in the World

2017-02-15, 21:13 2017-02-15, 21:13 Books / comics / tvLeave a comment

Do you ever look around and think how amazing everything is? How it all got there? And I’m not talking about the grandeur of nature, the glory of the universe, and all that. I’m talking about all the human-made stuff. I have often found myself in the middle of a …

The Sandman: Overture by Neil Gaiman and others (Books 2016, 12)

2016-09-06, 23:27 2016-09-06, 23:27 Books / comicsLeave a comment

Gaiman returns to the character and story that made him famous (and wins the graphic story Hugo award by doing so). This is a prequel to the original story. In that, you’ll recall (or if you don’t you should go and read them), Morpheus, the Lord of Dreams, starts by …

Patience by Daniel Clowes (Books 2016, 5)

2016-04-13, 00:18 2016-04-13, 00:18 Books / comicsLeave a comment

As I said, I ordered this right off the back of reading the review. I read it almost as soon as it arrived, and then read it again. It’s a fast read, being a graphic novel, and being a timey-wimey story you want to read it again to see how …

Patience

2016-04-06, 23:43 2016-04-06, 23:43 Books / comics / linksOne Comment

“Would you go anywhere near a book described on its back cover as ‘a cosmic timewarp deathtrip to the primordial infinite of everlasting love’?”, begins this Guardian review of Patience by Daniel Clowes. What other answer could there be but, “Hell, yeah!”? My copy arrived today.

PC

2016-02-05, 14:05 2016-02-05, 14:05 comics / linksLeave a comment

Panel 3 just nails the whole “SJW” nonsense. Source: Brostitutional Rights – Scenes From A Multiverse

Hackney’s latest piece of gentrification: comics

2014-09-06, 17:58 2014-09-06, 17:58 HackneyLeave a comment

Dreyfuss cafe and Raygun Comics, Hackney — The latest in Hackney’s gentrification: we have a comics shop

The latest step in Hackney’s gentrification. Dreyfus café has been open for a while, but just a few weeks ago we got a new arrival next to it: a comics shop, by the delightful name of [Raygun](https://www.facebook.com/rayguncomicshop).

Why Devilgate?

2014-04-10, 00:27 2014-04-10, 00:27 life writing / metaLeave a comment

I always expect people to ask me about my use of the handle devilgate, but they almost never do. But an old friend did recently, and I wrote him the answer, and I think it belongs here. So sit back and relax, and I’ll fill you in on the whole …

The Summer of Rereading, 2: A Culture of Marvel and Miracles

2013-10-16, 20:14 2013-10-16, 20:14 Books / comicsOne Comment

After Iain Banks died I decided it was long past time for a big reread of all his books. Most of the older ones were in the attic, though, so it was a while before I got started. The books in the attic aren’t terribly well ordered, since they’re just …

American Flagg episodes 1-30 (and special 1), by Howard Chaykin and others (Books 2008, 15)

2009-01-07, 23:23 2009-01-07, 23:23 Books / comics / sfLeave a comment

I came upon these when I was digging out some old comics for my son. These are not for eleven-year-olds, but I realised I hadn’t read them in years, and I thought I’d see how they had aged (plus, I remembered next to nothing about the story). The story is …