Once upon a time, before vampires were sparkly, they ruled the night. Twilight may get all the PR, but there are still plenty of real vampires out there. Lately, zombies have been moving into the mainstream, encroaching on the vamps’ territory. Who’s the coolest? Read more »
With all the fashionability of vampires post-Twilight and post-Vampire Diaries, I almost gave Boom’s ‘Dracula – In The Company of Monsters’ a miss. Until of course I noticed it was written by the fabled Kurt Busiek, who rarely disappoints. So after a mad-dash search through the shelves for the first two issues, I am now eagerly awaiting todays third issue. You know what is so good about this title? There’s a complete absence of fangs in the first issue, simply a good air of mystery and a good serving of moral dilemmas. Read more »
With what promised to be an excellent series, Marvel Universe vs The Punisher had a rather disappointing end with this week’s #4. I suppose I shouldn’t have expected more, but I enjoyed the earlier issues so much that I really had raised my hopes. Even the Punisher being defeated would have been better than the ‘Everybody hates me, don’t worry it’s mutual, I’ll just keep shooting things’ ending that we were delivered. Wasn’t the Punisher, when he first appeared, a character that although we may sympathise, we should despise? What does this victory demonstrate really? Is the House of Ideas (and by extension our world) in moral freefall? In a Read more »
I go to the bookstore at least twice a week, typically to look for new magazines to pitch to, or see what new books are out. For the past few months, I’ve been passing by Pride, and Prejudice, and Zombies, mostly because I really didn’t have a lot of interest in the characters – although zombies are always good for some decent entertainment. Last week, I walked into the store and saw Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter, front and center. My first thought was that it was more hype based on Twilight, so I stayed away. I could give two craps if Honest Abe throws an axe through a sparkly douchebag, Read more »
