It can be annoying to catch up on something you’re enjoying. Doubly so if “caught up” means “read up to the stuff published in 2009, which just sort of stops.” But I just caught up with Paul Grist’s quirky British superhero comic Jack Staff, with the back half of the collections — the third book…
Sequart Organization is proud to announce the publication of The British Invasion: Alan Moore, Neil Gaiman, Grant Morrison, and the Invention of the Modern Comic Book Writer, by Greg Carpenter. Moore. Gaiman. Morrison. They came from Northampton, West Sussex, and Glasgow, and even though they spoke with different dialects, they gave American comics a new…
Pearl Mackie was named today as the Doctorâs newest companion. The announcement was embedded during the half time during the FA Cup semi-final match between Everton and Manchester United. Who? She was not even on the oddsmakersâ list of potential candidates. Mackie, 28, is an actress currently seen in the Nation Theater production of The…
First of all, these reviews are now being cross-posted to ComicMix, which means I should possibly introduce myself for the people who just clicked on a link there and found themselves here. So, hi everyone. I’m Phil Sandifer, this is my blog. It’s a geek media blog, running a history of British comics called The…
There is nothing so fetch (that’s British for awesome) as Mean Girls! Well, except maybe getting to answer Mean Girls trivia, quote the movie AND defend a tiara on our iPhones at the same time So Much Drama released Mean Girls: the Game on iOS last week and ever since then we’ve been addicted to…
You may not have seen A Chorus Line but most everyone knows the song “One” thanks to its endless use in other productions (think Treehouse of Horror V, Phineas and Ferb, Scrubs) throughout the years. Since the play debuted Off-Broadway in 1975, it has gone on to become one of the best known musicals of…
Finally got around to seeing Iron Man 3 this week (which I enjoyed). Yeah, I know. We’re way behind on our movie viewing at this url. At the rate we’re going, we won’t see Man Of Steel until Labor Day. In any case, I was struck by the underlying premise of the movie and certain…
If you can’t wait to see Iron Man 3 and are lining up for the 12:01 a.m. IMAX screening on May 3, know that you will be rewarded with an exclusive one-sheet. The artwork is by Jock, the British artist better know for Vertigo’s The Losers than he is Marvel heroes. This is a three-way…
This is a story I told to Joe Kubert. He loved it, said to write it up and he would use it as a backup in Sgt. Rock. 1943. Somewhere over Burma. The Dragonfly Squadron, inheritors of the famed Flying Tigers, is returning to base after flying a coverage mission for Merrill’s Marauders. First Lieutenant…
In 1970, the Vietnam war was still raging, people were debating and protesting the Asian struggle and the Greatest generation was wondering what happened to duty, service, and love of country. After a period when World War II movies appeared to have exhausted their welcome at the movie theater, along came Patton with a riveting…
ALL PULP REVIEWS- Reviews by Ron Fortier GIRL GENIUS (Agatha Awakens) By Phil & Kaja Foglio A 319 pg graphic novel. Tor Books One of the things I bemoan as a professional reviewer is the lack of graphic novels I’m sent to look at. Note I did say, “look at.” The fun of such material…
The erstwhile “Berke” Breathed, who at some point in the last two decades learned what a “berk” was in British slang and decided to extend his professional name, presents one of the most interesting and stark success stories in the history of modern American strip comics: he lept to fame with Bloom County, almost from…
