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Wayward #2 (Comics Review)

As has become the norm these days, I’ve started learning more and more about new books via social media and creator blogs. That’s how I learned about Jim Zub’s Wayward from Image. Jim is currently one of my favourite writers in comics, and Wayward #1 was a solid series opener when it debuted last month. […]

Red Sonja #12 (Comics Review)

Red Sonja is one of the greatest and, dare I say, none of the most well-known, heroines in fantasy fiction. She is brave, courageous, compassionate, fearless, daring, aggressive, dominant and much more. Under the pen of Gail Simone, we’ve seen some really great things with the character in the rebooted Red Sonja. And her current […]

Gotrek & Felix: Kinslayer by David Guymer (Book Review)

A few days ago I brought to you a review of City of The Damned by David Guymer. Alongside last year’s Road of Skulls by Josh Reynolds, this novel was kind of a fresh breath of air in that there hadn’t been novel-length tales about one of Warhammer Fantasy’s greatest duos and biggest success in […]

Tomb Raider #8 (Comics Review)

After handily wrapping up the first arc on Tomb Raider, Gail Simone teamed up with Rhianna Pratchett for the second arc that, last issue, took her to Chernobyl to help Alex’s sister Kaz with whatever trouble she is having. It was a slightly confusing issue to be true, but it was also quite fun since […]

Harley Quinn: Future’s End #1 (Comics Review)

When DC Comics launched Harley Quinn last year with a spectacular extra-paged #0 issue, no one had any inkling that the new series would go on to become such an important component of DC’s monthly line-up. Almost a year later now, the series has been DC’s big breakout hit, ending up several times on the […]

Agents of SHIELD Season 2 Ep 1 (TV Show Review)

Marvel’s first all-out attempt at television took off last year with ABC’s Agents of SHIELD, a spin-off of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and featuring prominent characters like Agent Coulson, Maria Hill and Nick Fury among others. While the latter two only had the occasional cameo at best, Coulso was the star of the show and […]

Comics Picks For 17.09.2014

Well, lightning might not strike twice, but I’ve managed yet another week where I read a ton of comics and also read two graphic novels. Granted, they were both on the shorter side, a bit, but still, 38 single issues AND 2 graphic novels. That is a personal record! The surprise hits of this week […]

The Blacklist Season 2 Ep 1 (TV Show Review)

Last year NBC debuted the FBI procedural The Blacklist, starring James Spader, Megan Boone, Parminder Nagra, Harry Lennix and others. It was a show that quickly built up a great following and, owing primarily to the performances by both Spader and Boone, become one of NBC’s top breakout hits. The first season championed stand-alone storytelling to […]

The Deaths of Tao by Wesley Chu (Book Review)

In a rather surprising move, and owing to the popularity of Wes’ debut novel The Lives of Tao, Angry Robot fastracked the sequel for an end-of-the-year release date, instead of putting it out a few months back. It was a great move as far as I’m concerned since based on my reading experience Wes improved quite […]

The Lives of Tao by Wesley Chu (Book Review)

Another one of my great finds last year was SF author Wesley Chu, who debuted in the Spring with The Lives of Tao, a contemporary SF novel about long-lived, body-hopping aliens who have been guiding the course of Humanity’s development for thousands of years. The Lives of Tao was one of the better debuts that […]