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Review: Velvet Issue 1

Velvet– Issue 1, October 2013
Written by Ed Brubaker, illustrated by Steve Epting, colored by Elizabeth Breitweiser, and lettered by Chris Eliopoulos.

I was recommended Velvet a few weeks ago by the clerk at my local comic store, when we got talking about female lead comics and the newBlack Widow run. He told me that I should totally look out for Velvet when it comes out in Trade Paperback or maybe I should try and get some back issues. One thing was for sure, this guy thought Velvet was pretty...

Nope! BonBon Perfume

As predicted may happen, this is my first Nope!Post not related to the portrayal of women in comics. This one is instead slightly broader in that it relates to the portrayal of women in perfume ads and specifically forBonBon Perfume.

There are many terrible adverts out there for perfume, both in film and print media. So many in fact that I’m not going to open that can of worms today. What I am going to do through is share with you this Nope!Post relating to the advert I pass every day on my wa...

Flashback Friday: Jango Fett’s Head

There are many many things wrong with the Star Wars prequels, but there are also some good bits… some in more ways than one. I recently rewatched Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones and was reminded of this moment.

During the fighting, baddy Jango Fett, father of iconic baddy Boba Fett is decapitated by Jedi Master Mace Windu. We then see young Boba (already coming across as a little bit of a psychopath in the making) recover the helmet of his father. I love this moment for two reasons....

Celluloid Superman: Compare and Contrast

Man of Steel helmer Zack Snyder recently commented on the comparisons viewers make between the 2013 Man of Steel movie and the 70s/80s Superman movies starring the late, great Christopher Reeve.

“The thing I was surprised about in response to Superman”, he admitted, “was how everyone clings to the Christopher Reeve version of Superman, you know? How tightly they cling to those ideas, not really the comic book version but more the movie version”.

Can we argue that given they are based on the sam...

Flashback Friday: Poem – Different ways of looking at Tybalt Eskabar Jones III

As mentioned in my recent poetry post, I’ve never especially been into poetry, but had to do some for a Creative Writing class in 2003/2004. I recently came across some of the poems I wrote as part of the class and though I’d share them here with you. So here’s one about my parent’s cat that those of you who follow me on Twitter will know I have recently been cat sitting. Feel free to laugh and tear it apart, poetry is not my thing and other than a couple of bits I love, the rest I mostly pho...

Why We Secretly Want An Apocalypse

Following on from my last couple of Apocalyptic posts I started to ask myself whether our obsession with the end of the world goes even further than the fact that it highlights and personifies dangers in the world around us.

I found myself coming to the conclusion that it is just possible that part of our fascination is tied up with a secret desire for it to happen. Yes, this kind of sounds crazy – who wants to be thrown back to a pre-Industrialised age, overrun with zombies, triffids, aliens,...

Flashback Friday: Poem – The History of the Moon

I’ve never especially been into poetry, most I can take or leave but there are some I really love – war poetry by the likes of Sassoon and Owen, and of course Tiger Tiger Burning Bright. Writing poetry is not something I have ever really been interested in or especially enjoy. I like to think I write prose quite lyrically, but I don’t like being confined to the stanza.

However, around 2003/2004 I started a Creative Writing evening class at the local university. I have to tell you, I hated it....

Television Hate to the Casual Observer

I don’t usually watch much television. I may sometimes make time for a show I know is airing that I am particularly keen to watch. But on the whole I either wait for boxsets to come out, knock around on Netflix or have a look through what’s available (usually in the way of scifi or documentaries) on the catch-up services. Whilst recently house sitting for my parents I was stripped of my access to my boxsets and Netflix so I found myself watching a lot of television (compared to usual). If I’m...

Flashback Friday: Honeymoon

In May 2010 the Hubster and I took our belated honeymoon (after getting married in 2008). We saved up for a round the world ticket and took the opportunity to stay with friends and see some amazing sights. So here is a very very brief travelogue of our trip:

Destination 1: Singapore

We only stayed a couple of days in Singapore but managed to pack a lot in, and it was awesome. We stayed in a hostel in China Town (my favourite part of Singapore) and were really glad to find that the street food m...

Free Comic Book Day: 2014 Haul

Saturday 3rd May was Free Comic Book Day across the globe. I always havefond memories ofFree Comic Book Day, but sad to say that the comic store I attended for the first few that I can remember has been closed for years. That’s why I was completely ok with the way my two local comic book stores handled the day.

Forbidden Planet, a large chain store, decided the fairest way to give away comics was to pop a small selection in a bag and give one bag to each person in the store, no purchase necess...