Peace, Man

2 January 202210 December 2003 by Lewis Mills

WAR (Ughh!! Good God y’all)!!! What is it good for? Absolutely………….., well quite a lot actually. Getting rid of stroppy dictators, establishing a parliamentary democracy, iconic leather images, giving the rest of the world a whipping boy in the French and we won’t even go into what the Romans ever did for us.Ok, I’m being … Read more

Life, the Universe and Everything

2 January 20223 December 2003 by Lewis Mills

The soap opera is a long established tradition both in writing, on the small screen and on radio. Its serialistic style and format give writers the opportunity to introduce characters that will take them from the cradle to the grave, put them through various trials and tribulations, play with topical situations and in some rare … Read more

Hit the Bullseye

2 January 20225 November 2003 by Lewis Mills

It was whilst watching Kill Bill and in particular the Blue Leaves House fight scene, that I had the funniest feeling that I’d seen all this before. It wasn’t any other Hong Kong or Asian movie or even Itchy and Scratchy and it wasn’t until I did some comic reading this week that I realized. … Read more

Cerebus

2 January 202222 October 2003 by Lewis Mills

Someone has been asking about Cerebus on another thread and I did say that I was going to talk about it more when it finally ends around March 2004. But I’ll do it now and go on record to say that this is one of the greatest pieces of literature ever written. That it has … Read more

Shillings and Pence

2 January 20228 October 2003 by Lewis Mills

Just a few quick reviews this week as after Collectormania 4 and being on holiday, I need to relax. Fagin the Jew is the latest graphic from the current Grand Master of the comic-book world, Will Eisner. Meant to be a re-telling of Oliver Twist, Eisner found himself more interested in Fagin and the story … Read more

Bitter Suite Symphony

2 January 202224 September 2003 by Lewis Mills

I was waiting until I had received and read my copy of Sandman: Endless Nights to reply to Brons message and I should have written the first part of the review last week but…….. WARNING!!! Following review contains trips down memory lane. I didn’t see the CNN piece but it brought home to mind how … Read more

Freak Out

2 January 202210 September 2003 by Lewis Mills

For the purposes of this review I’ll be handing it over to my alternate-Earth counterpart. So, give a big hand for your own Jason King look-alike D’Arce.* HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! MAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Is this some kind of FREAK-OUT or WHAT!!!!!!!!! HELLO, you groovy hepcats and cool chicks. Many thanks to the big Darcy for contacting me and letting … Read more

Odds and Sods

2 January 202227 August 2003 by Lewis Mills

Ok. I’m back and so I’ll have a quick look at some of the stuff that’s been released in the last few weeks and then get back to a fuller review. First up is Bat-Man: Hong Kong by Doug Moench and Tony Wong. This is a companion piece to the earlier manga tale by Kia … Read more

Less is Moore

2 January 20226 August 2003 by Lewis Mills

The book this week is Swamp Thing: Reunion by Alan Moore and various, published by Vertigo/CD Comics. And…….how can I say this. Well…..umm…..ye see.In truth. They are not very good. WHAT!!!!! I hear you cry. Isn’t this THE Alan Moore? Author of such great and seminal works like V for Vendetta, Miracleman, The Ballad of … Read more

Tales of the City

2 January 202230 July 2003 by Lewis Mills

Very little came out this week that’s worth talking about (except for the DC reprints of Superman’s Pal: Jimmy Olsen by Jack Kirby. But I want to talk about that for when it got really weird), so it’s to the back catalogue and one of my all-time favorites (pop-pickers). Minimum Wage by Bob Fingerman, published … Read more

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