iProd..

2 January 20223 February 2010 by Sarah

.. at my screen for a bit with a Pogo Stylus. Having eagerly awaited the new shiny rectangle from Apple I cannot deny I was among the throng hopping up and down ogling the live feed on Twit.tv .. well when I say hop, I really mean shuffle my rear end about in my chair … Read more

Slapping it On

2 January 202213 June 2009 by Sarah

I recently decided it was about time I bought Painter, what with the latest version getting lauded for a 30% performance boost. So I did a strange little dance with Amazon – I bought painter 9.5 (full program) for the bargain price of £43, including delivery. Then I ordered Painter 11 (upgrade) for £109.00. Why? … Read more

Welcome My Friends, to the Show That Never Ends

2 January 202223 January 2006 by Lewis Mills

Walt and Skeezix is an absolute joy of a book. A project of publishers Drawn and Quarterly and Chris Ware (Jimmy Corrigan), the idea is to put the complete Gasoline Alley strip, from its very beginnings onwards, back into print and restore this forgotten masterpiece to the reading world. Creator Frank O. King started the … Read more

Round and Round and Round

2 January 20223 August 2005 by Lewis Mills

With all that has happened in London in the last couple of weeks Will Eisner’s last work has gained a kind of relevance that he did not intend- it does after all deal with a specific theme- but sharpens into focus how humanity, for all its advances, still has an intense suspicion and dislike for … Read more

Buttons, Bangles and Bows

2 January 20229 June 2005 by Lewis Mills

Whilst looking through the site with a colleague from my place of work, I went onto BOTW and started going through some of the reviews. Now I didn’t tell my co-worker that I was the one who wrote the reviews but his remark was succinct: “What are they doing, reviewing or writing the books?” My … Read more

Do The Batusi

2 January 202222 May 2005 by Lewis Mills

It’s been nearly twenty years since Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli gave the Bat-Man a new, grim and gritty origin. Everyone knew the original. Parents shot down in front of him at an early age, vows revenge, trains body and mind, ponders how to go about it, criminals are a cowardly and superstitious lot, bat … Read more

Say Hello, Wave Goodbye

2 January 202226 February 2005 by Lewis Mills

Returning to the last review and Avengers Disassembled, I’ve now read the full graphic, instead of it being a monthly piecemeal, and come to the conclusion that this is one of the finest pieces of story-telling in comics today. It’s an exciting, full of blood and thunder, well-paced tale with fine art and mood setting … Read more

What Becomes of the Broken Hearted

2 January 20229 February 2005 by Lewis Mills

Now and then, I get asked why I don’t review any actual comics on the site, just graphics. The main reason for this is that I believe it to be unfair on the book, the creators and publishing house to either praise or berate one issue of what could possibly be a successful long-running saga … Read more

Liquorice Allsorts

2 January 20224 December 2004 by Lewis Mills

When Love and Rockets was a (somewhat) on-going comic I didn’t pay too much attention to the Locas section of it. Then, the magazine was usually split into two sections- Jamie Hernandez was the writer/ artist on Locas, detailing life among the Mexican community of Hoppers, South LA, whilst his brother Gilbert was writer/artist on … Read more

Starlight, Starbright

2 January 20225 November 2004 by Lewis Mills

Whilst preparing to write this review, the death of Christopher Reeve appeared in the news. It was sad moment in my life for me and yet, strangely fortunate in that it made this review more relevant to the premise and idea of the hero. Here was a man who epitomised the very meaning of this … Read more