Tag Archives: reading
Lost at Sea by Bryan Lee O’Malley Review
Bryan Lee O’Malley’s first graphic novel Lost at Sea was quite a disappointment to me. I’m a big fan of O’Malley as an author, Scott Pilgrim is obviously a hipsters bible and his most recent effort Seconds is brilliant in … Continue reading
Short Thoughts 5: Summertime, The Stand vs The Walking Dead and Broken Age
Everyone’s most hated blog series is back! In this instalment I do a mini review of Summertime by Vanessa Lafaye, explore the relationship between Stephen King’s The Stand and The Walking Dead and talk a little bit about my first … Continue reading
10 books I’m reading next
I’m an avid reader. I take a book everywhere I go, I have a shelve full of read and unread books and I get through a book probably every fortnight. I’m currently working my way through Stephen King’s The Stand … Continue reading
Graphic Novel Review: Superior (Mark Millar & Leinil Francis Yu)
Superior is a curious graphic novel. It does a lot of things right but it also seemed to do quite a few things wrong. It’s a classic Mark Millar (Kick-Ass, Wanted) affair, in that it is very teen appealing but … Continue reading
Graphic Novel Roundup: Marvels, Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe, Ms. Marvel
The series where I review the graphic novels I’ve read this week! It’s been a Marvel heavy graphic novel session this week but that’s no bad thing. The 3 graphic novels I’ve got through this week are Marvels (Alex Ross … Continue reading
Short Thoughts 3: Trailer Park Boys, Community and Game of Thrones: The Hedge Knight
I’m back with another installment of Short Thoughts, the series of blogs where I talk about things that I can’t be arsed to stretch into full blogs! And with that brilliantly teasing intro, here we go… Trailer Park Boys I’ve … Continue reading
Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith: Review
Set in Stalinist Russia, Child 44 is a curious murder mystery with a bit of Jason Bourne about it. Main Character Leo Demidov is a high-ranking office in the MGB, aka the Russian Secret Service. During this time, we follow … Continue reading
Seconds: A Graphic Novel by Bryan Lee O’Malley – Review
After the wild success of hipster Bible, Scott Pilgrim, Bryan Lee had a huge task following it up. Seconds is a different beast than Scott Pilgrim, but it has the familiar warmth and nergasmic content that drew in the masses. … Continue reading
