Tag: review
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Crooked Little Vein
I recently finished reading Crooked Little Vein, by Warren Ellis. It was a fun read, a dark comedy, gumshoe detective romp through transgressive America. It’s about a private investigator, Michael McGill, who is hired by the Chief of Staff for the President to find a book which apparently is the Second Constitution of the United…
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Zine Fair Round-Up
So it’s been a month since hitting the MCA Zine Fair. And finally, I’ve had the chance to read through the zines I picked up. Bizarrism* A font of counter culture and eccentric history, you pickup Bizarrism if you want to learn about the odder aspects of dictators, criminals, conspiracies and the occult. I particularly…
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Gun Machine Review
I finished reading Warren Ellis’ Gun Machine a couple of days ago. This would be the first novel I’ve read by the same guy who wrote one of mine (and countless others’) favourite comics, Transmetropolitan. Gun Machine is about Detective John Tallow who, through an encounter with a naked man and a shotgun, is left…
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Batman – Death by Design
It’s a Batman vs Architecture story. The book has the looks of being set back in that “Immortal Deco” period that the Batman: The Animated Series was set in, most of the art appears to be in pencil, with washes of digital colour. The story is basically this: The Old Wayne Central Station, a massive…
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King City
I was prompted to read King City after seeing via JWZ. I never read a Brandon Graham comic before and this one, a massive black-and-white volume, left me flabbergasted. The art is western-manga styled, and feels and reads like an underground style comic. Something that sells out at a high-end ‘zine fair. The eponymous city…
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Leviathan
Reading this BoingBoing review kickstarted a memory for me. I had seen snippets of Leviathan before, particularly the design of the demon, Hastur. I really cannot recall whether I saw it in a 2000AD or not. Afterwards it became something lodged in shopping list in the back of my head. Well the last weekend I…
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Infinite Kung Fu
I recently picked up Infinite Kung Fu The Skinny Infinite Kung Fu by Kagan McLeod is a story about kung fu and zombies. And at one point, robots. The Look Kagan McLeod has gone to great lengths to capture the look and feel of just about any Shaw Brothers film and graphic novel that got…
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Gonzo Review
I have just finished reading “Gonzo: A Graphical Biography of Hunter S Thompson”. Its a good read, with words by Will Bingley and pictures by Anthony Hope-Smith. If you have read about Hunter S Thompson’s life before and either one or eight of the other biographies about his life (only those written by people other…
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Zine Reviews Part 2
BATS – Heinrichs, Melmeth, Lynch, Donohoe, Ward, et al. – Site The Skinny – Five senior/post- high school girls put together a fashion/trends/culture magazine with each issue following a different theme. The Look – Go to Borders. While avoiding all of the Twilight merch, go directly to the Culture and Society section of the magazine…
The Screaming Wall 