Modesty Blaise: The Grim Joker by Peter O’Donnell and Enric Badia Romero (graphic novel review).
Just when you think that the ‘Modesty Blaise’ newspaper strips couldn’t get better, writer Peter O’Donnell and artist Enric Badia
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John Romita…And All That Jazz! by Roy Thomas and Jim Amash (book review).
Comicbook artist John Romita always defines himself as second tier at Marvel, despite working nearly forty years exclusively there and
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Solaris: BFI Film Classics by Mark Bould (book review).
I have to confess to be not being much of a fan of the original Russian 1972 film of ‘Solaris’.
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The Art Of The Simon And Kirby Studio by Mark Evanier, Joe Simon and Jack Kirby (book review).
Firstly, I should mention that my copy of this book, ‘The Art Of The Simon And Kirby Studio’ by Mark
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It Started With Copernicus: Vital Questions About Science by Keith Parsons (book review).
On his deathbed in 1543, Nicholas Copernicus arranged for his book, ‘De Revolutionibus Orbium Caelestium’ or, in English, ‘On The
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Sherlock Holmes: The Man Who Never Lived And Can Never Die by the Museum of London and edited by Alex Werner (book review).
How to encapsulate the worlds of Sherlock Holmes in one glossy hardback? It’s not easy and I don’t think this
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Blood Lust 4: Being Supreme by Rhys A Wilcox (book review).
In a slight diversion from the previous stories in the ‘Blood Lust’ series, ‘Blood Lust 4: Being Supreme’ looks at
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Planet Of The Apes: The Evolution Of The Legend by Joe Fordham and Jeff Bond (book review).
With so many film books from Titan in the past couple months, I had to put ‘Planet Of The Apes:
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Directing The Camera by Gil Bettman (book review).
One of the reasons I’m also looking at books like ‘Directing The Camera’ by Gil Bettman is because some of
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Fade-Out by Gavin Salisbury (book review).
Gavin Salisbury is a modern British polymath. A chemist by training, his creative output includes paintings, music, poetry and fiction.
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