ReviewMagazines
Back Issue #24 October 2007 (magazine review).
# Back Issue #24 review This early issue of Back Issue deals with magic-based comic-book characters. Oddly, although there is an excellent interview…
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Practical Magic (1998) (film review).
Sisters Sally (actress Sandra Bullock) and Gillian (actress Nicole Kidman) are witches, although the latter doesn’t show much of this talent when she…
ReviewBooks
True Brit edited by George Khoury (book review).
Trying to get hold of some of the early TwoMorrows books is rather like looking for gold. I’m not sure which is easier.…
ReviewSuperheroes
The Boys season 5 (TV series review).
The final season of The Boys has now been released on Blu-ray. One good thing straight away: there are nine extras this time.…
ReviewScifi
Exodus: The Helium Sea by Peter F. Hamilton (book review).
# Exodus: The Helium Sea review Peter F. Hamilton is well known as a crafter of sprawling space opera, and he has produced…
ReviewComics
Doom Patrol Vol. 6: Planet Love by Grant Morrison, Richard Case, Sean Philips and Stan Wock (graphic novel review).
This sixth and final volume of Grant Morrison’s Doom Patrol runs from issues #58-63, followed by the Doom Force Special. Morrison’s six issues…
ReviewComics
Doom Patrol Vol. 5: Magic Bus by Grant Morrison, Richard Case, Ken Steacy, Stan Wock, Philip Bond, Mark McKenna and Scott Hanna (graphic novel review).
This fifth volume of Doom Patrol features issues #51-57. Did I mention that they originally came out in 1992? I can’t recall these…
ReviewFantasy
Thistlemarsh by Moorea Corrigan (book review).
There is a growing tendency to label books as ‘cosy’. Basically, this means that although characters may be placed in danger, they are…
ReviewComics
Doom Patrol Vol. 4: Muscle Bound by Grant Morrison, Richard Case, Mike Dringenburg, Mark McKenna, Jamie Howlett, Steve Yeowell and Ryan Hughes (graphic novel review).
This fourth volume of Doom Patrol covers #42-49, focusing particularly on Flex Mentallo. If you remember the old Charles Atlas adverts in comic…
ReviewFantasy
The Listeners by Maggie Stiefvater (book review).
The Listeners by Maggie Stiefvater is a historical novel with elements of magical realism that fit it, just about, into the fantasy genre.…
ReviewComics
Doom Patrol Vol. 3: Down Paradise Way by Grant Morrison, Richard Case, Kelley Jones, Mark McKenna, John Nyberg and Kim Demulder (graphic novel review).
If you wondered when Danny the Street first appeared, then look no further than Doom Patrol Vol. 3: Down Paradise Way, reprinting Doom…
ReviewScifi
The End of Oak Street (Stephen Hunt’s film review).
There comes a melancholy moment in every man’s life when he realises that Obi-Wan Kenobi is now entirely convincing as Homer Simpson. Not…