BlogHide Resteemsnoelthorne (49)in comics • 6 years agoHeroes in Crisis #1 ReviewSuperheroes lie dead in the fields surrounding an isolated Nebraska farmstead: Wally West Flash, Hotspot, Blue Jay, Arsenal - and Sanctuary, who was treating them all. An unlikely figure - Harley…noelthorne (49)in comics • 6 years agoBatman: Damned #1 ReviewBatman: Damned #1 kicks off DC’s new Black Label imprint where fans can see their favourite characters - though it’s mostly Batman - engage in more adult content. Which apparently means full frontal…noelthorne (49)in comics • 6 years agoOblivion Song, Chapter One ReviewGiant monsters walk the land while small groups of humans try to survive - Oblivion Song is basically Image’s answer to Dark Horse’s BPRD: Hell on Earth, and, like that series, it’s pants! The…noelthorne (49)in books • 6 years agoSPQR: A History of Ancient Rome ReviewHistorian Mary Beard covers the first 1000 years of Roman history, from its humble beginnings when (supposedly) Romulus killed his brother Remus before founding what would become the city of Rome…noelthorne (49)in comics • 6 years agoGideon Falls, Volume 1: The Black Barn ReviewA ritual killer’s doin’ his thang in the small town of Gideon Falls. A Catholic priest is dispatched to replace the previous Father who recently died in strange circumstances. A mental patient with…noelthorne (49)in comics • 6 years agoSo Buttons: Man of, Like, a Dozen Faces ReviewJonathan Baylis’ collection of slice-of-life comics, So Buttons: Man of, Like, a Dozen Faces, reminded me of Harvey Pekar’s American Splendor, wherein our man related autobiographical stories drawn…noelthorne (49)in comics • 6 years agoThe Walking Dead, Volume 30: New World Order ReviewRick and his jolly band come across a new group: the Commonwealth! And so begins the same old story – can they trust them or is they nutballs? What a boring book! The Commonwealth aren’t that bad…noelthorne (49)in comics • 6 years agoMIND MGMT, Volume 1: The Manager ReviewA plane full of people suffer collective amnesia. A village where people are constantly making pots for no reason. A small town wiped out in an inexplicable massacre. Writer Meru decides to follow…noelthorne (49)in books • 6 years agoThe Con Artist ReviewSome comics professional got murdered at San Diego Comic Con - whodunit? The real question is: who cares? Because Fred Van Lente’s novel The Con Artist is utter rubbish - a failed attempt at a…noelthorne (49)in comics • 6 years agoBatman: The Court of Owls Saga ReviewOne of the major (and fair) critiques of Batman is that Bruce Wayne could do more good for Gotham with his billions of dollars than he ever could as a masked vigilante. So in this book he puts his…noelthorne (49)in comics • 6 years agoOld Man Logan, Volume 7: Scarlet Samurai ReviewLike he does, Logan’s putzing about Japan waiting for the latest Marvel hack to give him something to do, when he stumbles into the midst of a gang war: the Silver Samurai’s manufacturing a new…noelthorne (49)in comics • 6 years agoHellboy: Krampusnacht ReviewThis won Best Single Issue at the Eisners this year – what a thin year it’s been for quality comics! Hellboy: Krampusnacht isn’t bad but it’s your standard Hellboy story: Big Red goes someplace…noelthorne (49)in comics • 6 years agoKick-Ass: The New Girl, Volume 1 ReviewAn ex-soldier in need of cash decides to do the sensible thing and dress up as Kick-Ass to rob some gangsters. Why Kick-Ass – why not other less embarrassing masked superheroes like Batman or…noelthorne (49)in comics • 6 years agoThe Fix, Volume 3: Deal of Fortune ReviewI wonder if Nick Spencer was hungry when he was thinking of naming his main characters in The Fix? Roy = (Chicken) Roy(ale), Mac = (Big)Mac/Mac(‘n’cheese), and Pretzels. I rewatched Pulp Fiction for…noelthorne (49)in comics • 6 years agoCoyote Doggirl ReviewLisa Hanawalt’s best known for designing the look of the Netflix show Bojack Horseman, which is mostly superb (season four jumped the shark). Her comics though? Bah. No - just terrible! Coyote…noelthorne (49)in comics • 6 years agoSabrina ReviewCalvin takes in his old high school friend Teddy who’s suffered a breakdown after his girlfriend Sabrina went missing and is feared dead. And so begins a strange odyssey through American life in…noelthorne (49)in comics • 6 years agoThanos, Volume 3: Thanos Wins ReviewThanos: a giant purple monster with a thing for power gems and a love of hot skeleton pants Death. In a stunningly original turn, Donny Cates writes a story where, thanks to a power gem, Thanos…noelthorne (49)in books • 6 years agoThe Pumpkin Eater ReviewMrs Armitage, the wife of a successful screenwriter and producer, is having a breakdown. Her marriage is a wreck and she’s discovered that having one child after another hasn’t given her the…noelthorne (49)in comics • 6 years agoThe Despicable Deadpool Volume 3: The Marvel Universe Kills Deadpool ReviewDeadpool wants to die so he puts a $20 million bounty on his own head. You mean like in the Daniel Way run when Deadpool also had a deathwish? Yup - even Hit Monkey makes a (pointless) cameo…noelthorne (49)in comics • 6 years agoCloud Hotel ReviewIn Julian Hanshaw’s brief intro he mentions that Cloud Hotel was inspired by an incident in 1980 where, as a kid, he and his family encountered a spaceship in the English countryside. For realsies.…
