One for Sorrow, Two for Joy, Three for a Girl
Magpie by Kathryn Briggs “We raise our fervent prayer in defiant devotion: Fuck you. May the spirit of Other bless and keep you always” Gods and goddesses contest their wills in an endless cycle of victory and defeat, desire and revulsion, hope and despair. They meddle with the lives of mortals at their whim. But can the glorious clashes of the gods compare with the … Continue reading One for Sorrow, Two for Joy, Three for a Girl
Cover of the Week
2000 AD Prog 1780. Cover Cadet Anderson by Edmund Bagwell. Continue reading Cover of the Week
Feeling Gravity’s Pull
SHIFT: Gravitaxis by Ver “Shift sway rivers shift, oceans fall and mountains drift It’s a Man Ray kind of sky Let me show you what I can do with it” REM, Feeling Gravity’s Pull Daniel has episodes. He has episodes that he can’t explain, can’t tell anyone about. That make no sense. He finds himself falling uncontrollably through the sky. All he wants to do … Continue reading Feeling Gravity’s Pull
Cover of the Week
Hell’s Angel issue 3. This title was produced by Marvel UK but had to change it’s name to Dark Angel following legal threats from the Hell’s Angel motorcycle gang! Blimey. Cover by Bryan Hitch. Continue reading Cover of the Week
Not all those who wander are lost
Marina and the Wanderer by Kat Hall Marina is lost. She is a forest mage in training and has been left in the forest with only minimal tools and has to get back to her school. But her magic is failing her, undermined by her own lack of confidence. I can sympathize with Marina, I was once dropped in the hills with my Scout patrol … Continue reading Not all those who wander are lost
Unsafe
Safe From Harm by Joan Edam I ventured to Small Press Day in Edinburgh last weekend. In a room off the lower sub-basement of the magnificent and sprawling Edinburgh Central Library (enjoy it now before it gets turned into a hotel/student flats/luxury apartments.) The very first person I met was Joan who charmed me into picking up some of his work. I’m glad I did. … Continue reading Unsafe
Cover of the Week
Crisis issue 37. Cover by Rob Blackwell. February 1990. Continue reading Cover of the Week
Edge of Darkness
The Edge Off – Fraser Campbell, Iain Laurie, David Cooper, Colin Bell Lee is a fixer. But someone is trying to fix him. His daughter has been taken and he will have to fight to get her back. One problem. He has been spiked with a mind altering synthetic drug. What does the drug do? Depends on who takes it. For Lee it pitches him into … Continue reading Edge of Darkness
Steve Ditko
The first Marvel comic I ever read was a Steve Ditko Machine Man. He and Jack Kirby defined comics and had a huge impact on world culture, far beyond anything even they could imagine. He was a reclusive figure, an eccentric but he is still around all of us right now. Continue reading Steve Ditko
Through the Portal
The first of my picks from the 2018 Glasgow Comic Con. Portal Comics Anthology #1. Continue reading “Through the Portal”
Daredevils and Warriors 