The Dream Merchant #1
(Image – writer: Nathan Edmondson; art: Konstantin Novosadov)
At 46 pages long and with a cover price of $3.50, Nathan Edmondson’s The Dream Merchant is definitely worth the buy. But is the comic actually worth your time?
Tentatively, yes – if the comic has a bit more to offer in its next issue. (more…)
For a few days at the end of March, if you’d been walking around Shoreditch in East London, you might have seen something a little out of the ordinary. On Great Eastern Street, opposite the multistory car park and next door to an expensive “distressed” vintage clothing boutique, you might have seen a new mysterious shop front describing itself as Wilfred Bagshaw’s Time Emporium. (more…)
If there’s anything that the PlayStation 4 reveal has taught us, it’s that consoles, and the games we play on them, no longer matter. Fortunately I have managed to get my hands on the thing that we all do care about: the DualShock 4. Here is my exclusive review, in which I run through all the key features of the controller: (more…)
News came a day before Google I/O, Google’s annual developer conference, that Blackberry will release versions of its popular Blackberry Messenger for Android (and iOS) this summer. For many Blackberry users, BBM was one of the main reasons, and perhaps the only reason, to remain loyal to the platform through lackluster devices, poor OS updates, and a shrinking market share being eaten away by Apple, Samsung, HTC and Motorola. Sensing this, industry pundits have been calling on Blackberry to finally port BBM to other devices for years. Now, it’s years too late.
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Chin Music #1
(Image – writer: Steve Niles; art: Tony Harris)
If you want me to get on board with any media – be it a movie, a book or a comic – give it a noir feel, 1930s clothing and weapons and a whole bunch of gangsters. Chin Music has all of that. Except, well, the comic doesn’t really tell us what it’s about, lacks basic transitioning between scenes and relies heavily on its opacity. (more…)
Ten Grand #1
(Image – writer: J. Michael Straczynski; art: Ben Templesmith)
One of my favorite comic series of all time was Midnight Nation. Between J. Michael Straczynski’s epic story and Gary Frank’s impressive art, I was hooked from beginning to end. So now that Straczynski is returning to Image, I have nothing but high expectations for Ten Grand.
And this may be why I was a little disappointed. (more…)
Before Watchmen: Comedian #6
(DC – writer: Brian Azzarello; art: J.G. Jones)
At the end of Watchmen, Alan Moore offered one of the greatest climactic moments of comic history, specifically when Adrian Veidt said, “I did it thirty-five minutes ago.”
Brian Azzarello attempts the same twist, but without the same impact. (more…)
