Showing posts with label comic. Show all posts
Showing posts with label comic. Show all posts

Wednesday, 25 June 2014

Comic Book Review: The Walking Dead Vol 2 Miles Behind Us...


The Walking Dead Volume 2: Miles Behind Us (Nov 2004)
Published by: Image Comics
Creator, Writer, Letterer: Robert Kirkman
Penciler, Inker: Charlie Adlard
Gray Tones: Cliff Rathburn
BLM Rating 7 / 10
Acquired at: Melbourne City Library
[Read all BLM Walking Dead reviews here]

Sunday, 15 June 2014

Comic Book Review: The Walking Dead Vol 1 - Days Gone Bye...


The Walking Dead Volume 1: Days Gone Bye (June 2004)
Published by: Image Comics
Creator, Writer, Letterer: Robert Kirkman
Penciler, Inker, Gray Tones: Tony Moore
Additional Gray Tones: Cliff Rathburn
BLM Rating 6 / 10

I have always been of the opinion that I do not like zombie movies, or books,

Wednesday, 11 June 2014

Guest Review: Ex-Machina by Brian K Vaughan and Tony Harris (comic book series)

The other day I picked up Walking Dead -my first comic book since my school days and posted a picture on Facebook. My friend Vinay – a comic book aficionado – was delighted and suggested I also check out Y the Last Man and Ex-Machina, which I have now put on my list. For all our other readers out there, read Vinay’s review of Ex-Machina below. This now HAS to be the next series I pick up.

Vinay blogs about comics, speculative fiction, books, movies, travel and anything else that fancies him at Konjam Random, Konjam Arbit . This post first appeared on his blog as “Ex Machina – The time is gone, the song is over,Thought I’d something more to say…”


“If you follow any story to its real conclusion, you always get the same thing. Regret. Pain. Loss. Except for superhero books with their perpetual second acts ” – Mitchell Hundred, ex-mayor of NYC

Tuesday, 10 June 2014

Venturing into the world of comic books

With the number of movies and TV shows being based on comic books these days, it is quite impossible to ignore the genre. I don't think I have read comic books since I was in school (except Fun Home of course) - always thinking of them as something for kids. To venture into the world of "adult" comics, I have chosen this book: