Joe Matt’s series Peepshow is an autobiographical account of his life and troubles, that never varies from its self-deprecating nature, telling one of the more honest accounts of life that is visible […]
Joe Matt – Spent – Review
Marvel Online – Free #1’s!
Ever wanted to own your own copy of Fantastic Four or Spiderman number 1? Well, now you can and not have to sell your house to do it! Ok, it’s only a […]
Jerusalem – Chronicles from the Holy City – By Guy Delisle – Review
This book is a great insight into life in the Holy city, from what the traffic is like during the school run, to the variety of problems caused by the clashing religious […]
Wimbledon Green – Seth – Review
Wimbledon Green is one of the most unusual comics I’ve read in many years, and this is largely down to the way it was created. According to the introduction to the piece […]
Paying for it – Chester Brown – Review
Chester Brown was born in 1960 in Canada and grew up in a strict Christian Baptist household and considered himself catholic until his early 20’s. He has worked on a variety of […]
Alan Moore – Decline of an English Murder
Alan Moore has been stepping outside his comfort zone in recent months, with songs and short movies! The Decline of an English Murder is a simple guitar song with Alan on vocals. […]
Ulysses – Project Arts Centre – Review
It was quite a task to create a new stage adaptation of James Joyce’s Ulysses, and that is what Dermot Bolger set out to do. To tame the wild beast, a sprawling […]
Things to do in Dublin – June 4th – 10th
First off, what of last weeks lot. Well, Promethus has a disappointment, it looked nice but the story was a bit of a mess. The RHA nd IMMA in Earlsfort terrace come […]
Musicians that make Comics
The Dandy Warhols are back in Dublin, on April 18th, and you can win tickets on state here, if you’re so inclined. Their front man Courtney Taylor-Taylor has been working on another […]
Asterios Polyp – David Mazzuchelli
David Mazzuchelli has had an interesting career, from his early days as an artist in Marvel and DC, he worked on some of the best comics of the time in Year One […]
Achewood Comic
While wandering the depths of the Internet, I came upon this. It’s nice and odd, and some of them leave you scratching your head, but they’re free, so you can’t really complain. […]
Jeffery Lewis
Jeffery Lewis has the life. Really he does. By day, he’s a comic book writer and artist, and by night a rock star. It doesn’t come much better than that in my […]
Batman – Year One
Batman: Year one is one of Frank Miller’s better works. It was originally a four issue run in Detective comics between issue 404 and 407 in 1987, and featured the art work […]
Beautiful Stories for Ugly Children
“The day the rainbow came to stay, there rose from the gutters a collective voice of madness and wonder, like the precision harmony of a choir being flayed alive” “Many found it […]
Frank Miller – Holy Terror
The trailer below is for Frank Miller’s upcoming graphic novel, Holy Terror. Miller has been thinking about the 9/11 attacks for some time and trying to distil those thoughts into this work. (I […]
Tom the Dancing Bug
I’ve had a soft spot for these comic’s for years, but have lost track of it over the last while. ‘Tom the Dancing Bug’ is an ongoing weekly satirical web comic, written […]
Daredevil – Born Again – Movie
What could possibly go wrong with this, one of my favourite comics being adapted for the cinema. It’s only good news, right? One of the writer’s from Fringe (Brad Caleb Kane) is […]
Dr. Dee – Alan Moore’s almost Opera
This is the sad tale of the opera Alan Moore almost made, and Damon Albarn did make! You can get the full story here. There has been much discussion on why Alan […]
The Gutter –
Ok, this one is another post strictly for comic nerds, as I’m not sure it would mean much to anyone else. With strips like ‘How to write like Garth Ennis’ and more […]
Dave McKean gets Sexy!
This sounds an odd one, but hopefully it’ll be as good as his previous efforts. Dave McKean is about to release his first major work since Cages. This new graphic novel is called […]
Mister Wonderful by Daniel Clowes – Free Online
Amazon recommended this one to me, with one of those wonderfully accurate mails they send you based on your other purchases, or maybe they just watch my every move, who know! Mister […]
Savage Dragon
Savage Dragon #145 which was last week selling for 1 dollar, is now selling for 100 dollars, and a mint condition is worth 250 dollars. America loves America.
More Random Junk
Showtime are responsible for lots of good things, like Dexter and Weeds. They commissioned a bunch of animated shorts recently, which are worth watching. 7 in total, 2 of which are below, the rest […]
Wisdom Teeth
More Don Hertzfeldt. They are just so good.
The Escapist
The Amazing adventures of Klavier and Clay is a novel by Michael Chabon, which won the Pulitzer Prize in 2001. It tells the story of the two men that invented the greatest comic […]
What happened to Big Numbers #4
If you don’t know what the headline means, you can stop reading…. honest, don’t bother. Grand, that’s everyone gone other than us comic nerds! It seems the art work for Big Numbers #4, […]
Duncan the wonder Dog – Free Online
I’ve bene trying to get Duncan the wonder dog since I blogged about it here. Its pretty much the surprise hit of the year, and the first run is completely sold out, […]
The Oatmeal
The oatmeal is an online comic that tries to answer the big questions, like why people don’t respond to your email or where you should use a semi colon; and when you […]
Spawn #200
Todd McFarlane knows how to make money, you’d have to give him that much. Here are his 10 covers for Spawn number 200. He has recently returned to his title, and has […]
No More Workhorse 