Month: July 2007

  • Batman and the Monster Men TPB Review

    Batman and the Monster Men TPB Review

    Originally published 2006, DC Vertigo Writer: Matt Wagner Artist: Matt Wagner Colours: Dave Stewart Matt Wagner presents the Dark Knight’s first foray into the bizarre, in this Frankenstein flavoured pseudo-sequel to Miller’s Year One. The Batmobile, Robin and crew are all absent, and Batman’s relationship with James Gordon, not yet commissioner, is under development. Wagner’s…

  • Civil War: Iron Man TPB Review

    Civil War: Iron Man TPB Review

    Marvel, 2006 Writers: Christos N. Gage, Daniel Knauf, Charles Knauf, Brian Michael Bendis Pencilers: Jeremy Haun, Patrick Zircher, Alex Maleev Inkers: Mark Morales, Scott Hanna Colours: Morry Hollowell, Guru EFX, Jose Villarrubia This is an odd volume, occurring both before and after the death of Marvel’s finest, Captain America, but like the Frontlines series it…

  • Batman Year 100 TPB Review

    Batman Year 100 TPB Review

    2006, DC Story, art: Paul Pope Colours: Jose Villarrubia Strangely, the Year 100 trade paperback has not been tattooed with the Elseworlds tag; like Miller’s The Dark Knight Returns, Pope’s rendition is more a possible future for our current Batman. When he inevitably reaches his 100th birthday, I am confident the caped crusader will have…

  • 30 Days of Night Movie Review

    30 Days of Night Movie Review

    2007 Director: David Slade Writer: Steven Niles Cast: Josh Hartnett, Melissa George, Danny Huston, Ben Foster, Mark Boone Jr., Mark Rendall Take one small Alaskan town inhabited by wholesome and earnest yokels, place it within the Arctic Circle, a spot which annually undergoes a month without sunlight, add a mob of esurient bloodsuckers and stir…

  • Batman: Face the Face TPB Review

    Batman: Face the Face TPB Review

    2006, DC Writer: James Robinson Art: Leonard Kirk, Don Kramer Inks: Andy Clarke, Wayne Faucher, Keith Champagne, Michael Bair Colours: John Kalisz Reading Face the Face I was reminded of the old comic adage, “nobody stays dead in comics except Bucky and Uncle Ben.” Similarly, when a Bat-villain is captured and sentenced to ten years…