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Daytripper #1 Review
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Vertigo, 2009 By: Fabio Moon, Gabriel Bá Colours: Dave Stewart Eisner Award winning Brazilian duo Fabio Moon and Gabriel Bá’s new series Daytripper is a mature title in the truest sense. And by that I don’t mean that this is a comic that feels the need to shove tits and incest in the reader’s face…
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Avatar Movie Review
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2009 Director: James Cameron Script: James Cameron Cast: Sam Worthington, Zoë Saldaña, Stephen Lang, Michelle Rodriguez, Giovanni Ribisi, Sigourney Weaver In 1986, James Cameron gave us Aliens, a movie which climaxed with Sigourney Weaver going head to head with a queen Xenomorph in a power lifter – despite the acid-spitting extra-terrestrial’s superior design it was…
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Grim Crew Presents: Dead Future #3 Review
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2009, Grim Crew Writers: Martin Brandt II, Tiffany Brandt, Adam Wilson Artists: Gaston Pacheco, Drake Harris, Michael Stewart, Mark Dodson See also: Grim Crew Presents: Dead Future #1 and #2 Review Martin Brandt and company continue to forecast the undead apocalypse in this anthology series by writers and artists from around the world. As with…
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Justice Society of America: The Bad Seed (JSA) Review
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DC, 2009 Writer: Matthew Sturges, Bill Willingham Art: Jesus Merino Colours: Allen Passalaqua So… imagine you’re a comic book publisher. Superheroes inspired by the Golden Age are the trend of the moment, so you take a series renowned for its old school crime-fighters and you let Geoff Johns go mad with it, cramming as many…
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Dark Reign: Elektra TPB Review
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2009, Marvel Writer: Zeb Wells Pencils: Clay Mann Inks: Mark Pennington Colours: Matt Hollingsworth When Elektra was the first major character to be exposed as a Skrull in the run-up to Secret Invasion she seemed a good choice of character to send to spandex heaven. Take a look at the numerous series Elektra Natchios has…
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Dark X-Men #1 Review
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Marvel, $3.99 Story: Paul Cornell Art: Leonard Kirk, Jay Leisten, Brian Leber Norman Osborn’s own band of merry mutants get yet another miniseries. As with much of Marvels’ Dark Reign related material, it’s decently written, nicely illustrated… but somehow feels completely unnecessary. Whereas the central plot element of the Dark Avengers/Uncanny X-Men Utopia crossover was…
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JSA All-Stars #1 Review
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DC, $3.99 Story: Matthew Sturges Art: Freddie Williams II, Richard Horie, Tanya Horie Matt Sturges and Bill Willingham’s recent ‘The Bad Seed’ arc in Justice Society of America, ended with the destruction of the Brownstone and the downcast team’s decision to split in two. Much like the JSA itself, the All-Stars line-up consists of both…
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Fall of the Hulks: Alpha Review
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Marvel, $3.99 Story: Jeff Parker Art: Paul Pelletier, Vicente Cifuentes, Guru eFX Like the green goliath himself, the Hulk series and its offshoots have grown out of control, and currently exist in a state of flux that nobody seems able to fix. Fortunately, Jeff Parker, whose immensely enjoyable Agents of ATLAS has been a definite…
Shelf Abuse
Storytelling, comic books and self-publishing
To better focus my efforts, Bothersome Books, my wee publishing imprint and home to my novel and short stories, has merged with Shelf Abuse. Expect several new releases this year.
Shelf Abuse: Sporadically Singing the Unsung Since 2006
Welcome to Shelf Abuse, the blog of British writer, web/graphic designer and occasional illustrator Carl Doherty.
What started out in 2006 as a blog about comics, gradually leaning more towards self-published and creator-owned works, has slowly transitioned into a home for my own self-published efforts, and a place to share my opinions on art, literature, cinema, storytelling, publishing, design, animal rights, depression… and yes, still comics. You’ll also find the occasional guest article amidst my mercifully brief rants.
Current Site Status
Due to an increasingly dense schedule, I’m no longer officially accepting review submissions. Hopefully this will eventually change, but not looking likely any time soon.
However, my love for indie comics hasn’t diminished in the slightest. Please do feel free to follow me on social media, add me to your mailing list or inform me of your new book. I can’t always reply, but I always appreciate hearing about new books.