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Kill Six Billion Demons (Volume 1)Image Comics, March 2016. Purchased: Comiczone, Perth, AustraliaWriter and artist: Abaddon (Tom Parkinson-Morgan) Allison: “God is… dead? So who’s… like, in charge?Aeon: “What happens to a man’s house when he dies? The cats, the rats, and the cockroaches take over.” (This review deals only with Volume 1. Our review of … Read more
Hardbody #1Writer: Fred Schwartz Writer Fred Schwarz and his team take a long, wry look at gym culture in this new independent title, Hardbody. Borrowing heavily from Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (1818), Mr Schwartz wonders what are the aesthetic limits to physical perfection, and to what extent a person is willing to cheat. Mr Schwartz has a very useful … Read more
DC Comics, May 2019. Purchased: Quality Comics, Perth, AustraliaWriter: Tom King We have previously reviewed Heroes in Crisis #1-3 – and favourably, noting that for the first time, an American comic book publisher is treating mental health as something other than the secret origin of the supervillain-of-the-week. But with this latest issue, American writer Tom King is now … Read more
The internet has a lot to answer for in respect of the sheer number of inane lists. After much thought, we have decided to contribute to the problem. Every comic book commentator and debutante has an opinion on this subject, it seems. There are many lists of American comic book villains filled with obvious names … Read more