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26th April 2024

Fantasy

Kill Shakespeare Past is Prologue: Juliet #1 (Review)

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Kill Shakespeare Past is Prologue: Juliet #1 IDW Publishing, April 2017 Writer: Conor McCreery “Kill Shakespeare Past is Prologue: Juliet” is a new comic book from American publisher IDW Publishing. It is a spin off from the “Kill Shakespeare” comic book series originally published in April 2010 to October 2010. The original premise of “Kill … Read more

Plague #1 (Review)

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Plague #1 Markosia, March, 2017 Writers: Dennis MaGee Fallon, Jason Palmatier “Plague” is a new fantasy comic book mini-series from British comic book publisher Markosia. The comic’s title is derived from the historical setting, the year 1352 A.D. Bubonic plague (also known as the Black Death) swept through Europe and killed millions of people (and … Read more

Charmed #1 (Review)

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Charmed #1 Dynamite Comics, 2017 Writer: Erica Schultz Much has been made in the past fortnight of the twentieth anniversary of the launch of the US television series “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”, a groundbreaking production in respect of its feminist lead and its liberal attitudes towards homosexuality all set in a Californian high school environment. … Read more

Biblical Grandeur: Lucifer #14-15 (Review)

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Lucifer #14-15
DC Comics, January-February, 2017
Writer: Richard Kadrey

The 14th issue of Vertigo’s relaunch of the Lucifer comic book series is notable for two reasons.
First, it marks the start of a new story arc. The previous issue (which we have reviewed before) was a holiday special that serves as a much needed break after Lucifer and his cohorts have finally solved the mystery of who killed God (addressed in our review of the first issue here). It turns out that it was not so much a murder as it is a suicide, with God destroying himself so that he can be reborn. (The trouble with this is that this God 2.0 seems to be more in line with the Old Testament version of God – vengeful, aggressive, and autocratic.)

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