Fantastic Four: Cancelled!?
Recently Bleeding Cool has been predicting that Fantastic Four will be cancelled due to Marvel CEO and largest Disney shareholder Ike Perlmutter's reluctance to promote the Fantastic Four film...
View ArticleDoctor Who: The Academy Years - Bare Knuckle Shobogan Boxing
In the world of Doctor Who, the early years of The Doctor are usually shrouded in mystery, and quite right too. It's never wise to peel back too many layers of mystery from a character like The Doctor....
View ArticleOne Harsh Truth You Don’t Want To Admit About Comic Books: You Don't Have To...
I recently read a silly article entitled 10 Harsh Truths You Don’t Want To Admit About Comic Books. Most of it consisted of the usual stuff you find while reading comics commentary on the internet;...
View ArticleTop Ten Best Superman Costumes
Ask an average person on the street to describe Superman's costume & they'll describe the red & blue colour scheme, the cape, and the little red undies worn on the outside. And yet, over the...
View ArticleBatman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice - Some Plot Speculation (POSSIBLE SPOILERS)
WARNING: CONTAINS POTENTIAL SPOILERS FOR BATMAN VS SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE!Henry Cavill, Gal Gadot, and Ben Affleck as Superman, Wonder Woman, and BatmanThis weekend at the San Diego Comic Con,...
View ArticleTop Five Best Comic Book Writers Ever!
There are a number of comics writers whose work I love. James Robinson, John Wagner, Alan Grant, Mark Waid, Stan Lee, Denny O' Neil, Garth Ennis, Scott Snyder, Dan Slott, Roger Stern, Jerry Siegel,...
View ArticleI'm wasted on Tumblr!
Here's some random pics I made for tumblr that never get any love, so I'm sharing them here instead.
View ArticleWhat If Different Actors Had Played Doctor Who?
In 1963 William Hartnell became the first actor to play the lead role in the greatest television programme of all time, Doctor Who. He was followed over the next 50 years by Patrick Troughton, Jon...
View ArticleRIP Jim Petrie
"Enjoy this curry, Fatso."An hour ago I read on the Beano website that Jim Petrie has died. He was one of my favourite artists when I was a kid & his work had a massive influence on my own art work...
View ArticleI went to Sheffield Comic Con & met Mel Bush & two Doctor Whos!!!!!
I've had an amazing weekend at Sheffield Comic Con. As well as spending far too much money on Iron Man comics and Doctor Who DVDs I was also able to meet Sylvester McCoy, Paul McGann, and Bonnie...
View ArticleTalking Aquaman at Techniquest
I'm doing a talk about Aquaman at Techniquest, a science centre in Cardiff. It'll be part of their adults only superhero themed After Hours Evening on October the 2nd. I'm planning on delivering a 20...
View ArticleEverybody Hates Aquaman
A transcript of a presentation I delivered at Techniquest Science Centre in Cardiff as part of their Adults Only Superhero Science Evening on 03/10/14.A video of the talk can be found here....When...
View ArticleFantastic Four Cancellation: I'm scared!
I recently wrote aboutFantastic Four's imminent cancellation and the rumoured reasoning behind it. The rumour (and that's all it is to be fair, a rumour) is that Marvel CEO and largest Disney...
View ArticleI met Ian Chesterton, Steven Taylor & Jamie McCrimmon!!!!!
Today at the Sheffield Film & TV Expo I was lucky enough to get the chance to meet three of my all time favourite Doctor Who companions: Frazer Hines (Jamie McCrimmon), Peter Purves (Steven...
View ArticleSuperman Unchained: All the Variant Covers
This week the final issue of Scott Snyder & Jim Lee's Superman Unchained hit the shelves. While I've enjoyed the story very much (here's my review of the first issue) one of the best things about...
View ArticleThe Best Stuff of 2014 (according to me)
(Click here for The Best Stuff of 2013)Best comic of 2014: Scott Snyder & Greg Capullo’s BatmanIt's the same comic I chose last year but it's still so damn good. Every issue my jaw is literally...
View ArticleNorm Breyfogle Medical Stroke Fund
Over the past 75 years many great artists have drawn Batman, but none have been greater (in my opinion) than Norm Breyfogle. Unfortunately Breyfogle has recently suffered a stroke. His family have set...
View ArticleHave a WONDERful Christmas!!!
My girlfriend got me the first five collections of Brian Azzarello & Cliff Chiang's Wonder Woman (the sixth & final book is out in a few months) so my Xmas has been full of warring gods and...
View ArticleFantastic Four Trailer: My Reaction
I'm a pretty huge Fantastic Four fan....Decades worth of FF comics looking surprisingly small when piled together.See!As a result I've been looking forward to the new Fantastic Four film in a very big...
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