Author: Carl Doherty
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Look Straight Ahead Graphic Novel Review
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in NewsLook Straight Ahead’s shifting dreamscapes play with the fundamental comic book vocabulary to brilliant effect.
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Adventure Time Graphic Novels Review
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These Adventure Time trades certainly won’t disappoint fans who just need a bit more Jake the Dog in their lives.
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The Field on the Edge of the Woods Vol 2 Review
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There’s a hell of a lot to The Field on the Edge of the Woods. So much, in fact, that I’m not entirely sure what I just read.
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Pacific Rim: Man, Machines & Monsters Book Review
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in Book ReviewsMan, Machines & Monsters whet my appetite far more than the clichéd publicity material and uninspiring trailers. This is another splendid hardcover tome from Titan Books and Insight Editions, one which sits somewhere between an Art of… and a Making Of…, with concept art, preliminary sketches and set photographs of the cast, crew and locales.
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Henchmen #1 Comic Book Review
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Henchmen #1 is one of those titles that appears out of nowhere and is so full of relatable characters and timely ideas that you just want to run down your local high street screaming like a madman and forcing copies of the book into the hands of anyone with a movie or comic-related image on…
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OneNation #1 Comic Book Review
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OneNation is a highly polished effort that is both a feast for the eyes and an interesting take on the Superman and Captain America mythologies.
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Grave of the Fireflies Blu-ray Review
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Takahata’s miserable masterpiece is one of great beauty, a melancholy piece which celebrates life and finds joy in the trivial.
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Kiki’s Delivery Service Blu-ray Review
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Alongside Spirited Away, this adaptation of Eiko Kadono’s novel is perhaps Miyazaki’s most accessible take on “the gulf that exists between independence and reliance” in girls entering their teens. It’s a quaint film, but one which is no less touching for all its cosiness.