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Doctor Who: Fear Of The Dark - A Book Review
The planet Akoshemon is widely regarded as the most wretched hive of scum and villainy the universe has ever produced. Even now, generations after the planet and its people fell, it is viewed with...
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Conan And The People Of The Black Circle #2 - A Review
The People of the Black Circle is one of Robert E. Howard's most unusual Conan stories. While Conan was always an anti-hero at best under his creator's pen, Black Circle is one of the few stories...
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Agents of SHIELD, Episode 10 - Not Quite Live Commentary
No Live Commentary this week, as I was kept late by work responsibilities. So here's the archive of all the sarcasm and commentary I watched the show on DVR.0:01: Wow. An action sequence right at...
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Arrow - Season 2, Episode 9 - Three Ghosts - Live Tweet Commentary
A live-tweet commentary on Three Ghosts before writing the latest entry for the Arrow Episode Guide.Word of warning - this DOES have SPOILERS! So don't read this until you've seen the episode! aaa0:02...
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Arrow Episode Guide: Season 2, Episode 9 - Three Ghosts
For a summary of the episode guide layout & categories, click here. PlotWith Ollie still recovering from his injuries at the hands of Brother Cyrus and an accidental injection of blood thickener,...
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A Night In Owl's Head: First Impressions of Shroud of The Avatar
In March 2013, legendary game designer Richard Garriott (a.k.a. Lord British) announced his intent to create a new computer RPG that would be a spiritual successor to his classic Ultima series. In...
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Doctor Who: Remembrance of the Daleks - A Book Review
Coal Hill School. 1963. About 700 years (relative time, of course) after he left it, The Doctor returns with his newest companion, Ace, to take care of some unfinished business. Before he left Earth...
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Thoughts on The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
A year ago, I said that the biggest problem with The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey was that it was too much of a good thing. Having just seen The Desolation of Smaug, I think the same may be said of...
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Robert E. Howard's Savage Sword #6 - A Review
I'm several weeks overdue in covering this book, which I only discovered had come out by chance. However, since the comic itself has not had a new issue come out for over a year, I feel little guilt...
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Batgirl #26 - A Review
There is little I can say about Batgirl #26 that I have not said before in earlier reviews of this series. I could talk at length about how writer Gail Simone has built the current storyline to a...
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Batman #26 - A Review
I may stand alone in feeling somewhat cheated by Batman: Zero Year so far. Don't get me wrong - it's a fine story! I'll not deny that! Yet it is a far cry from what I expected when Scott Snyder...
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Conan And The People Of The Black Circle #3 - A Review
The third part of Conan And The People Of The Black Circle possesses problems that were less obvious in the first two chapters, if not completely absent. Writer Fred Van Lente's decision to remove...
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Red Sonja #6 - A Review
In these days when the latest comics' news flashes are presented on the front page of USA Today's Entertainment section one day before the comics are released, it is rare for a book to surprise me....
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Doctor Who, 2013 Christmas Special - The Time Of The Doctor
THE QUICK, SPOILER FREE REVIEWExcellent. Matt Smith is given a worthy send-off and Steven Moffat manages to tidy up all the loose ends regarding The Eleventh Doctor's era. Pity Jenna Coleman is given...
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Reflections on New Years Day 2014
I hate New Years Day.There's a lot of reasons for it but the chief one is that it was Her birthday and, as such, the day reminds me of Her.Her. The One that got away. The One I let go. The One I...
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Off Target: Green Arrow (Vol. 2) #90
I decided to start this year off with some unfinished business.It's been nearly a year since I last looked at Cross Roads - a mini-series that is, for my money, the worst series of books to star Green...
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Green Arrow: Cross Roads Reading Guide
For those who wish to read the whole of my thoughts on Green Arrow: Cross Roads in order, here is a helpful reading guide.Green Arrow #81 - Seattle: In which Green Arrow fights Shrapnel, Nuklon and......
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Injustice: Gods Among Us - Year Two #1 - A Review
Every issue of Injustice: Gods Among Us seems determined to drag me into the realm of nostalgia. The series' Annual some two months ago made me long for the days when Harley Quinn and Lobo were zany...
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Doctor Who: EarthWorld - A Book Review
Anji Kapoor has just had the worst week of her life, having lost her boyfriend Dave to alien invaders. This week is not looking any better.Trapped on board the TARDIS, The Doctor was trying to get...
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