As mentioned, I spent the weekend in Bristol at the Comics Expo. Since I was going anyway, I did a con report for CBR which largely focuses on Saturday’s panels and the Eagle Awards, because I spent Sunday recovering and tracking down comics.
Lost gets back on form this week. Big things are happening, and Matthew “Speed Racer” Fox is almost entirely absent, which is fairly pleasing.
Ever fancy reading a tiredness-fuelled rant about how the comics industry lets people from the movies walk all over them out of some bizarre self-loathing? Of course you do! Here it is.
This week’s column is inspired by the release of the Iron Man movie and the usual comics evangelism any fan has. If you’ve seen the Iron Man movie, this will hopefully bridge the gap between the film and the comics, telling you where the movie characters are in the comic universe, and what comics you should actually be looking for on the shelves.
Over on Den of Geek, I review the first episode of Lost’s 4th season that’s left me cold. Largely by insulting Matthew Fox’s face, but there’s more to it, I swear.
I expect you’re desperate to see what a proper Marvel fan thought of this year’s first of three big comics movies coming out. Time was I’d have posted this on my personal blog, but I’ve arbitrarily decided this falls under the jurisdiction of Comics Daily now. Obviously, it’s different to how I’ve written up previous movie reviews, but it says pretty much all it needs to in a spoiler-free way. Best comics movie since your favourite Spider-Man? Perhaps! (Though I am alone in finding Batman Begins tedious as hell, it’s also better than that.)
I’ve got a feature in this week’s Micro Mart, Issue 1002 - the pun-tastically titled “See Inside Windows” - which recommends a bunch of applications that really help you turn Windows inside out and see the useful details of things that are going on that Microsoft, for whatever reason, keep from you. On shelves until this time next week, priced a thoroughly reasonable £2!
Up on Den of Geek since yesterday, a review of 4×09 - “The Shape of Things to Come” - the first episode back after the season break. I’ve also reviews the previous episodes of Season 4 on DoG, so keep a look out!
This week’s Alternate Cover column went up today! Since the Iron Man film is out today, it’s a quick refresher on the Top 5 Iron Man stories you should read, as well as the 3 you should avoid at all costs!
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