Diary of an up and coming sociopath

One year on (and a couple of months) from our much-celebrated Bristol Comic Expo Interview with the superstar team of Kieron “Warhammer” Gillen and Jamie “Negative Burn” McKelvie, Seb and I, accompanied by our Comics Daily partner in crime Julian, interviewed Paul Cornell, top Doctor Who TV scribe (and writer of Captain Britain, the actual best Marvel comic being released at the moment) My contribution to the interview, if you haven’t guessed, was mostly the comics stuff. Should interest nerds and norms alike.

Latest Alternate Cover column sees me choosing my 3 favourite Wolverine moments, then calling them the “best three” in order to stimulate some rage in the reading public. The thing I learnt from writing this article: over 12 years after buying Wolverine #99 from a small WH Smiths in Wales, I still have never read Wolverine #100. How wrong is that?

Alternate Cover: Top 3 Wolverine Moments

Frustrated with how some people call themselves Manga fans or Comics fans and then never the twain shall they meet, I have taken it upon myself to recommend some manga with crossover appeal. Next week, the same, but in reverse.

Alternate Cover: Manga for Comics Fans

This week I’ve got a cavalcade of Den of Geek updates appearing, including:

Alternate Cover: Spider-Man stories we’d rather forget
Futurama: The Beast with a Billion Backs DVD review
The Incredible Hulk, Xbox 360 review

This week’s column takes advantage of my vast and pointless knowledge of Hulk comics. Part-satire, part-geekery, this article is a set of ESSENTIAL facts designed to be read out during the watching of “The Incredible Hulk” that will make the experience of viewing the movie as educational as it is entertaining! Guaranteed to alter your popularity forever!

Alternate Cover: The Incredible Hulk Companion

I won’t post a link to every CBR review I write, obviously, but since this is an advance, featured review, I figured I’d give it a shout out. Kevin Church (of Beaucoup Kevin fame) does a second take on the issue - and, for anyone wondering, since the comic’s not out until Wednesday, it is a spoiler-free review.

Ultimate Origins #1 Review

I possibly scored it a LITTLE highly, but what can I say? I’m a bit of a Bendis nerd.

This week’s column on Den of Geek is about Ang Lee’s Hulk film, and a few reasons why it was rubbish, even from the perspective of a comics fan. It’s titled as a response/companion to John Moore’s “Why Ang Lee’s Hulk Rules” although it was pure coincidence the two went up on the same day!

Why Ang Lee’s Hulk Doesn’t Rule

Not strictly one of mine, but I did contibute some of the questions to the Den of Geek group interview of Dave Gibbons, so have a look anyway:

Dave Gibbons Interview

With all kinds of characters repeatedly coming back to life in comics, I write about 5 deaths that you can be certain aren’t ever going to get reversed. Probably.

Alternate Cover: 5 Comics Deaths that’ll Stick

With the rumours of Marvel Studios creating a shared universe for their films in advance of an Avengers feature all-but-confirmed, I ask just exactly what the benefit of this is going to be.

Alternate Cover: A Shared Universe