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The Independent on Sunday: Interview with Stan Lee
You may have been wondering where I've disappeared to so far this year, but rest assured that I simply had a very busy January writing things that are only just starting to trickle out, along with some...
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An Interview with Me: SpiderGirl Jerusalem
It's the height of vanity I know, but Kneel Down of The Cult Den asked so nicely I couldn't refuse! And he wins major brownie points for the reference to my hero, Spider. It's very strange to be at the...
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SciFi Now: Interview with Stan Lee
In addition to the interview I completed for The Independent on Sunday, I also interviewed Stan for the UK magazine, SciFi Now. While the other interview was aimed at a mainstream audience, the genre...
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Before Watchmen, After Moore
DC's announcement that a slew of prequel Watchmen comics were in the pipeline caused quite the fuss in February. The latest issue of The Drink Tank, a Hugo award winning fanzine, has just gone live...
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Comic Preview: Bubbletown
Apologies for the short hiatus over the last few weeks, and thank you for your patience! As previously mentioned, I'm currently studying for my MLitt in Comic Studies and as the latest semester came to...
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Comic Review: April/May Round-Up
As I emerged from a gruelling diet of deadlines, I was pleasantly surprised to find a bumper crop of excellent graphic novels and trade collections coming out in the past few weeks and the upcoming...
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The Independent on Sunday: Review of Century 2009 by Alan Moore and Kevin...
My review of the just published League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Century 2009, by Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill, is published in today's Independent on Sunday in the lead slot. I've had the (only)...
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Glasgow Comic Con: Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely in Conversation
Glasgow Comic Con returned for its second year after it was brought back to life after an absence of 15 years. Held in the Mackintosh Church once again, it was a fitting venue given Glasgow's ties with...
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Glasgow Comic Con: Dredd, Kirby, Bane, and Spider-Kilt
As well as the headlining Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely, this years Glasgow Comic Con boasted a stellar line-up of guests, including John Wagner, Alan Grant, Jim Starlin, Rufus Dayglo, and Karrie...
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An Interview with Me: Women Write About Comics
It's not often I'm at the receiving end of an interview, and it feels quite strange, but these questions from Claire Napier at Women Write About Comics were great fun to answer. Hence the length! Women...
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Kids Read Comics!
In the last weeks of summer, one comic in particular has been getting a tremendous amount of mainstream press coverage here in the UK, from broadsheet national newspapers to the venerable BBC. They're...
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Dundee Comics Day
Coming up next weekend is an unmissable event for any Scottish comics fans: the annual Dundee Comics Day is this year focusing on the works of Grant Morrison and his many collaborators, on Sunday the...
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Dundee Comics Day: Grant Morrison and Friends, the Write Up
Updates have been a little few and far between of late, my apologies. I've been working on a few bits and pieces that will be published in the next couple of months, but for now you can at least see...
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Comic Review: The Best of 2012
We've not made it past the apocalypse yet, but I've been writing this piece all year. Whenever you may read this, I'm probably still writing it. The frantic "best of" list is inescapable. The...
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On the Scene: Thought Bubble!
I had my first trip to the Thought Bubble Convention in Leeds this month, and it was absolutely amazing. Really really impressed with the organisation of the event and the fantastic mix of guests from...
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The Strange Case of Grant Morrison and Alan Moore, As Told By Grant Morrison
Over the last few weeks, my good friend Pádraig Ó Méalóid has been writing a series of articles on The Beat about Alan Moore and Superfolks, which became an edgeways look at the long running friction...
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Kids Read Comics: A Popular Revival
A couple of my recent pieces have focused on children's comics here in the UK, and how they've been enjoying a bumper year thanks to some new blood and clever regenerations. The Dandy Returns over at...
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Comic Preview & Interview: Liberator
2012 has been an extraordinary year for comics, and 2013 is shaping up to be even hotter. I've had my eye on a few projects behind the scenes, and this is one of my picks for freshest début of the...
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2013 in Comics
I have yet to finish rounding up 2012 in comics, more specifically graphic novels, mostly due to the fact that rather a lot came out in the US towards the end of the year that I haven't managed to get...
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The Beat: Review of Young Avengers #1 by Kieron Gillen, Jamie McKelvie and...
A little review that I was compelled to write through sheer joy is now up at The Beat. Young Avengers #1 ladies and gentlemen, complete with female gaze(!!), Kid Loki being mischievous, Billy and Teddy...
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