Awhile back, almost a year ago in fact, I talked about a little book called The Sandman: Overture here on Graphic Reviews. Turns out, I wasn’t the only one who immensely enjoyed it! This year, Overture won the Hugo award for Best Graphic Story. For those unfamiliar with the Hugo […]
Birthright Ask any kid and I would guarantee that they’ve fantasized at least once about being the hero who saves the day. Even the most ordinary kid in the world imagines how great it would be if they were somehow dragged into another world, a place which depended on them […]
Joe the Barbarian Reading is one of those activities that people enjoy for all kinds of reasons. For some people, it’s about educating themselves. For others, it’s just a way to relax. For me, and I’m sure for a lot of other people, it’s a way to escape. My life […]
Nimona Given that I discussed one of the greatest anti-heroes ever written last week, this week seemed a good time to discuss that line between anti-hero and sympathetic villain. One of the aspects of anti-heroes that makes them interesting is that on a bad day, they’re really not that much […]
I lay claim to the geek label on a fairly regular basis so it’s probably not much of a surprise that some of my fondest memories of being a teenager are of the tabletop role playing games we used to play. I remember having marathon sessions of Dungeons and Dragons where […]
