tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6378962316471332382024-02-21T16:48:12.279-08:00my comic book diaryIN WHICH I SET OUT TO LOG MY COMIC BOOK READING HABITS.The Bronzehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18031386929686041058noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-637896231647133238.post-58636232598832688582010-03-18T11:44:00.000-07:002010-03-18T11:48:14.685-07:00More Bargains in the WorksMore bargains in the Works bookshop this week,picked up Watchmen The Film Companion for £3,Matrix comics graphic novel 2 for £1.99.<div>Also had the great Art of Star Trek movie for £4.99 along with the Art of Watchmen for £4.99.</div><div>Those into Roy Of The Rovers there was one soft cover and one hard cover collection at silly prices.</div>The Bronzehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18031386929686041058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-637896231647133238.post-85786155028599458242010-03-18T11:40:00.000-07:002010-03-18T11:44:27.083-07:00This weeks (and last) weeks comicsLast weeks pick list;<div>Punisher Max 5</div><div>Batgirl 8</div><div>Batman and Robin 10</div><div>The Twelve Spearhead</div><div>Deathlok 5</div><div>28 Days Later 8</div><div><br /></div><div>This weeks pick;</div><div>Battlefields 4</div><div>Dark Avengers 15</div><div>Doomwar 2</div><div>Spider-woman 7</div><div>Siege 3</div><div>Batman 697</div><div>Chocker 2</div><div>American Vampire 1</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>The Bronzehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18031386929686041058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-637896231647133238.post-62751972491038609332010-03-04T10:43:00.000-08:002010-03-04T10:46:38.243-08:00New Books for March 4thThis weeks new books:<div><br /></div><div>Wolverine Weapon x 11</div><div>Detective Comics 862</div><div>Stephen King's N.</div><div>Punisher Max Butterfly</div><div>Justice League Cry For Justice 7</div><div>Ultimate Avengers 5</div><div>New Ultimates 1</div><div>The Invincible Iron Man 24</div><div>Greek Street 9</div><div>Age Of Reptiles 3</div>The Bronzehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18031386929686041058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-637896231647133238.post-17993010520201795252010-02-26T17:18:00.000-08:002010-02-26T17:22:11.514-08:00Spider-Man The Icon<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfY3-sZjhuQSVwivglwA8-vBSW4IdG9oWGt-S8HVP-YB9bNWlPXUkIcDp_aZ-rct0fQ0yScVAY1cKDV4TEEZKFszQB-CGvW6NNZzyP8lvYurPeSuRTy4wEQ9baQWrfvQVeo3EWerl089I/s1600-h/0000.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfY3-sZjhuQSVwivglwA8-vBSW4IdG9oWGt-S8HVP-YB9bNWlPXUkIcDp_aZ-rct0fQ0yScVAY1cKDV4TEEZKFszQB-CGvW6NNZzyP8lvYurPeSuRTy4wEQ9baQWrfvQVeo3EWerl089I/s320/0000.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442727401067373762" /></a><br />Went into The Works today and they had Spider-Man The Icon the 320 page plus hardcover on the web spinner reduced from £30 to an amazing £4.99!<div>Obviousley I snapped it up.</div><div>Covering from the 60's to the present in all things Spidey,comics,movies,mercandise a brilliant book no Spider-man fan would not want to be with-out.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>The Bronzehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18031386929686041058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-637896231647133238.post-11634055321195698182010-02-26T17:11:00.000-08:002010-02-26T17:16:56.903-08:00New books for 25th February 2010Picked up the following this week:<div><br /></div><div>Previews catalogue</div><div><br /></div><div>Choker 1</div><div> 28 Days Later 7</div><div>Batman And Robin 9</div><div>Captain Swing 1</div><div>Flash Rebirth 6</div><div>JSA 36</div><div>Scalped 35</div><div>Victorian Undead 4</div><div>The Marvels Project 6</div><div><br /></div><div>Graphic Novels:</div><div>Pandoras Box 2</div><div>Pandoras Box 3</div><div>Dark Tower Volume 4 Fall Of Gilead</div><div>Requiem Vampire Knight Vol 2</div><div>Foul Play The Art And Artists Of EC Comics</div><div><br /></div>The Bronzehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18031386929686041058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-637896231647133238.post-21403364284275480952010-02-18T10:10:00.000-08:002010-02-18T10:15:09.686-08:00New books for 18th FebruaryNew books picked up today including last weeks releases as snow stopped play.<div>Spider-Woman 6</div><div>Doctor Voodoo 5</div><div>Daredevil 505</div><div>Batman 696</div><div>Battlefields 3</div><div>Invincible Iron Man 23</div><div>Batman And Robin 8</div><div>Batgirl 7</div><div>Punisher Max 4</div><div>Dark Avengers 14</div><div>Siege 2</div><div>Black Widow 4</div><div>Deathlok 4</div><div>JSA 42</div><div>Doomwar 1</div><div><br /></div><div>Graphic Novels;</div><div>45 (forty-five)</div><div>Burke and Hare</div><div><br /></div><div>Reviews if I get time,check back.</div>The Bronzehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18031386929686041058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-637896231647133238.post-1633734670108315752010-02-07T11:00:00.000-08:002010-02-07T11:10:42.974-08:00Crikey issue 13<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmgOnhuYpXZp-WxpWdLuMFwPGZTC5_eA_WC9Mtsue5vDHCb5mw_2WhVxUZWcplGMepBmISPCQcxawX2qXiUD-DKLAyPqJChThKKoCSCXjcRw23T3cDYNt05R4WxEFii2ehh7JhsOxQKLs/s1600-h/C13-Cover-500.gif"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 226px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmgOnhuYpXZp-WxpWdLuMFwPGZTC5_eA_WC9Mtsue5vDHCb5mw_2WhVxUZWcplGMepBmISPCQcxawX2qXiUD-DKLAyPqJChThKKoCSCXjcRw23T3cDYNt05R4WxEFii2ehh7JhsOxQKLs/s320/C13-Cover-500.gif" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435581018180663570" /></a><br />Just got issue 13 of Crikey magazine dedicated to British comic books.<div>This issue has gone back to the b/w format (centre in colour) due to the collapse of Borders books.</div><div><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Doesn't</span> spoil the mag <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">at all</span>,still contains the high quality articles I've come to expect.</div><div>This issue contains an excellent interview with Nemesis and League Of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Extraordinary</span> Gentleman artist Kevin O'Neil,Doctor Who comics,Tank Girl,Action and part 5 of Marvel UK.</div><div>Brilliant stuff and essential buy if you collect or have an interest in UK comics.</div><div>Available from www.crikeyuk.co.uk</div>The Bronzehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18031386929686041058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-637896231647133238.post-51536915532804884292010-01-19T11:42:00.000-08:002010-01-19T12:14:11.293-08:00New books: The Art Of Top Cow<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKcVHkupyY-YEpPTDShwMKjTYqs_KLjmpgsJrblPnk94-TYmRJ8SBUp2cZD5KqKOyXQgT2fnJ5XNOC9wkjU73hKxKxTF9usUjUsyAAOCisgx2D5yN2Wv5i0tGxe4xZTcNSrGvC9pFT8Xo/s1600-h/aotc_page_018.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKcVHkupyY-YEpPTDShwMKjTYqs_KLjmpgsJrblPnk94-TYmRJ8SBUp2cZD5KqKOyXQgT2fnJ5XNOC9wkjU73hKxKxTF9usUjUsyAAOCisgx2D5yN2Wv5i0tGxe4xZTcNSrGvC9pFT8Xo/s320/aotc_page_018.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428546793728592994" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM0516QEma9notvv9dABeGMU0bxP2CEUnq9rrJLrgsVHSEavELfX30xQFXKtKvQkYSgRjlmgVEOiM0hG-Ia_chQJf9F_byChj4bwK6vm1gshdYAuiUZVmZKFu9O5JKxlUc8hGnMldnJZs/s1600-h/aotc_page_015.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM0516QEma9notvv9dABeGMU0bxP2CEUnq9rrJLrgsVHSEavELfX30xQFXKtKvQkYSgRjlmgVEOiM0hG-Ia_chQJf9F_byChj4bwK6vm1gshdYAuiUZVmZKFu9O5JKxlUc8hGnMldnJZs/s320/aotc_page_015.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428546643595686370" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk0wGcDOsXR6bgQLzXcV-3lIQy7I3hiXY1jGnsTOqjA7c3BQBgORLl6QQvFCN8Tu0dyvdre-4b1T7ch7pciqzTR0AdonQ0ip6vG1eWc4wqvPhFmDbLlfMqBWn6f6FY7le8-K3JJ3W5zTg/s1600-h/AOTC000COV(DONE)_Marc_proofsm.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 222px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk0wGcDOsXR6bgQLzXcV-3lIQy7I3hiXY1jGnsTOqjA7c3BQBgORLl6QQvFCN8Tu0dyvdre-4b1T7ch7pciqzTR0AdonQ0ip6vG1eWc4wqvPhFmDbLlfMqBWn6f6FY7le8-K3JJ3W5zTg/s320/AOTC000COV(DONE)_Marc_proofsm.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428546507610648178" /></a><br />So for Xmas i received The Art Of Top Cow hardcover.<div>Took ages to get hold of as Abe Books had this listed as the cheapest on-line deal but when the book came they had sent the Top Cow Bible trade,doh! The Bible ISBN was listed against the Art of book,double doh!</div><div>Any way took quite a lot of faffing about to finally get refunded,not impressed,but enough about that,what about the book.</div><div>Simply stunning.</div><div>Inside Marc Silvestri dust jacket featuring Witchblade is the same pic but in uncoloued art,cool.</div><div>Table of contents as follows; Witchblade art from Michael Turner,Greg Land,Steve McNiven,Mike Choi,Chris Bachalo the list goes on and on.</div><div>Then we have The Darkness section,Marc Silvestri,Michael Turner,David Finch,Dale Keown,Lee Bermejo,Whilce Portacio etc etc.</div><div>Next Cyberforce again Silvestri,Turner,Finch,etc.</div><div>This is followed by Aphrodite IX, David Finch,Trevor Hairsine,etc.</div><div>Next up The Magdelena followed by Hunter Killer: J.Scott CampbellJohn Cassaday etc.</div><div>Universe is next with Clayton Crain,Dave Finch, followed by Weapon Zero then First Born,featuring Stjepan Sejic.</div><div>Broken Trinity follows then Cyberforce/Hunter Killer and Darkness/Pitt,The Agency and Arcanum then more awsome art from Dave Finch in Ascencion.</div><div>Berserker is next followed by Common Grounds,Cursed,Delicate Creatures,Down,Dragon Prince,Freshmen,Humankind,Impaler,Inferno:Hellbound,Madame Mirage,Midnight Nation,The Necromancer,No Honor,Pilot Season,Rising Stars finally finishing off with Wanted.</div><div>That,s around 360 pages of awesome art from Top Cow.</div><div>Well worth buying, you can get it for a Steal on Amazon with the hardback not much more expensive than the paperback version.</div><div>Word of warning you may want to view before buying as some of this collection is a merger of the three previous Top Cow art books.</div><div>Amazing!!</div>The Bronzehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18031386929686041058noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-637896231647133238.post-6466066290714940752010-01-19T11:35:00.000-08:002010-01-19T11:37:35.574-08:00Not blogged for ages.....Xmas and work have got in the way of the blog.<div>I really must put some effort in this year,it's not as though I havn't got enough to review.</div>The Bronzehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18031386929686041058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-637896231647133238.post-73202249355850612592009-09-18T11:14:00.000-07:002009-09-18T11:22:05.759-07:00This weeks pull list.Not strictly true as havn't been to pick up my stash for a couple of weeks but got the following;<div><br /></div><div>Greek Street 3</div><div>The Boys 34</div><div>Black Panther 8</div><div>Batman 690</div><div>28 Days Later 2</div><div>Hercules Knives Of Kush 1+2</div><div>Invincible Iron Man 17+18</div><div>Dark Reign The List Daredevil 1</div><div>Dark Avengers 9</div><div>Captain America Reborn 3</div><div>Justice League Cry For Justice 3</div><div>Dark Reign The List Avengers 1</div><div>The Marvels Project 2</div><div>Ultimate Avengers 2</div><div>Exodus Conclusion</div><div>War Machine 9</div><div>Batman And Robin 4</div><div>Battlefiels Tankies 3</div><div>I Am Legion 5</div><div><br /></div><div>2 mags Amazing Figure Modeler 45</div><div>Kitbuilders 62</div><div><br /></div><div>and bought 2 graphic novels</div><div><br /></div><div>Accent UK's Western and Shrapnel from Radical.</div><div><br /></div><div>Enough to get reading on for a whle me thinks.</div><div><br /></div>The Bronzehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18031386929686041058noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-637896231647133238.post-24157219205061386662009-09-18T11:12:00.000-07:002009-09-18T11:14:30.715-07:001st post on the new BlogHere I will be posting my comic reading habits,my pull list every few weeks or when I can get to my local comic shop to pick up my stuff,along with any interesting news and titbits I come across.The Bronzehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18031386929686041058noreply@blogger.com0