Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Na na na na na na na na BATMAN!

Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader? by Neil Gaiman, Andy Kubert

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Despite my boyfriend being obsessed with Batman, I’ve never read one of the many Batman comics he has (I’m more likely to be found with my nose buried in a Deadpool one), and so the first time I was aware that my beloved Neil Gaiman had written a Batman comic was when reading about it in The View From The Cheap Seats. It was immediately bought for my boyfriend’s birthday (translation: for me), and has been sat on the living room table giving me ‘read […]

Return of the Dark Knight

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I was introduced to Frank Miller’s work in the 80’s when I was given some issues of Daredevil. His art is his own style, but his storytelling – the way he wrote and his panel by panel flow – drew me in and I became a fan. Back then I had to purchase most of my comics via mail-order with my hard earned cash (part-time job as a teenager), so I wasn’t able to collect much of Miller’s work. My next Miller purchase would be […]

Superhero Renaissance Faire

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Someone at Marvel overindulged in mead and thought what if the whole Marvel Universe were set in Elizabethan times and what if we got Neil Gaiman to write it? Wouldn’t that be great? Oh fine, that’s not what happened. The whole idea came to Gaiman while he was wandering around Venice. It’s an interesting curiosity with some good stuff and at least one hugely problematic thing. It is 1602. Queen Elizabeth is near the end of her reign, the Inquisition is active in Spain, James […]



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