Saga Vol 7

Another new purchase arrived this week. Saga Vol 7.

It's been some time since I read any Saga. It wasback in 2013 in fact. But reviews have been constantly good and the trades are reasonably priced so I'm still buying it with the aim to read it in one go. 

Christmas Arrivals

I got Rat Queens volume 2 for Christmas and DKR: Last Crusade has been on order for sometime but just happened to arrive over Christmas. Nice!

Black Science continues with Vol 4

It's been a while since I've blogged but I've been pretty busy with other stuff, what with selling some stuff on ebay and the European football championships in France.

This pre-ordered item arrived over a week ago but it will go on the shelf until other volumes arrive as BS definitely reads better in chunks.

I'm currently reading another Peter Grant novel but I seem to be struggling for time to sit and read at the moment.

Criminal 10th Anniversary Issue - Deadly Hands!

I can't believe it's been over a year since I bought the last Criminal special edition which was also in the imitation magazine format. This one is packaged like the old "Deadly Hands of Kung-Fu".

Although these stories will be collected in trade later this year, I really wanted them in this magazine format as it makes them a bit special.

Christmas Present - Rat Queens Vol 1

Although I didn't buy this myself, because it was a present from my nephew, I thought I should record this as a new purchase because it's added to my reading list.

Mike is a big fan of this series and has been trying to get me into it for some time, I'll give it a go soon.

Black Science Vol 3

I only got this a short time ago and I decided to read it almost straight away (in between RPG books). Even though it was not that long since I read vol 2 I still felt a little lost reading this. Perhaps it really needs to be done in one go. An interesting story with some morally suspect main protagonists made the story more exciting as there was no guarantee characters would survive.

The story sort of reaches a conclusion but also appears to line up a sequel. We shall see.

Two Image Trades Read - mixed results!

Read through both these collections this week. Both reprint 5 issues and both feature some great art.

Unfortunately I found "The Wicked + The Divine" quite boring so I won't bother continuing to get that title. Black Science was slightly confusing at first but I got into it by the end. A usual problem when time and parallel universes are involved!

Trip to Forbidden Planet

Well for a change I actually bought some stuff from Forbidden Planet. Including two single comics although the "Criminal" magazine (£4.95) is a special edition that I don't think they can duplicate in a trade format because it's done in the style of the old Marvel magazines from the 70s. It looks great and of course I want it as it's by Brubaker and Phillips.

I play Munchkin and so I was curious to see what the comic (£3.15) was like. It took 10 mins to read and was OK.

The Wicked and Divine trade was only £7.50 which compares well to the price of the singles above doesn't it! That's a very similar price to what it is online. I've been wanting to try Gillen and McKelvie's work for a bit so this looks like the right time.

Cheap Dredd and more Black Science

The Dredd hardback collection was only £1.99! Nice

Black Science vol 2 looks nice too.

Things are looking slow at the moment as I'm not getting much time to read (currently on OOTS) and reading gaming rulebooks too is quite time-consuming.

I am buying less though.....right?

Saga Volume 4

OK so I bought volume 3 last April and am still to read it but I've just got volume 4.

I'mj sure it'll read better in one go anyway!

Black Science Vol 1

I've completed this trade a day or two ago. Hmmmm....interesting and I'll certainly get Vol 2. I see that Image have yet to publish issue 7 (this collection reprints 1-6) and I guess that's to encourage readers of the trade to pick up the monthly comics.

I loved the colours on this. Just fantastic to look at. The story was a wild and fast paced adventure with characters dieing left right and centre.

Black Science Vol 1

Image have a nice policy of offering volume 1 of the the trade collection of each of their title at a knockdown price. This was £5.18 for example so great value for money and worth trying out.

Only my problem will be - will I get to read vol 1 before Vol 2 comes out?

A mixed lot of new purchases. Asterix, Star Wars and Morning Glories

Some new trades delivered courtesy of the postman and Amazon. I've still to read Vol 4 of Morning Glories so will probably wait until early next year when I've purchased Vol 6 to read all 3 consecutively.

Star Wars Vol 1 is supposed to capture the feel of the first movies and having played a bit of SW RPG in the last week I fancy reading this very soon.                               

I've also purchased my first new Asterix book in years. It's the brand new one not by Uderzo! Shock Horror. What will it be like? I'll find out soon!    

Saga Vol 2

So Saga volume 2 which includes the controversial issue 12.

Well, if I assume the hardcore video on the screen of the robot's head was the reason, it was both a big fuss about nothing and pointless to boot.

But moving swifting on, Saga is enjoyable without being amazing. I keep hoping for a surprise plot twist to give the story a feeling of the unexpected as at the moment it seems a bit too much by the numbers.

Saga, Fantastic Faux and Fatale - three new trades

All these arrived in one parcel today and are now added to the reading list. Looking forward to them all.

Reading progress looks slow at the moment as I'm just under halfway though a Star Wars novel and I'm also reading the rules for the Star Wars: Edge of the Empire beginner game.

Ravine Vol. 1

Ravine is an ambitious original graphic novel published by Image. It's a fantasy based story and this is the first volume of I don't-know-how-many.

The story is full of fantasy cliches but the fully painted art (by Stepan Sejic) is gorgeous .

I think I'll need to re-read it before I read volume 1 due to the vast number of characters introduced. I think the writers have been inspired by Game of Thrones' large cast!

Morning Glories Vol 4

Good grief! Was it really September that I was reading Morning Glories vols 1-3. It seems it was!

Well approx 9 months later I've just got volume 4 - and I might add it's only just been published!

As I said back in Sept...will I remember what's happened?

More Trades this week

It almost feels like a quiet week with me slowly progressing though my book but I did receive 2 more trade collections.

Fatale Vol 2 - although I haven't read vol 1 yet I know it will be good as Brubaker and Phillips are consistantly good.

Iron Man Vol 10 is the penultimate hardcover in Matt Fractions run. So just the last one to get. After that run ends I'm stopping collecting Iron Man and will switch to Fraction's new title "Hawkeye".

Saga Vol 1

I finished the first trade of Saga earlier this week. Enjoyable if not a spectacular beginning but some intersting situations and characters. Image seem to do a good job of releasing the trade as the story arc concludes so I hope it won't be too long until Vol 2 is due.

New Purchases: Prophet Vol 1

The last of my purchases for the moment (I always do my main order just after the day my credit card clicks over) is Prophet Vol 1.

Funny enough this reprints issues 21 - 26 but in effect it's a re-launch or so I'm led to believe from the reviews. It was less than £6 for the trade so it's not too expensive to see if all the good reviews are right.