Archive for December, 2006

December Issue

Tuesday, December 5th, 2006

Is that cockroach shuffling too loudly or is it just me? It’s taken a lot of aspirin, but we’re starting to recover from the FractalMatter.com outing to the Dublin Comic Con 2006. In the name of research, a gathering of Fractal’s staff descended upon one of the friendliest cities in the world in order […]

Dubin Comic Con 2006

Monday, December 4th, 2006

James Dodsworth takes a few minutes while recovering to tell us how the Dublin City Comic Convention went.

Wisdom Issue 1 Commentary

Friday, December 1st, 2006

Paul Cornell give us a bit of commentary on his first issue of Wisdom.

Hellboy Animated - The Black Wedding

Friday, December 1st, 2006

The main story, which clocks in at 65 pages or so is on the surface a pretty standard tale of witchcraft and devil worship and as such it entertains without really bringing anything new to either the characters or the genre.

Absolute New Frontier

Friday, December 1st, 2006

New Frontier is a tale of societal change, is to do something unusual. To add in a theme of hope over fear, optimism over pessimism makes things harder yet this is what Cooke does.

Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes II #1

Friday, December 1st, 2006

The first issue in fact follows on from the end of the classic issue 58, Even An Android Can Cry, and it does so quite well. Casey has stated in interviews that he wants to fill in the gaps in this era, as in the space of a couple of issues the Vision goes from being a strange android in the employ of the deranged robot Ultron to being a loyal member of the team

Star Wars Dark Times #1

Friday, December 1st, 2006

Dark Times aims to tell the stories that occur during the rise of the Empire, including the slow destruction of the last of the Jedi.

Bullet-time – Into the world of 100 Bullets

Friday, December 1st, 2006

With all the pieces now in play, the story is building to its ultimate climax and there is no better time to get onboard.

Borat

Friday, December 1st, 2006

The plot is practically nonexistent. The title character, Borat Sagdiyev, is a Kazakhstani reporter commissioned by his country to make a documentary about American culture.

A Good Year

Friday, December 1st, 2006

Of course, since this is a Ridley Scott film, it’s also visually gorgeous. London is cast in dark, metallic blues and grays.