Oliver Davis reviews 2000AD Prog #1894… Borag thungg, Earthlets! This week’s Prog has space explorers, baby-killing gods and blue zombies. Colour-wise, that is; they don’t have the capacity to feel sadness. Unfortunately, it’s a dip in overall quality for the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic from the last few months, but there’s still fun to be had. […]

Oliver Davis reviews East of West #15… “THE GREAT BEAST” The son of Xiaolain and Death faces the Horsemen and becomes everything that the Message foretold. Apocalypse: Year One concludes with EAST OF WEST #15.” And just when you thought an epic battle was about to be waged between Texas and The Endless Nation…East of […]

Oliver Davis reviews the tenth episode of Game of Thrones Season Four….The Children.Directed by Alex Graves.Written by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss. JonAfter his episode-length edition last week, Season 4’s climactic installment opened with Jon Snow (Kit Harington), and followed on from where he was last left: venturing beyond the Wall to negotiate with the […]

Oliver Davis reviews East of West #13… “‘BUSILLIS’ Our first good look inside the Lair. The Son of Death and Xiaolain makes his move. The beast roams free in EAST OF WEST #13.” Last month’s issue was a frustrating read. Not only was it too wordy and static, and lacked the book’s most interesting characters, […]

Oliver Davis reviews 2000AD’s Prog #1889… Borag thungg, Earthlets! This week’s Prog has drugged-up boogeymen, sensitive reptilian aliens, clockwork universes and magical words! But first – Amazon. Or, at least, an Amazon parody in the returning Sinister Dexter. The fictional company is called Congo. Subtlety, be damned. New artist Jake Lynch’s black and white pencils […]

Bad Grandpa .5, 2014. Directed by Jeff Tremaine. Starring Johnny Knoxville, Spike Jonze, Jeff Tremaine and Catherine Keener. SYNOPSIS: A behind-the-scenes documentary on Bad Grandpa with over 40-minutes of never-before-seen footage. Ever heard of a .5 movie release? I certainly hadn’t. It’s basically a “glorified behind-the-scenes doc with unseen footage,” my understandably frustrated Flickering Myth […]

Oliver Davis reviews 2000AD’s Prog #1892… Borag thungg, Earthlets! This week’s Prog has diner-based showdowns, Albert Einstein-lookalikes, many trolls a’slayed and that niche, strange Eastern religion called Christianity. But first, we start at the beginning. Even more at the beginning than usual – the cover. What a lovely display by Judge Dredd artist Colin MacNeil. […]

Oliver Davis reviews East of West #12… “THE NIGHT BEFORE” A last ditch effort is undertaken to avoid a war between the nations by the most unlikely person on the planet. The remains of the Chosen reassemble.” Everything in East of West is ‘The’ something; THE Four Horsemen, THE Message, THE Meatball Marinara Footlong with […]

Oliver Davis reviews Prophet #44… “An Empire Red-Mother is sent to investigate a fallen Prophet arc.” Issue 44 marks the antepenultimate (great word) episode of Brandon Graham’s Prophet revival, with The War in Space climaxing next month. The story will continue in a miniseries run, but still – for a comic of this immense beauty […]

Oliver Davis reviews the ninth episode of Game of Thrones Season Four…. The Watchers on the Wall. Directed by Neil Marshall. Written by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss. The usual format of these Game of Thrones reviews – a by-character breakdown, emulating the chapter perspectives of George R. R. Martin’s books – falters this […]