Villordsutch reviews Star Trek: Year Five: Valentine’s Day Special… The idea of bringing together Valentine’s Day and Star Trek may, like myself, fill you instantly with sickening dread. When Star Trek: Year Five: Valentine’s Day Special was dropped through my virtual letterbox, with a love heart in the top left corner of the cover and both […]
Comic Book Review – Dirk Gently: The Salmon of Doubt #2
Villordsutch reviews Dirk Gently: The Salmon of Doubt #2… Plagued by nightmares about a childhood he never had, Dirk Gently has returned to Cambridge University to seek the advice of his former tutor, the time-traveling Professor Reg Chronotis. There he discovers that a holistic detective can have more than one past, and his adventures have […]
Comic Book Review – Dirk Gently: The Salmon of Doubt #1
Villordsutch reviews Dirk Gently: The Salmon of Doubt #1… Plagued by nightmares about a childhood he never had, Dirk returns to Cambridge University to seek the advice of his former tutor, the time-traveling Professor Reg Chronotis. There he discovers that a holistic detective can have more than one past, and his adventures have only just […]
Comic Book Review – Star Trek: 50th Anniversary Cover Celebration
Villordsutch reviews Star Trek: 50th Anniversary Cover Celebration… Star Trek: 50th Anniversary Cover Celebration issue is a collectors piece. Anyone who has picked up their IDW Star Trek comic book or looked at it on their eReader and the first thing they’ve said before they even open a page is, “Wow!”, this is for you. […]
Comic Book Review – Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency: A Spoon Too Short #4
Villordsutch reviews Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency: A Spoon Too Short #4… As the pages closed last month [read our review here] we witnessed the voiceless Kingdom-Brown family – in the UK – regain the power of communication via the means of song, thanks to some smart thinking of Sally and Susan McDuff. With this Dirk […]
Comic Book Review – Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency: A Spoon Too Short #3
Villordsutch reviews Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency: A Spoon Too Short #3… After the last issue [read our review here] in which Dirk Gently so proudly announced, “solved it!” after he’d spoken with Mwassa – a large female elephant – in regards to the Kingdom-Brown family and the Tribe in Africa both losing the ability to speak, […]
Comic Book Review – Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency: A Spoon Too Short #2
Villordsutch reviews Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency: A Spoon Too Short #2… A Spoon Too Short is Dirk Gently’s most baffling and incomprehensible case. Inspired by the tantalizing alternative title for the Dirk adventure Douglas Adams was working on prior to his death, A Spoon Too Short follows the continuing adventures of the world’s weirdest […]
Comic Book Review – Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency: A Spoon Too Short #1
Villordsutch reviews Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency: A Spoon Too Short #1 … After last year’s rather excellent comic book series of Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency from Chris Ryall and Co., my initial opening fears from 2015 are gone. I know that the team behind the comic can deliver work that pleases any bitter Douglas […]
Comic Book Review – Star Trek/Planet of the Apes #4
Villordsutch reviews Star Trek/Planet of the Apes #4… An uneasy alliance has been forged between Captain Kirk and Colonel Taylor! But will it be enough to prevent Commander Kor and his Klingons from toppling the regime of Doctor Zaius? We’ve arrived at the penultimate issue of this mash-up that on paper shouldn’t be working, but actually […]
Comic Book Review – Star Trek/Planet of the Apes #3
Villordsutch reviews Star Trek/Planet of the Apes #3… It’s the battle for the ages! Taylor has escaped the Planet of the Apes, and Captain Kirk must bring him back! Plus, the Klingon/Gorilla alliance makes its move against Dr. Zaius and Ape City! Star Trek/Planet of the Apes from IDW and BOOM! really shouldn’t be working, […]