Peter Duncan reviews the new, independently published Wallop! Annual, packed with humorous adventure
Reviews
In Review: Beano and Dandy Annuals 2022
Peter Duncan gives an annual treat for BEANO and The Dandy fans the once over.. er, twice over – oh, all right, he can’t put them down!
In Review: Contrapaso Volume One – The Children of Others
This new graphic novel offers a complex picture of post-civil war Spain, where fear and shame and division are still foremost in almost every character’s mind
In Review: The Essential Terrance Dicks
Russell Cook offers his thoughts on the new collections from BBC Books
In Review: Grandville L’Integrale by Bryan Talbot
Not read Grandville? Here’s your chance. Have read Grandville? Here’s your chance to re-read it all over again!
In Review: Old (2021), directed by M Night Shyamalan
Based on the graphic novel, Sandcastle, “Old” is an entertaining oddity of a film…
In Review: The Stainless Steel Rat Deluxe Edition
Pitch perfect, it’s great to see The Stainless Steel Rat back in action
Football Crazy! Ken Reid’s Football Funnies on sale this week (and 2000AD, too, of course!)
Don’t drop the ball and miss out on this new Ken Reid collection from Rebellion!
In Review: The Suicide Squad (2021)
Our only hope to save the world is a bunch of supervillains – what could go wrong?
In Review: The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire Volume Three
Peter Duncan reviews the latest volume in the epic story of the Trigan Empire’s rise and fall…
In Review: Loki
Tim Robins review is not spoiler free! Don’t end up cursing if you ignore this warning! Plus – all you ever need to know about the Thanoscopter!
In Review: The Incredible Adventures of Janus Stark (Volume Three)
It’s time for another trip back to crazy old Victorian London, and beyond, courtesy of rubbery escapologist Janus Stark!
In Review: “Fleetway Firsts” and “Rick Random”, the latest Fleetway Picture Library Classics
Two more terrific Fleetway Picture Library Classics, collecting some vintage war and SF stories, have just been released
In Review: The Indestructible Man
This is another well-produced collection of vintage strips from Hiberna, with great art by Jesús Blasco
In Review: Bumble & Snug and the Angry Pirates
Looking to excite younger readers? Joe Gordon firmly recommends Mark Bradley’s “Bumble & Snug and the Angry Pirates”
In Review: 2000AD Sci-Fi Special 2021, out this week (plus this week’s Rebellion release news)
This new Special sows the seeds for things to come in 2000AD for some time to come… perhaps even literally…
In Review: Black Widow
Tim Robins brings us the intel on the all-out new MCU film Black Widow, despite being pixel-bombed…
Reinventing Comic Characters: The European Approach
Comic characters are being adapted for a modern audience across the Channel. Peter Duncan takes a look…
In Review: Horror – The First Time America’s Paranoia infected the World
Peter Duncan reviews a new book on the 1950s campaign against American horror comics and is left sadly unimpressed
Commando 60th Anniversary celebrations continue with cursed planes, an historic sequel, future war – and an origin story, too!
All-out anniversary section in the latest Commando set from DC Thomson Media