Saturday, April 29, 2006


There hasn't been anything like the fanfare that accompanied the first Captain Britain story, which appeared a year or so ago, but Spec Spidey 133 is out boasting a much stronger, more satisfying read. Don't take my word for it, read this:
http://khayem.blogspot.com/2006/04/stripping-down-2.html

Ok, I admit I couldn’t have written a better review myself, but I didn’t, not this one, honest guv. Interestingly Khayem the reviewer mentions the fact that Spidey doesn’t appear until midway through the story. The fact it takes so long for the lead character to make an appearance did give the marketing guys the jitters, but if you’re not giving these guys sleepless nights at least some of the time you’re not really doing your job. Oi, get that tongue out of yer cheek! Seriously, though, its fair-dos to everyone involved as the Fury story pushes the comic’s format as far as we could. In an environment where you can’t call the Fury a killing machine, where you can’t refer to Elektra as an assassin, and you can’t call the Red Skull a Nazi, I think the boys did good.

6 comments:

Khayem said...

Hi Jim,

Thanks for spotting my review - hard evidence at last that someone's visited my blog! :-) My review will also appear in Comics International 197, though the limited word count means that my comments may simply be "Jim and the boys done good." Hopefully readers will get the message!

Cheers,
Kieron (age 7 & 112/4)

Jim Alexander said...

Thanks, Kieron. It was 10 foot tall Jon Haward who pointed me in your review's direction. A rather interesting blog you have there. Plenty to get one's falsers in. Are you going to be in Bristol?

Khayem said...

Hi Jim,

Despite living in Bristol, I've spectacularly failed to make any of the Expos since about 2000, so I'm determined to make it this year! You too?

Kieron

Jim Alexander said...

Yes, I'll be there. I'm doing a signing Saturday morning (11am I think), so feel free to pop along and say hello. Then it's the forlorn search for a bar showing the Scottish Cup Final. You wouldn't know if such a thing exists?

Khayem said...

I guess most places will be screening the FA Cup Final, but The Sports Cafe (in the city centre, about 10 mins walk tops from the Expo) is a likely candidate. Haven't tried it myself, but from the outside it's one of the Enormodome-style chain bars, with live sports on multiple screens. Probably not the place for a cheap pint, however...

Anyway, here's a link with their details:
http://www.thesportscafe.net/locationdetail.cfm?venueID=10

Jim Alexander said...

Thanks Kieron. Cheaper than the Convention Hotel I bet, though.