World Comic Book Review

5th December 2023

Happy 40th birthday, Frank Miller’s Ronin (revisited)

Writer / artist: Frank Miller DC Comics, 1983-1984 Critiquing this comic brings your reviewer a deep sense of nostalgia: being baffled by the cost and mysterious subject matter of the first issue sitting in a spinner rack, hesitatingly pulling it out of the rack for a quick flick, and being immediately entranced by the story … Read more

“Me, worry?” Happy 70th birthday, MAD Magazine

As happens to many septuagenarians, MAD has been in unhealthy decline for some time. Since June 2018, when US telecommunications giant AT&T finalised an ill-starred takeover for MAD’s publisher Time Warner, MAD’s creativity and originality has suffered in a slow and descending spiral. Once ever-present in newsstands, MAD is now only available in the United … Read more