Category Archives: Comics

Explosion High is now on Kickstarter!

Posted on April 24, 2021 by fakedtales

I’ve been busy yelling all over social media about Explosion High being on Kickstarter that I’ve forgotten to make a post on my own blog about it. To be honest, this poor blog’s been so neglected that I only remembered … Continue reading →

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Cadavers: World Gone to Hell is out!

Posted on June 20, 2019 by fakedtales

This may be old news for the Kickstarter backers who have had it for a little while and convention-goers who were able to get copies, but now Cadavers: World Gone to Hell is open for anyone to purchase from their site! … Continue reading →

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Cadavers: World Gone to Hell

Posted on August 26, 2018 by fakedtales

As we speak, there is a Kickstarter project for a comics anthology I’ve contributed to. The anthology is Cadavers: World Gone to Hell and it looks like it’s going to be stunning. The creator of the Cadavers comics is Matt … Continue reading →

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Comic Reviews 16 October 2013

Posted on October 22, 2013 by fakedtales

BRIEF COMIC REVIEWS A + X #13 The first of a six-part A+X story starts in this issue. The skrulls, the universe’s punching bag since Secret Invasion, have a secret group of superpowered zealot skrulls who are posing a potential … Continue reading →

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Comic Reviews 9 October 2013

Posted on October 16, 2013 by fakedtales

BRIEF COMIC REVIEWS Each week I write comic reviews on the Google Plus Comic Book Community. This post contains last week’s reviews. ASTONISHING X-MEN #68 Warbird has been a really strange focal character. Not really a mutant, so much as … Continue reading →

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Comic Reviews 2 October 2013

Posted on October 10, 2013 by fakedtales

A+X #12 Beast, as I’ll get onto in the next review, is the master of dubious moral decisions. Wonder Man is a pacifist in the most judgemental and annoying way at the moment. Still, A+X puts them both together and … Continue reading →

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Explosion High!

Posted on July 2, 2013 by fakedtales

The day has finally arrived! Thanks to the work of the Mighty Mike Armstrong, Explosion High! is finally live! The site has been made to change to an optimal view whether you’re on a PC, tablet or phone, even shifting … Continue reading →

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Wrapping Up 2012: Comics

Posted on December 27, 2012 by fakedtales

Here’s my first look back at my experience of the popular culture in 2012. We’re starting with the year in comics.

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But I Like Cyclops…

Posted on October 2, 2012 by fakedtales

Everyone hates Scott “Slim” Summers, aka Cyclops from the X-Men. Not so. I’m a big fan, and in this article I start to explore the necessity for this kind of character, why people like and hate him, and my own … Continue reading →

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The Life and Death(s) of Professor X

Posted on September 15, 2012 by fakedtales

A bit of a spoiler, but Professor X, the guy who made the X-Men, is dead. It was met with a collective sigh, and the tapping of keyboards from several bloggers, pointing out the number of times he’s died in … Continue reading →

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