Comedian and actor (to distinguish him from the famous novelist of the same name) David Mitchell writes about the kings and queens of England in his history book, Unruly. Covering the murky days of post-Roman occupation, from when various Anglo-Saxon leaders ruled areas of what will become known as England, vikings periodically stopped off for a barney, and a fictional character called Arthur ruled in a fictional place called Camelot, up to Queen Elizabeth I, because then her successor James I becomes both king of England AND Scotland rather than just England. Which makes it seem like Mitchell focused on rulers only of England but quite a few kings had also been kings of Ireland, and sometimes France, in addition to England up to that point. Hmm.
With Penguin dead and loving it, his kids have filled the power vacuum he left behind in Gotham. Except (shock) Pengy isn’t dead - he’s retired incognito to Metropolis, living the quiet life. Except (shock) he isn’t - the Feds want him back in the game for reasons. Pingu’s gotta assemble a crew and take back Gotham. Just when he thought he was out, yadda yadda wak…
Miracleman is a comic with a convoluted past. Post-Alan Moore run, Neil Gaiman and Mark Buckingham took over and got out the first book in a proposed trilogy, The Golden Age, with The Silver and Dark Ages to follow. Except the then-publisher of the title went bankrupt in the mid-90s so only two issues of Silver Age were published up to that point - and there the title languished, unfinished.
A quiet village in the English countryside becomes the unwitting vortex for international espionage, shady corporations’ plans, billionaire’s balloon-popping antics, incel romance… and a literary festival. And all because the lady loves Milk Tray Dan Rhodes has some gripes about the book world!
