The Lion & The Eagle Review (Garth Ennis, PJ Holden)

1944, Burma, and the war in the Pacific rages on between the Allies and the Japanese. As Japan prepares to mount an offensive into India, a plan is formed to drop soldiers - a unit called the Chindits, named after the mythical Burmese creature that’s half lion and half eagle - behind enemy lines via plane to cause as much havoc to the Japanese Imperial Army as possible. Except things never go according to plan, eh…

Shipwreck, Volume 1 Review (Warren Ellis, Phil Hester)

A man staggers across a desolate landscape, unsure where he is or how he got there. What few people he encounters live a brutal life, butchering one another for food or performing ritual killings. Birds ominously circle overhead. Is he dead – is this the afterlife? Or is he somewhere else… and who is he anyway?

A Walk Through Hell, Volume 1: The Warehouse Review (Garth Ennis, Goran Sudzuka)

“A walk through hell” pretty accurately sums up the experience of reading most of Garth Ennis’ recent output: his second World of Tanks book, the DC books Dastardly and Muttley and Sixpack and Dog-Welder, his other Aftershock book Jimmy’s Bastards, which was a book-length Viz joke, and now this one! 

American Monster, Volume 1 Review (Brian Azzarello, Juan Doe)

Brian Azzarello and Juan Doe’s American Monster reads like odds and sods Azzarello had knocking around his notebooks that he just slapped together into a barely coherent script! 

Shipwreck #1 Review (Warren Ellis, Phil Hester)

Dr Jonathan Shipwright is dead. He was a civilian scientist in a top secret experimental plane that crashed. So why he is walking around? And where the hell is he?! Jonathan doesn’t know what’s going on but he knows the plane was sabotaged and he’s going to get the culprit. So begins his bizarre odyssey into this dangerous new world.

American Monster #1 Review (Brian Azzarello, Juan Doe)

A pair of thugs invade the home of a wealthy couple, taking them prisoner. Elsewhere, a badly-burned veteran appears in a small town carrying mad stacks of cash. What does it all mean? This is American Monster.