What I’m Reading – ‘From Hell’ by Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell

Probably the best graphic novel of all time.

They’ve all come to look for America – ‘The Last American’ by John Wagner, Alan Grant, AND Mike McMahon

O say can you see, by the dawn’s early light…

Breaking the Fourth Wall – ‘Animal Man’ by Grant Morrison

Grant Morrison’s run on Animal Man (from 1988 to 1990) is probably the best comic you’ve never read, or most likely even heard of.

What I’m Reading – ‘Seven Soldiers of Victory’ by Grant Morrison

Seven Soldiers is a comic book event like no other, in which a bunch of reluctant c-list heroes all come together to stop an extraterrestrial crisis.

Except they never meet. In fact, they don’t even know the others exist or that they’re part of a superhero team. It’s Morrison at his most…Morrisonian.

What I’m Reading – ‘Hellblazer: Dangerous Habits’ by Garth Ennis

In this six-issue story, things catch up with John Constantine. And it’s not demons, monsters, or any of the usual madness. It’s something far more human. And inescapable.

What I’m Reading – ‘Batman: Last Knight On Earth’ by Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo

Bruce Wayne wakes up in Arkham Asylum. Young. Sane.

And…he was never Batman.

That’s the set-up, at least. Though it doesn’t take long for the comic to diverge from that great hook – for better or worse.

What I’m Reading – ‘Mister Miracle’ by Tom King and Mitch Gerads

Perhaps not the most well-known hero in the DC Comics back catalogue, Mister Miracle (AKA Scott Free) is having a tough time of things at the moment.

Tom King and Mitch Gerads’ Eisner Award-winning ‘Mister Miracle’ is a realistic look at mental illness and emptiness, all set against the backdrop of Jack Kirby’s wacky Forth World.

What I’m Reading – ‘Batman: Digital Justice’ by Pepe Moreno

‘Batman: Digital Justice’ is like a time capsule from the early 1990s. From it’s weird “ground-breaking” 3D art to it’s cautionary message about technology, it’s aged like milk. But surely there’s something of merit here?

What I’m Reading – ‘Batman Incorporated’ by Grant Morrison

Batman has gone global. After making a spectacular return from the dead, Bruce Wayne decided that there needs to be more than one Batman. In fact, he settles on there being a whole team of them, all over the world. Letting Dick Grayson continue as the caped crusader back home in Gotham, Bruce travels the globe, recruiting heroes who have all in some way been inspired by the bat. He trains them and gives them the resources they need to fight crime from their corner of the planet, as well as drafting them into his own Bat-Army.

What I’m Reading – ‘DCeased’ by Tom Taylor

DCeased is more than just a good title. It’s a story that offers us a new and often horrifying glimpse into the DC Universe, by ravaging the world with a deadly techno-virus. Imagine a zombie, but with powers of the Flash or Superman and you’re on the right lines.