Ken Aldred

The 90s period by De Falco and Ryan was poorly received, so I suppose that might have been the start of it. That said, some very nice runs following on from that; Carlos Pacheco, Waid / Wieringo, Hickman, and so still a series well worth reading.

To me, they’ll always be the First Family of Marvel, classic imaginauts, science heroes. Then again, I’m

Saw it a few months back. Absolutely terrible.

Just finished Infamous Second Son, PS5 upgrade. It was okay; nice smooth graphics, interesting and lengthy main story missions, but too few of them, and padded out with turf war gameplay where you had to take back sectors of Seattle, and a limited range of repetitive side tasks. Loaded up the Witcher 3 Complete PS5 Edition today via my PS4 GOTY disc's free upgrade, so I probably won't be posting here again until next year. (It's supposed to be quite big). Superb graphics.

Very good writer. Like his Swamp Thing story.

Almost through Season 2. Great series. Karl Urban’s brilliant, as is the narcissistic, psychopathic Homelander.

Of course! Fashion was never a strong point for me. If the FF film’s a success and they suddenly become in vogue, I’ll think about getting one to add to my default T-shirt and jeans to improve my appeal.

Why do we keep having Dr Doom over and over again? A bit tedious.

Watched The Boys Season 1. Thought it was very good, despite the gore, sex and offensive language. Particularly impressed with Karl Urban's Billy Butcher, portraying a classic, defining example of why we Brits are considered the epitome of sophistication and manners throughout the world.

Precisely. Experience may vary. Mainly I was responding to the aggressiveness of Cho's art, when, generally speaking, the world's had years just as bad or much worse.

Hope Marvel Studios doesn't make a big deal about that.

I completely lost track of things last year. I'll attempt to do better.

I've had worse years.

I concur. He’s been a tough-but-fair overlord.

Let’s not forget Sharon as well.

This is a tough one.

He was great. And missed by many.

It’s great stuff. Some people out there just can’t appreciate quality.

I used to have it occasionally with family members who would express contempt, ‘I don’t know what you see in those things’, that type of comment, while having obsessions themselves such as cowboys and the Wild West. I can deal with ignorance and vitriol like that, having put up with it ever since I started collecting as a kid in the 70s. Simple stubbornness, but it’s something I care a lot about, a contrary opinion is irrelevant, and always will be. The best example I’ve got goes back to my final year at university, pre-Christmas 1988. I’d met another comic book fan in my year on my course, and our group were exchanging presents. As a comic reader who I knew had some taste, I got him a copy of a Captain Britain trade paperback, which resulted with a big ‘Ewww… !’ from his girlfriend and a couple of others there. To us, fantastic comics from two all-time great creators, Alan Moore and Alan Davis, to the others the clear equivalent of presenting a steaming turd in a box. The recipient, however, was very happy with the seasonal gift of comics, which was what mattered, even if the outsiders couldn’t understand.

Reading a lot of comics. That’s all.

The first one is brilliant. There’s no overstatement about describing it as an all-time classic, both in the action and Christmas genres.

Die Hard is the greatest Christmas movie of all time, after all.

I hope the boardies have a great time during the holidays.