Tag Archives: Vertigo

Anyone who thinks that fairytales are just for children are sadly mistaken. If you were to give them a copy of Grimm’s fairytales I would put money on them being shocked by the dark content of these so-called children’s stories. ...

Charles Rowland and Edwin Paine were first introduced to readers in the classic Vertigo series Sandman back in 1990 as part of the ‘Seasons of Mist’ collection. It is there that the characters meet for the first time. When hell ...

Pop Verse is very lucky to have a guest post from acclaimed writer Toby Litt. Toby was listed in the Granta Best Young British Novelists list in 2003 and has since won both the Manchester Fiction Prize and the Sunday Times EFG ...

Amazon has furthered its reputation as the embodiment of the Star Wars Galactic Empire by buying up much-loved digital comics company Comixology. Not two weeks after purchasing the company, Amazon has made fundamental changes to the way the app works – you ...

Back in 2012, a little-known indie games publisher won over 90 ‘game of the year’ awards with their episodic series The Walking Dead. Their games follow this same episodic structure and most of their successful releases have been of the ...

When people think of comic books, they tend to think of DC and Marvel. The big names from the golden age who gave us such iconic characters as Superman, Batman, Spider-Man, the X-Men, and Captain America. For over a decade, ...

Back in 2010, I was fairly new to Twitter. As always, I was desperately (or cleverly?!) trying to keep up with the modern world. I had heard about this ‘one book one twitter’ book club event taking place; the idea ...

While I have been a geek for many years, I have never been a comic geek – until now. I currently live with two big comic book geeks. They really wanted me to try out some comics, especially after I ...

The world of monthly comic books can be pretty overwhelming. But don’t worry, I’m here to help thin the herd. Here’s a couple of new series to look out for this summer. TRINITY WAR When can I read it? Begins ...