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Geekend

EventsJune 10, 20240Comments

Exciting News for All Pop Culture Fans! Wicked Comics is thrilled to announce Geekend – a day dedicated to celebrating everything pop culture! Join us on July 6th at the Valletta Design Cluster for an unforgettable experience that will quench the thirst of all Malta Comic Con lovers! What to expect: DJ set…

An Introduction To The World Of Comic Book Art!

Events, NewsMay 22, 20230Comments

Graphic Novels Library Malta (GNLM) and Malta Libraries are organising an 8-session course with artists and experts in the field this Summer 2023 for participants aged . The course is designed to provide a holistic overview of the genre and to tutor in the creative process of comic/manga making! LESSON 1: Wednesday…

The Malta Comic Con is Back

Comic Con News, EventsJuly 4, 20220Comments

The Malta Comic Con is back after a two-year absence. The family-oriented, action-packed event will take place over the weekend of the 29th-30th October 2022 to celebrate Pop-Culture on the island. We are super excited to unveil our poster - designed by the talented Mario Torrisi, a Marvel Italy artist, just for this event. Wicked Comics,…

Neil Gaiman’s Eternals – review by Raphael Borg

Comics, ReviewsJanuary 11, 20220Comments

I cannot stress how much I love Neil Gaiman's work; although my experience of it is very limited, I have had enough to want to read more. His tug-of-war between the divine and the profane with a touch of a mean streak is something which I can very much relate to and love returning to. This…

The Suicide Squad film review by Raphael Borg

Movies, ReviewsAugust 5, 20210Comments

When they first announced a quasi-sequel to the poorly put-together but brilliantly casted original Suicide Squad movie, I was relieved. The other entire concept of the squad - the expendables of the DC universe, essentially - were too good to go to waste. Handled by James Gunn and being allowed to truly go off the…

Batman: Earth One reviewed by Raphael Borg

Comics, ReviewsJuly 12, 20210Comments

How do you reinvent a legend? While the origins of Batman have been told ad nauseam with varying degrees of success, Geoff Johns and Gary Frank's take on Batman's lore in Batman: Earth One is perhaps the most "real" of more recent takes, highlighting how much of a journey Bruce Wayne had to undertake to shift…

Ghost Rider : Return of Vengeance review by Raphael Borg

Comics, ReviewsJuly 3, 20210Comments

It is immensely difficult to pull off a story from a villain's perspective and make it work. It is extraordinary, however, that the character s own creator, in spite of it being a return that has been long-desired by fans such as myself, fails to make a one shot story for them and make them…

Aquaman: Death of a Prince review by Raphael Borg

Comics, ReviewsMay 11, 20210Comments

I must admit I was rather disappointed going through this. While I in no way under normal circumstances find Aquaman or his world boring, I was ready to read something that took what it was dealing with a little more seriously. It strangely reminds me of Batman: A Death in the Family. They are alike…

JLA/Avengers review by Raphael Borg

Comics, ReviewsMarch 9, 20210Comments

Although the narrative is relatively simplistic - two factions caught in a game brought about by two gambling entities from opposing universes - Kurt Busiek and George Perez's JLA/Avengers four-issue miniseries delivers a crossover between the DC and Marvel universe in a way the actual DC versus Marvel failed to deliver. While the latter was…

Ghost Rider by Daniel Way, Javier Saltares and Mark Texeira – review by Raphael Borg

Comics, ReviewsSeptember 13, 20200Comments

Say what you will, but Javier Saltares and Mark Texeira are probably among the best (if not THE best) artists who bring out the best in the Spirit of Vengeance - probably second only to Clayton Crain. Artistic duties aside, this volume is probably the last truly and genuinely decent run the Spirit…

Justice review by Raphael Borg

Comics, ReviewsSeptember 9, 20200Comments

Justice by Alex Ross, Jim Krueger and Doug Braithwaite accomplishes the feat of paying tribute to a number of iconic DC stories - from Green Lantern becoming Parallax, to Crisis on Infinite Earths, to the Death of A Prince storyline from Aquaman and many others - and knits them into a beautifully-illustrated, quasi-cohesive narratives in…

Green Lantern Corps review by Raphael Borg

Comics, ReviewsJuly 6, 20200Comments

Rather than focus on one single member of the corps, Patrick Gleason and Dave Gibbons' Green Lantern Corps dispersed its focus among its members creating what is best described as "Apocalypse Now", "We Were Soldiers" or even "Jarhead" in Space. It elevated the corps' status from one of a peace-keeping force to one of a…