November comic books / cómics de noviembre
I’ve always been a Busiek fan, and Tooth & Claw reminded me why. A great first issue and also the best comic I’ve read this month. Millar continues to surprise me with his Millarworld titles:...
View ArticleLo mejor del arte en Lima - 2014
2014 has been a very intense year for me. I was hired by the Embassy of Malaysia and, I have to say, this was the best job I ever had in my life. The experience was amazing from day one. Understanding...
View Article2014 Comic Books: Arion's Achievement Awards
Every time I get my box of comics I feel again like a wee lad in Christmas. It’s such a wonderful feeling. Even if I know exactly what I’ll find inside the box, it feels as if I were unwrapping a...
View ArticleDecember films / películas de diciembre
Happy New Year! I think a great way to celebrate the beginning of 2015 will be to combine December films with the Best of 2014 List. So let’s begin with The Hobbit: the Battle of the Five Armies...
View ArticleMiracleman # 10 - Alan Moore & Rick Veitch
An extraterrestrial couple are seating on a park bench. Instead of a synthetic disguise, they wear “meat garments”, therefore experiencing human biological processes; however briefly, they feel and act...
View ArticleSilver Surfer # 4, 5 & 6 - Dan Slott & Michael Allred
It was only inevitable to find Silver Surfer and the Guardians of the Galaxy reunited in the pages of this cosmic title. And indeed, in “Earthly Needs”, the former herald of Galactus decides to return...
View ArticleMiracleman # 11 - Alan Moore & John Totleben
Detached from humanity, and living far above the world, in the intricate architecture of Olympus, Miracleman embraces his godlike nature, almost forgetting he was once a mere human being. It’s 1987,...
View ArticleStarlight - Mark Millar & Goran Parlov
1: John Cassaday [] 2: Bill SienkiewiczYou’re living in the present. That is undeniable. But today, as you well know, won’t last forever. So what happens when you find yourself in the future, when...
View ArticleDecember Comic Books / cómics de diciembre
December was a pretty good month for comics. Sandman Overture had the best art I’ve seen in months. I can finally binge read Punk Rock Jesus. The next issue of The Unwritten will be the last one and...
View ArticleThe Legion # 15, 16, 17 & 18 - Abnett, Lanning, Walker & Barrionuevo
As a writer, one should always look for new narrative alternatives. Sometimes is not enough to tell an interesting story, it’s also necessary to find a new way to tell it. British writers Dan Abnett...
View ArticlePlanetary # 9 - Warren Ellis & John Cassaday
So far the Archeologists of the Impossible have been digging up the secret history of the world. But now it’s about time they start digging on their own backyard. Because for years, the Planetary team...
View ArticleJanuary films / películas de enero
It was quite gratifying to begin the year with so much cinematic awesomeness! Let’s start with the most popular titles. Clint Eastwood directs American Sniper (2014), a biopic based on the best sniper...
View ArticleThe Wicked + The Divine # 1-5 - Kieron Gillen & Jamie McKelvie
“The boy to my right falls to his knees, cum leaking from his crotch”, the girls fade out, hyperventilating, it’s the perfect orgasm, it’s what a total orgasm should feel like, and the only one who...
View ArticleMiracleman # 12 - Alan Moore & John Totleben
“As Zeus loved mortal women in the form of golden sparks, we know humans in a shower of phosphor-dots. As objects of mankind’s desire, both spiritual and carnal, countless solitary climaxes are reached...
View ArticleSandman Overture # 4 - Neil Gaiman & J.H. Williams III
Are we obsessed with our dreams or do we not pay attention to them? Are dreams the fuel that keeps us going or the substance the combusts and burns our minds? For Sandman, dreams are his realm. For the...
View ArticleY: The Last Man # 6-10 - Brian K. Vaughan & Pia Guerra
“Your animal instincts tell you to protect the boy, but ask yourselves… are you animals or are you women?”. Half of the human population is dead. Every man on Earth has perished, except for Yorick...
View ArticleModern Love - Dédalo
La semana pasada tuve la oportunidad de darme una vuelta por todas las galerías de arte de Barranco (excepto Lucía de la Puente, que está siendo remodelada y reabrirá sus puertas a mediados de marzo)....
View ArticleJanuary Comic Books / Cómics de enero
It doesn’t matter if it’s 2015 or 1988, Alan Moore continues to be the best writer of the medium. Miracleman is getting better issue after issue, and Crossed Plus One Hundred # 2 was the best comic of...
View ArticlePlanetary # 10 - Warren Ellis & John Cassaday
Perhaps a falling star may suggest it’s time to make a wish, but the same ray of light crossing the evening sky can also be a presage. In “Magic & Loss” (published in Planetary # 10, June 2000),...
View ArticleNovember comic books / cómics de noviembre
I’ve always been a Busiek fan, and Tooth & Claw reminded me why. A great first issue and also the best comic I’ve read this month. Millar continues to surprise me with his Millarworld titles:...
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