Danny Graydon

Clearly, the casting of Kevin Costner as our beloved folk-hero Robin Hood twenty years ago continues to vigorously afflict our national consciousness: our vengeful response knows no bounds. First, Welshman Christian Bale  becomes the latest Batman, then Englishman Andrew Garfield becomes the latest Spider-Man and now, another dashing Englishman, Henry Cavill,  is set to take on [...]

For months, it has been common knowledge that the excellent British actor Tom Hardy (Star Trek Nemesis, Layer Cake, Inception) has been cast in Christopher Nolan’s forthcoming third Batman film, THE DARK KNIGHT RISES – although, as entirely expected, who he’s playing has been kept firmly secret. Now, rumours are starting to buzz that Hardy will [...]

On Tuesday 9th November, as part of the ongoing collaboration between Hertfordshire Library Service and UH’s “UniComics” festival, I will be hosting an event at Borehamwood Library in Hertfordshire where I will be interviewing Comics writer MIKE CAREY about his hit VERTIGO series “THE UNWRITTEN”. Carey follows an illustrious tradition of British comics talents starting [...]

There was a measure of wearisome predictability about the recent announcement of Zack Snyder as the director of the next Superman movie (provisionally-titled “The Man of Steel”). The man behind comic book adapations  ”300″ and “Watchmen” beat out an array of idiosyncratic contenders including old hand Tony Scott (Spy Game), new hand Duncan Jones (Moon), Matt [...]

For the committed bibliophile, a personal library possesses profound importance. It’s not just a collection of books, it’s a shifting monument that evolves through their sheer passion, one which reflects their most intimate selves albeit in a way that cannot be immediately discerned by others, but for them, it shines from the bookcases. Moreover, each [...]

In the realm of Superhero comic fandom, it used to be that you were in one of two camps: you were either a “Marvel kid” or a “DC boy”. Speaking for myself, I am resolutely and passionately in the latter camp and have been so since the late 1970′s when my discovery of Superman comics [...]

A little over ten years ago, I conducted my first interview with Alan Moore. It was a particularly big deal for me, not only because he was – and remains – far and away my favourite Comics writer, but, back then, his granting of interviews was particularly rare, so I was exceedingly aware just how [...]

Nearly twenty years ago, in March 1991, a new weekly anthology comic called TOXIC! hit newsagents shelves in Britain. Created by the leading creative lights of 2000AD – Pat Mills, John Wagner, Mick McMahon and Alan Grant – TOXIC! was designed to be the primary rival to that august publication. Moreover, it was determinedly and gleefully crafted [...]

For the first time in many years – and to my great delight - I have a local comic book shop again. Located a mere ten-minutes drive from my home is the Stevenage-based Limited Edition Comix, which I discovered while developing UniComics last year. Now, Stevenage isn’t the nicest place on Earth – though it’s far [...]

 A few weeks ago saw the culmination of nine months hard work whenUniComics, the Comics & Graphic Novels festival that I co-founded with the University of Hertfordshire (UH), was finally unveiled… and, to all our satisfaction, it seems we were a hit…! Here’s a selection of some of the lovely feedback we received: “I want to give [...]