Danny Graydon

Released in late 2010, Taschen’s imperious 75 YEARS OF DC COMICS: THE ART OF MODERN MYTHMAKING made for a stunning addition to my Comics Reference library. Bearing the sheer authority of author Paul Levitz, whose entire professional life had been devoted to the illustrious comics publisher, the books’ 750 pages and over 2000 images makes it [...]

It’s been three years since I first I first entered the world of Academia as a lecturer for the University of Hertfordshire and, I have been progressively embracing a key concern of career academics: Research. Broadly speaking, I would like to pursue a PhD in the future, but, if my greatly desired plan of achieving a [...]

Longtime professional acquaintance and friend Tim Pilcher is a kindred spirit in as much as Comics have defined his entire life. “Comics were undoubtedly in my blood from day one.” he proclaims, “I had ‘four colour funnies’ running through my veins before I’d even heard the expression. Cut me and I bled cyan, magenta, yellow [...]

Next month will see the publication of my latest book , ANGRY BIRDS: HATCHING A UNIVERSE, the first about the phenomenally successful mobile gaming  – and now firmly multi-media – franchise, created by Finland’s Rovio Entertainment. Written late last year for Insight Editions and in close collaboration with Rovio, Hatching A Universe was an interesting project [...]

The official James Bond website at 007.com has broken the tremendously exciting news that, in October, German art publisher Taschen are publishing a lavish and officially-endorsed celebration/exploration of 50 years of the Bond film franchise, THE JAMES BOND ARCHIVES – which means I can now officially reveal that I was part of the team of writers who [...]

A friend directed me to this fascinating and very obscure piece of Batman media from 1973 – which I’d never seen before –  in which Batman, Robin and Batgirl from the Sixties TV show highlight a new Federal law regarding equal pay for women. Now, I’m pretty certain that’s not Adam West – althought whoever [...]

Last month, I turned 38 years old – and that’s enough about that. ANYWAY. For many, many years now, I have been haunted by the dim memory of a TV show that I watched when I was a boy. Ever hovering on the edge of remembrance, only two details fuelled its continuing presence in my [...]

Last week, I interviewed composer Hans Zimmer for EMPIRE to discuss his score for THE DARK KNIGHT RISES for the mag’s TRACK BY TRACK feature (which you can read in the next issue, hitting the stands at the end of this month). At the end of our 40-minute chat – and before a Warner Bros [...]

The news that composer Hans Zimmer has signed a deal to score next summer’s highly-anticipated reboot of the Superman franchise, MAN OF  STEEL was as surprising as it was, to be honest, tediously inevitable. Surprising, because he’d previously forthrightly nixed the notion on the most obvious (and entirely understandable) grounds: “John Williams, the greatest living composer – [...]

Last week, legendary UK Comics scribe Pat Mills posted some exceedingly good news on his Facebook page: “DC Comics confirm Marshal Law omnibus for firm publication date of Spring 2013. It will feature all the Law stories apart from the crossovers.  These might be included in a later omnibus edition.  Sorry about  delays, but this [...]