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May 11, 2012 12:59 pm Very disappointing, this one. Plus: was I missing the end of the Kaluta story? Seemed the man-eating plants were introduced, and then it just... stopped. (not a great sadness, but still.)

October 4, 2011 12:59 pm Key female comic creator, and for my mind one of the best letterers in the business, is Carla Speed McNeil. Her book Finder, which has just returned through Dark Horse, features some of the most varied and emotional lettering this side of Dave Sim. Pretty sure she lettered her own work on the Queen&Country arc she drew, and definitely did so on the Frank Ironwine one shot she drew for Warren Ellis' Apparat line. Wish there was more love for Carla's work, Finder's tricky to get into but so rewarding!

August 27, 2009 5:55 pm Sonia's point about US writers and British (or indeed other international) idioms is taken, but I think it's a little oversensitive to use these as the fundamental critique if Rucka's writing. His voice for the UK characters is pretty accurate, much more so than most other US entertainment writing. Plus, "American writers should NEVER be allowed to write British dialogue" is, I think, quite a dangerous precident to set. You replace those two with other cultural, social or racial groups, it's a pretty unpleasant sentiment. The phrase "On your bike" is taken directly from The Sandbaggers, the UK TV series Rucka watched as a kid - it's what the D-OPs says to his operatives when sending them out on operations. While I appreciate the presence of a British voice on these shows and often agree with Sonia, if she's going to speak for our entire country on what is or isn't said, I've got to ask her to check her facts.