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All reviews are listed in their respective sections in alphabetical order:
– ACADEMIC WORK
– INTERVIEWS
– BEST OF LISTS
– BOOKS
– COMICS/MANGA
– GAMES
– ANIME
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ACADEMIC WORK
See also my Academia.edu profile.
- Comerford, C. and Bainbridge, J. 2018 [forthcoming], ‘”If You’re Good At Something, Never Do It For Free”: A Time and Brand Analysis of Cinematic Supervillains’, Refractory.
- Comerford, C. 2018 [forthcoming], ‘The First Duty: An Examination of Personal Heroism through the Utopia of Star Trek and the Whistleblowing of Edward Snowden’, in Efthimiou, O., Allison, S.T. & Franco, Z. [eds], Heroism and Wellbeing in the 21st Century: Applied and Emerging Perspectives, Routledge, Oxon.
- Comerford, C. 2017, ‘Review – The Superhero Costume: Identity and Disguise in Fact and Fiction’, Studies in Costume and Performance 2, no. 1. (Link)
- Comerford, C. 2016, ‘Ambiguous Heroism: Anti-Heroes and the Pharmakon of Justice’, IM: Interactive Media vol 11. (Link)
- Comerford, C. 2015, ‘The Hero We Need, Not the One We Deserve: Vigilantism and the State of Exception in Batman Incorporated‘, in Giddens, T. [ed], Graphic Justice: Intersections of Comics and Law, Routledge, Oxon, pp. 183-200. (Book Depository link)
INTERVIEWS
- Lian Hearn: Author of Tales of the Otori [G]
- Christopher Judge: Star of Stargate SG-1 and God of War [G]
- Robert Maschio and Sam Lloyd: Actors from the Scrubs TV series [G]
- Brandon Sanderson: Author of the Cosmere – Mistborn, The Stormlight Archive and Elantris [G] (Coming soon!)
- Ricky Whittle: Star of American Gods and The 100 [G]
BEST OF LISTS
- 2016 – Top 5 Readables
- 2017 – Top 10 Readables
- 2018 – Top 5 Games to Play on Australia Day
BOOKS
FICTION
- The Aeronaut’s Windlass [R]
- After Alice [G]
- American Gods [R]
- Ancillary Justice [R]
- The Bone Clocks [R]
- The Broken Earth 1: The Fifth Season [R]
- The Broken Empire 1: Prince of Thorns [R]
- The Castle of Otranto [R]
- Cloud Atlas [R]
- The Culture Series 1: Consider Phlebas [R]
- Down Station [G]
- The Dresden Files 2: Fool Moon [R]
- The Dresden Files 3: Grave Peril [R]
- The Dresden Files 4: Summer Knight [R]
- The Dresden Files 11: Turn Coat [R]
- The Dresden Files 14: Cold Days [R]
- The Evening Lands: UTS Writers Anthology 2013 [R]
- The Expanse 1: Leviathan Wakes [R]
- The First Law 3: Last Argument of Kings [R]
- The First Law 4: Best Served Cold [R]
- The First Law 7: Sharp Ends – Tales from the World of The First Law [G]
- Good Morning, Midnight [G]
- Good Omens [R]
- Gunslinger Girl [G]
- Harry Potter and the Cursed Child [G]
- Heroes Die [R]
- A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms [G]
- Legion: Skin Deep [G]
- Millennium’s Rule: Angel of Storms [G]
- Mistborn 4: The Alloy of Law [R]
- Mistborn 5: Shadows of Self [G]
- Mistborn 6: The Bands of Mourning [G]
- Provenance [G]
- The Reckoners Trilogy 1: Steelheart [R]
- Red Rising [R]
- The Red Rising Trilogy [G]
- Revenger [G]
- Snow Crash [R]
- Star Wars: Aftermath [G]
- Star Wars: Bloodline [G]
- Star Wars: Lost Stars [G]
- Star Wars: Thrawn [G]
- Star Wars Battlefront: Twilight Company [G]
- Star Wars – The New Jedi Order: Traitor [R]
- The Stormlight Archive 1: The Way of Kings [G]
- The Stormlight Archive 2: Words of Radiance [G]
- The Stormlight Archive 3: Oathbringer [G]
- Strange the Dreamer [G]
- Swords and Scoundrels [R]
- The Tale of Shikanoko 1: Emperor of the Eight Islands [G]
- Tales of the Otori 1: Across the Nightingale Floor [G]
- Vicious [R]
- Welcome to Night Vale: A Novel [G]
- The Wheel of Time Companion [G]
- Will Save the Galaxy for Food [G]
- Wolf by Wolf [G]
- Wool [R]
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NON-FICTION
- The American Imperial Gothic: Popular Culture, Empire, Violence [R]
- The Anti-Cool Girl [R]
- A Brief Guide to Star Trek [R]
- The Disaster Artist: My Life Inside The Room, the Greatest Bad Movie Ever Made [R]
- George Lucas: A Life [G]
- How Star Wars Conquered the Universe [R]
- No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA and the Surveillance State [R]
- Reflections: An Oral History of Twin Peaks [R]
- The Short and Excruciatingly Embarrassing Reign of Captain Abbott [R]
COMICS/MANGA
- Assassination Classroom [G]
- The Avengers, Volume 5 [R]
- Attack on Titan: Before the Fall, Volume 1 [R]
- Batman: Dark Detective [R]
- Batman: Detective 27 [R]
- Batman: Gothic [R]
- Batman: Li’l Gotham, Volume 1 [R]
- Batman and Robin: Requiem for Damian [G]
- Batwoman: The Many Arms of Death [R]
- The Cage [R]
- Captain America by Ed Brubaker, Volume 4 [R]
- Chew: The Omnivore Edition, Volume 5 [R]
- Deus Ex: Children’s Crusade [R]
- Dr. 2 [R]
- Dream Thief, Volume 1 [R]
- Food Wars [G]
- Green Lantern: Earth One [R]
- Huntress: Crossbow at the Crossroads [R]
- JLA: Tower of Babel [R]
- Justice League: The Extinction Machines [R]
- Marvels [R]
- Mass Effect: Foundation, Volume 1 [R]
- Miracleman: A Dream of Flying [G]
- My Hero Academia [G]
- One-Punch Man, Volume 1 [R]
- One-Punch Man, Volume 2 [R]
- Pax Romana [R]
- Star Trek: The Next Generation – Ghosts [R]
- Superman: Birthright [R]
- Star Wars – Kanan: The Lost Padawan [R]
- Thor 1: The Goddess of Thunder [R]
- Thor 2: Who Holds the Hammer? [R]
- Transhuman [R]
- Uncanny X-Force: Final Execution, Book 2 [R]
- Uncanny X-Men: The Dark Phoenix Saga [R]
GAMES
- Bandai Namco Roundup, Part 1 -Tales of Xillia 2, Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 Remix, Shadow Warrior [G]
- Bandai Namco Roundup, Part 2 – Project CARS, Natural Doctrine, Lara Croft: Temple of Osiris [G]
- Dark Souls II – Scholar of the First Sin [G]
- Dark Souls III: First Impressions [G]
- Dark Souls III: In-Depth Review [G]
- Destiny [G]
- Deus Ex: Mankind Divided [G]
- Disney Infinity 2.0 [G]
- Disney Infinity 3.0 [G]
- Dragonball FighterZ [G]
- Fallout 4 [G]
- Final Fantasy Type-0 HD [G]
- Final Fantasy XV [G]
- Final Fantasy XV: Episode Duscae [G]
- Get Even – First Impressions [G]
- Get Even – Full Review [G]
- Godzilla [G]
- Hitman, Part 1: Prologue and Paris [G]
- Hitman, Part 2: Sapienza and Marrakesh [G]
- Horizon Zero Dawn [G]
- Just Cause 3 [G]
- Life is Strange: Before the Storm, Episode 1 [G]
- Little Nightmares [G]
- Nier: Automata [G]
- Project CARS [G]
- Project CARS 2: First Impressions [G]
- Skyrim: Special Edition [G]
- The Surge [G]
- Tekken 7: First Impressions [G]
- Wasteland 2: Director’s Cut [G]
- The Witcher 3 – Blood and Wine: First Impressions [G]
- The Witcher 3 – Wild Hunt: First Impressions [G]
- The Witcher 3 – Wild Hunt: In-Depth Review [G]
- Yakuza 0 [G]
- Yakuza 6 [G]
- Yooka-Laylee [G]
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