Books.

Hugh Laurie - an author? I didn't believe it until I read the book. "The Gun Seller" was leant (loaned?) to me, and I picked it up slightly incredulously. That said, I laughed out loud on a number of occasions quite early into the book, however, once I'd become used to the comic style (think Christopher Brookmyre) it wasn't quite so funny. If you want to know what its about, I suggest you read a proper review somewhere - in brief, there's an ex-army soldier, some arms dealing and that kind of stuff. I seem to remember a love interest too, but presume that's by the by. I can't remember much of it, except it was at least entertaining. 13/16.

V for Vendetta - Alan Moore and David Lloyd put this one together. Another of the great graphic novels (grown up books for children) I've read recently (see my Watchmen review - that's brill by the way - the book that is....). As I said before, it's obviously a more visual medium than most wordsonly books, but that makes it different, not sillier. An interesting, if slightly complicated story - it only really became clear to me on seeing the film - revolving around a less than liberal (read semi-dictatorial) police state in the not too distant future (10 years or so in the future). Well-drawn, and only let down by a slightly complex (in my reading of it) story. Not as good as Watchmen, but not by much!

In fact, the film is very very good too. Watch it.