Manga and Comic Reviews
And so, all good things must come to an end. That’s the case with this concluding volume which wraps up its tale of alien entities, evolution and friendship in much the same way that “The Incredible Hercules” did with “Chaos War.” That is to say that it raises the stakes while building on what has […]
We’re going back to the old school for this one. Now when I say “old school” I mean the old school of manga being released in America. Back in the days when series were published one issue at a time. Back when being an action manga set in America was considered a selling point. Back […]
Fortunately for its reading audience, the “breakup” between artist Moritaka and writer Akito only lasts a couple chapters before they reunite to continue their plan to take the manga world by storm. There’s really nothing else to add as, after that speed bump, the series maintains its usual level of quality with this volume. Though […]
The first volume of this series represented a return to form of sorts for writer Mark Millar, in my opinion. While it wasn’t quite as good as his work on “The Ultimates,” it was still miles better than anything else I had read from him last year. This volume, however, doesn’t sustain that trend. Though […]
Now this is odd. Here we have a collection of comics that I think I might have actually enjoyed more if I had read them in single issue form. That’s because while these six issues have an overriding plot, it’s very much a “hunt the MacGuffin” endeavor whose only purpose is to provide a context […]
All good things must come to an end, or — in the case of most Marvel comics these days — pause for a month or two before being re-launched with a new title and direction. Greg Pak and Fred Van Lente’s “Incredible Hercules” saga reaches its conclusion in this volume, and it’s a worthy end. […]
What I failed to mention in my last post was that I had already ordered vol. 10 of “Future Diary” from Amazon. It arrived yesterday with an unwelcome surprise: the glue binding the pages together had rotted out. So now I’m in the process of shipping it back for a replacement. I’d like to think […]
Tokyopop announced yesterday that their print operations in North America would be shutting down on May 31. The writing has been on the wall for a while, but I still didn’t think that it would come to this. After all, this was the company that started the manga revolution and brought affordable, unflipped manga […]
After the trauma of finding out that his girlfriend was a superhero, the awful thing she had to do to join The Seven, and their subsequent breakup, Hughie decides that it’s time to head back home to Auchterladle, Scotland to get away from it all. However, he finds out in short order that not only […]
While Peter Milligan is perfectly capable of working within the constraints of mainstream comics (read: ones featuring Marvel and DC superheroes), they usually don’t allow him to go into the full-bore weirdness and surrealism that became a hallmark of his Vertigo work. I mention this because that’s the kind of weirdness you get with “Kano,” […]