Comic Picks by the Glick

Manga and Comic Reviews

Bakuman vol. 7

This volume’s official subtitle is “Gag and Serious,” but it may as well be, “What to do when your series is cancelled.”  It’s another eventful look at the process of creating Shonen Jump manga, and for all that I talked about the kind of bloat that tends to be a token part of series from […]

Berserk vol. 35

This was the summary given on the back of the volume: “After a hellish battle against ravenous sea monsters, Guts the Black Swordsman and his companions are forced to seek refuge on a small island so that their ship can be repaired.  But this island is not the safe haven they’d hoped for — it’s […]

Crossed vol. 2: Family Values

Garth Ennis did more than create one of the best comics I read last year with the first volume of “Crossed,” he created a franchise.  In a move that I haven’t seen since Warren Ellis and Bryan Hitch gave “The Authority” over to the creative community over a decade ago, Ennis is letting other creators […]

Chew vol. 4: Flambe

Though the issues inside are labeled as parts of an arc called “Flambe,” this collection is not a continuous storyline.  It’s just five issues documenting more crazy weirdness in the life of Tony Chu, starting with the fallout from the writing in the sky that closed out the previous volume.  As it turns out, such […]

Irredeemable vol. 7

While the series’ current direction, which has sent The Plutonian off-planet to an intergalactic mental hospital, may seem like a necessary evil for what writer/creator Mark Waid has planned it’s still quite compelling.  In getting the world’s most powerful superhuman out of their hair, we find that the inhabitants of Earth have traded  the devil […]

Haunt vols. 1 & 2

It probably won’t surprise anyone to learn that I have little affection for Todd McFarlane.  The man’s artistic and sales achievements on “Spider-Man” and “Spawn” mean less to me than his court battles with Neil Gaiman over ownership of Miracleman and the fact that he spends more time as a businessman than a comics creator […]

Hellboy: The Bride of Hell and Others

Another collection of “Hellboy” short stories?  That’s all right by me!  Even though I’m eagerly awaiting  “The Storm & The Fury,” which is the next major arc in the main Mignola/Fegredo storyline, this collection of one-shots and shorts will tide any fan over until it arrives.  These collections are an eclectic affair — as always […]