Manga and Comic Reviews
As I mentioned in brief last week, this third season of “The Walking Dead” is off to a strong start. While I still liked season two overall, there was no denying that it had plenty of dull spots and too much soap opera for its own good. It also wrapped up with a final dramatic […]
When the “Schism” happened, Cyclops wound up with nearly all of the “X-Men’s” heavy-hitters, who also happen to be the ones with the most personality an “likeability” issues. This is great for when you’re facing the dual threat of a Celestial invasion and the hive mind of Mister Sinister, and when you’re trying to instill […]
Way back in February I said (not exactly) that the premise for this series had the potential for mass appeal and that I hoped that it wouldn’t be doomed to an early death because of its title. “Mind the Gap” not only doesn’t roll of the tongue, it doesn’t give the reader any idea of […]
Though the Robert Kirkman/Tony Moore dustup from earlier in the year appears to have been resolved amicably, there appears to have been one minor consequence from what I can see. “The Walking Dead: Cutting-Room Floor HC,” which was originally solicited for May of this year, is now scheduled to arrive next July according to Amazon. […]
Regular readers will know that I’ve been looking forward to this ever since it was first solicited. In addition to his quality superhero work, Brian K. Vaughan gave us two of the best creator-owned titles of the last decade in “Y: The Last Man,” with Pia Guerra, and “Ex Machina,” with Tony Harris. After the […]
The numbers are in and despite the best efforts of Marvel to make “Uncanny Avengers #1” the best-selling comic of the year — twenty covers, getting John Cassaday to illustrate it, twenty covers, pricing the collected edition high enough to discourage tradewaiting, twenty goddamn covers — initial orders will not top those for issue #100 […]
This concludes the Jason Aaron/Steve Dillon run on the title, and effectively closes the door on the story of the “MAX” version of the character as well. The “Untold Tales of Punisher MAX” doesn’t count because it comes off as an inventory-clearing initiative than an actual effort to expand the title’s audience. Now that this […]
The latest volume of “Blade of the Immortal” is announced for March 2013 in these solicitations, and that’s always cause for rejoicing around here. That said, it has also given me cause to think about how conservative Dark Horse’s manga releases have become over the past few years. It has gotten to the point where […]
After the last volume of this series, Matt Fraction would have to work really hard to come up with something worse. Seeing Tony Stark completely and utterly beaten by Doctor Octopus — for no good reason — still stands as the worst thing I’ve read all year. Considering that the latest volume of “Casanova” was […]
New year. New titles. New creative teams. New trades. Let’s get down to it. Demon Knights #16: Robert Venditti, best known around here as the writer of “The Surrogates,” takes over for Paul Cornell. As was the case with “Stormwatch” my interest in this title has declined accordingly. While I liked “The Surrogates,” Venditti’s style […]