Manga and Comic Reviews
Much like the juggernaut that is “The Walking Dead,” this new series from Image also deals with the dead returning to walk the Earth. That’s where the similarities stop as “Revival” takes a dramatically different approach to that particular subject. The dead here don’t return as shambling husks, but just as they were before they […]
Over the years, the team of writer John Ostrander and artist Jan Duursema has been responsible for some of the best “Star Wars” stories to come out of Dark Horse. Initially they introduced us to amnesiac Jedi Quinlan Vos and his struggle to stay on the light side of the Force while going undercover in […]
(We’re experiencing some technical issues with the podcast again and it’ll hopefully be up either later tonight or in the next day or two. So before we get to my thoughts on Ennis/Robertson/Braun/et. al.’s “The Boys” here are some superhero titles that while not as thought-provoking, won’t make your skin crawl.) Waid’s “Daredevil” continues the […]
This was supposed to be two Marvel reviews, briefly. One of them ran long because… that’s just how it happened. Normally I’d try to find some kind of thematic link between them, but it’s Christmas Eve and I’ve got other plans. Happy Holidays to all, and lets kick things off with a non-seasonal story of […]
First of all, it’s nice to see publisher Eric Stephenson take immediate action after Image revealed its “no second prints” policy earlier this week. Not only did he nip an emerging controversy in the bud, the new strategy he unveiled should go a long way towards fixing that issue he talked about with titles and […]
Carl Horn’s notes from the previous volume gave me the indication that this one was going to be something special. After being put solidly on the backburner for the last several volumes, it looked as if we were finally going to get some momentum on the ongoing subplot of the origin of the spirit behind […]
Word on the street is that we now know what will be happening with the “Star Wars” comics license. Though Dark Horse will continue to publish the titles it already has in the pipeline, they won’t be doing anything new that has to be approved by Lucasfilm/Disney. Any new projects will be done by Marvel […]
I’d say that my nemesis arrives this month in print form, but that’s not quite the case. While I was deeply disturbed by the prospect that Marvel would be putting the first four issues of “Uncanny Avengers” in a $25 premiere hardcover, they seem to have realized that was a dumb move as well. Or […]
As I’ve said before, if you’re going to do any kind of adaptation of film, TV or other media to comics you need to have talented people on hand if you want to have any hope of making it work. That’s not the only way, though, but it’s usually the most reasonable compared to getting […]
There’s a new “Star Wars: Legacy” in town this month. Nearly two years since John Ostrander and Jan Duursema’s thoroughly entertaining epic about Cade Skywalker, Luke’s ne’er do well, drug-addled grandson, we’re getting another series that focuses on Han and Leia’s granddaughter, Ania Solo. This comes to us courtesy of Corinna Bechko and Gabriel Hardman, […]