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Manga and Comic Reviews

Claymore vol. 23

The good news is that this volume continues to keep the title’s momentum going.  We get a decisive end to the conflict between the Claymores and the Organization here with some nice surprises.  Things continue immediately on to the next arc where we get a change to the status quo of the Claire/Priscilla/Unholy Abomination of […]

East of West vol. 1: The Promise

Hickman’s record with me has been rock-solid, and his creator-owned titles have been a cut above his superhero work so picking this up was, once again, “a no-brainer.”  This is in spite of the fact that “East of West” represents a bit of a departure for the writer as he’s addressing a very specific American […]

Sickness Unto Death vol. 1

Given that Vertical has been expanding into shojo manga over the past year, I initially thought that this was another entry in that vein.  It’s a romance story, there’s a whole lot of melodrama in the execution and the art initially comes off as very shojo-esque in its panel arrangement and design.  Then in chapter […]

Wolverine and the X-Men vol. 6

Apparently Jason Aaron felt the need after having the students and staff of the Jean Grey School take on FRANKENSTEIN’S MURDER CIRCUS to dial things back a bit.  So this volume has Wolverine taking certain trouble members of the school on a field trip… to the Savage Land!  Being the teacher he is, Idie, Quentin […]