Manga and Comic Reviews
It’s time to once again BEHOLD THE POWER OF KICKSTARTER with something that I contributed to. This was a multi-book project that, in addition to the title of this post, also saw Osamu Tezuka’s “Unico” and “Atomcat” translated into English as well. Of the three, “Unico” represents the most solid read as “Triton” goes on […]
If you like this title for the pervasive weirdness it offers up, then you might be just a little disappointed by vol. 3. Oh, there’s plenty of interesting sights to behold, like the multitude of various Johns we see on Earth. Big ones, tall ones, small ones built for pleasure, ones with multiple faces, symbiotic […]
We’re in the title’s home stretch as there’s only one more volume to go. With the final conflicts looming, mangaka Mohiro Kitoh takes a break from the mecha battles and focuses almost exclusively on the personal journey the two remaining pilots, Jun and Yoko, take to give closure to the families of the children who […]
You know, it occurred to me earlier today that with “Miracleman” now being republished by Marvel are there any other great series from the 80’s still waiting to be collected? One comes to mind: “Rom: Spaeceknight.” Originally a tie-in to a long-forgotten toy, “Rom” transcended its roots to become an epic about one man who […]
It’s been a while since I’ve written about “The Unwritten” proper, so let’s fix that. After losing his friend/lover Lizzie Hexam in “The War of Words,” Tom Taylor finally gets a lead on where she wound up. Problem is that she’s now in Hades. Now getting there is the easy part for someone who can […]
It almost seemed like pure fantasy at first, but it’s actually happening. After working almost exclusively at Marvel all these years, John Romita Jr. is jumping ship to DC to illustrate “Superman.” The word is that the Distinguished Competition has been wanting to get the artist away from Marvel for a while now and has […]
This was a series that was too weird to live. Some people have argued that it should’ve been published through Vertigo, but it wouldn’t have felt entirely appropriate there. Strange as it was, “Dial H” is a series that’s steeped in the superhero mythos and it was entertaining as a trip through the strange back […]
There was one genuinely mind-blowing solicitation in this month’s offering. Yes, it was a manga title. No, it’s not the one you’re thinking about. However, it’s not the one that deserves above-the-line recognition here. The Sakai Project HC is a celebration of 30 years of Stan Sakai’s legendary “Usagi Yojimbo” from a host of the […]
The trouble with doing podcasts as off-the-cuff as I do is that after they’re done, something else I should’ve mentioned tends to come to mind. Usually it’s a minor thing that doesn’t bear addressing, but that’s not the case with Abe Sapien. A while back I wrote about how “B.P.R.D.” seemed to be setting the […]