Manga and Comic Reviews
DC’s big move to Burbank will be happening through April and May of next year. As a result, all of their monthly titles will be going on hiatus to be replaced by something Rich Johnston is calling the “DC Band-Aid.” This is how the project will continue to be called until the company itself formally […]
It was inevitable that this series would get to here eventually. Given the character’s name, origins, and regular battles with demons, having a “Hellboy” story set in Hell was always a matter of “when” not “if” where this series was concerned. Now that he’s here, what kind of plans does his creator Mike Mignola have […]
Comics based on the “Aliens” movies been one of the cornerstones of Dark Horse’s publishing efforts over the years. More often than not, they’ve also been a very good example of the company’s commitment to raising the standard of quality for licensed comics and treating them as projects to be invested in as opposed to […]
I’ll be sad to see “Fables” go when it hits issue #150, but not its latest spinoff title. Particularly if this volume is any indication of the quality of stories we’ll be getting from here on out. It starts off in the Indus realm of the Indian Fables as the strong, proud and capable Nayalani […]
To this point, Jonathan Hickman’s long-form works have been marked by a degree of long-term planning. You can clearly see that in his run on “Fantastic Four” and in “Secret Warriors” to a lesser (possibly truncated) extent. It has also been clear from the beginning of his terms on “Avengers”/”New Avengers” that he’s basically telling […]
One only has to look at the subtitle for this volume to see what Marvel’s intentions for this series are. Granted, that’s not a bad thing as the “Guardians of the Galaxy” are ideally suited to be an Avengers team IN SPACE. Iron Man is even onboard for added legitimacy. It’s also clear that the […]
Writer/artist Giannis Milonogiannis says in his afterword to this collection that his aim with this title was to write what he felt like drawing and channel all of the stuff he loved as a kid. Based on what I read, it’s clear that he holds a deep-seated affection for Katsuhiro Otomo’s “Akira” and the collective […]
My first thought after reading this: “Well, that sure was six issues of ‘X-Men’ by Brian Wood.” The female-centric X-title kicks off its second volume with the return of Lady Deathstrike. Now existing as a digital personality, she offers the idle rich a chance to indulge in supervillainy for the right price. This is what […]
Up to this point, I’ve found Rick Remender’s work to be a bit of an outlier in terms of how the company-owned/creator-owned comics paradigm is supposed to work. You’d think that most creators’ best work is seen in the titles that they own themselves, but his “Fear Agent” eventually degenerated into an increasingly depressing slog […]
“Knights of Sidonia” continues to remain, for me at least, an intriguingly weird meeting of mangaka Tsutomu Nihei’s unique style with a fairly generic mechs vs. aliens story. The most memorable bits usually come when he makes an overt attempt to integrate a particular trope into the story. This is how we get things like […]