Manga and Comic Reviews
“JONATHAN HICKMAN’S ‘AVENGERS’ RUN SO EPIC THAT IT COULDN’T BE CONTAINED IN TWO BOOKS OR EVEN BE WRITTEN ENTIRELY BY HIM!” This is what should’ve been at the top of the press release announcing this new “Avengers” title in the wake of “Infinity.” I can’t think of a better way to describe this title’s existence […]
I mentioned a while back that this represents the most important new manga release from Dark Horse in quite some time. Not only is it a sequel to the most popular manga the company has ever released, but its success may even spur the release of new (old) series from the classic creative team of […]
After reading this volume I am utterly convinced that Lord Henry Baltimore’s wallet also has the inscription “BAD MOTHERFUCKER” on it. I mean, if his monster hunting exploits in the previous volumes didn’t establish this then there’s plenty more evidence here. Going toe-to-toe with the mad Inquisitor Duvic. Taking out vampires with a large-caliber handcannon. […]
Writer John Ostrander and artist Jan Duursema first collaborated on “Star Wars: Twilight” well over a decade ago. It seems unlikely that either of them would’ve thought that they’d still be working together on “Star Wars”comics after all that time, or that their partnership would prove to be the longest-running and most creatively successful in […]
After saving New York from the new mind-controlling Red Skull, what’s next for the Avengers “Unity” squad? The answer involves the buildup for an epic storyline that draws a lot from writer Rick Remender’s excellent “The Dark Angel Saga” as well as one that makes the theme of racial tolerance a central part of its […]
Over a week ago, I expressed my thoughts regarding manga writer Eiji Otsuka’s presence at this year’s Anime Expo with the specific hope that this was set up by Dark Horse to sell more copies of his manga out here. It turns out that his presence was set up by the company and there was […]
Let me digress from tonight’s subject for a start: Podbean unveiled their “enhanced statistics” package last night. So if you’ve noticed that the “site visitor” tally is now replaced by a “plays” stat on the right side of the page, that’s the main enhancement they’ve unleashed. Instead of tracking both podcast hits and traffic, now […]
Back when the Penny Arcade Report was active I always enjoyed reading their articles about EVE Online. While I had some familiarity with this online space mining/combat game, I hadn’t realized that it had developed its own ecosystem with real-life economic implications and various collectives and factions staking claim to parts of space and going […]