Manga and Comic Reviews
If you came here for all the preludes to the title event you could want, then you’re not going to be disappointed! Really, with the exception of the two issues of “Amazing” collected here, all of the stories work to set up a different aspect of “Spider-Verse.” Most of them introduce us to new characters […]
“Convergence” is upon us! The fill-in-as-event has arrived and normal service in the DCU has been interrupted for this and the following month with the weekly series continuing here and the first half of some forty-odd two-part miniseries kicking off as well. I won’t lie, there are several miniseries that I’m interested in, but I […]
“This is the story of how my parents split up.” Reading Hazel’s narration at the end of the first issue in this collection is a great way to put a damper on your enthusiasm for the rest of it. After all, wasn’t this series billed as a family struggling against a galaxy that wants them […]
The fun thing about having the Image Expo earlier this month is that several of the titles announced are having their first issues solicited here. It makes them seem less far off than originally announced, you know. There’s still a ton of other titles that we’ll have to wait for later this year to get […]
Yokoi would be your average high school girl if it weren’t for one thing: her neighbor Seki. You see, the boy who sits next to her in class doesn’t just goof off. He elevates it into an art form. Creating an ersatz domino rally with erasers, turning his desk into a shogi board, creating a […]
Barring a spectacular last-minute turn-around, I think it’s safe to say that Brian Wood’s latest creator-owned series is going to finish without ever having lived up to its potential. The story of environmentalists trying to survive and hold onto their beliefs in a post-environmental crash world was certainly a promising setup. Yet Wood kicked things […]
This may not surprise anyone, but yesterday’s article started off as the intro to this post. At around the third paragraph I realized that it wasn’t going to fit here anymore. That said, on with the picks! Uncanny Inhumans #0: One more reason why “Secret Wars” isn’t going to prompt a Marvel Reboot. After all, […]
The big news this week was that the Marvel Universe will end with the upcoming “Secret Wars” event. Except it won’t really as the series will be about the Battleworld that consists of characters from lots of different alternate universes and previous Marvel events. It’s by Hickman with art from Esad Ribic and is also […]
Make of this what you will: Last week, Kodansha Comics announced several new manga licenses. Of particular interest to me was “Die Wergelder,” a new manga from “Blade of the Immortal” creator Hiroaki Samura. This is notable because it’s his first series to not be published by Dark Horse. In addition to the mangaka’s signature […]
At first I thought this would be the first volume of the series to offer nothing worth writing about. It kicks off with the launch of the brand new Tazugane-class vessel and most of the core cast is onboard to put it through its paces. Narratively, this involves the vessel coming into contact with a […]