Manga and Comic Reviews
This is the final volume in the “Nemo” trilogy of graphic novellas spun off from Alan Moore and Kevin O’Neill’s “The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen”. It’s the least of the three, but not because of the story that’s being told. Taking place in 1975, Janni Nemo is now a very old woman looking to settle […]
Call it a twenty-issue victory lap. After Peter David managed a 100-plus issue run on the latest incarnation of “X-Factor,” he leapt right into the next one with a substantially different cast and setup. It’s been fun, assuming you’re a fan of David’s style, but nothing all that special. You get the feeling that after […]
You know, I would’ve liked to have read a series about a cold-blooded killer with otherworldly powers uniting others of his kind to fight against a social order that would otherwise exploit them to the fullest extent. That’s the kind of series “Ajin” felt like during its first few volumes as Sato/Hat tried to get […]
Now this is more like it. I threw around a lot of comparisons to Dan Slott’s “She-Hulk” run in my previous review, but the work of Charles Soule and Javier Pulido does more to set itself apart in this volume. Things kick off with a fun superhero team-up as She-Hulk and Hellcat work together with […]
Adam Warren has been publishing assorted one-offs relating to his bondage-prone, self-esteem challenged superheroine over the years. Not only do they serve as a stopgap for providing Emp-related content in the years that we’re not graced with a new volume, but we also get to see his world and characters interpreted by a series of […]
Right now the plan is to catch “Age of Ultron” on Sunday with John and at least one other friend. So no real thoughts on the movie yet. However, its 75% “fresh” rating on Rotten Tomatoes tells me that I should have a good time if I keep my expectations tempered. Maybe I’ll have something […]