Manga and Comic Reviews
(What, no podcast tonight? The past week turned out to be unexpectedly busy for me, so we’re running behind a bit right now. Expect it to go up on Friday or over the weekend at the latest.) This volume of the series should’ve been a real heartbreaker to read. For several reasons, which I’ll concede […]
Between “Delicious in Dungeon,” “Kaguya-sama,” “Silver Spoon,” and now this, just about all of the manga I’ve been reading in scanlated form have now received proper English releases. (I’ll keep holding out hope for “Dagashi Kashi,” but if it hasn’t been picked up following the two anime series that it’s received…) “Tomo-chan” is the least […]
It’s a comic about a killer shark with a harpoon stuck in its jaw, and it’s based on a British comic from the 70’s that was notorious enough to be banned from newsstands. While that information alone may be enough for a reader to determine if “Hookjaw” is for them, it’s also worth mentioning that […]
This latest entry into the Mignolaverse contains a framing device that’s an absolute ton of fun to see in action even as it undercuts the drama of the main story. Longtime readers will remember Koshchei’s role in “Hellboy: Darkness Calls” as Baba Yaga’s primary instrument of vengeance against the title character. Where did he wind […]
The problem with a series that has a world this rich and interesting and storytelling so incredibly dense by modern standards is that with this third volume I’m already feeling the need to go back and read the first two. Usually that feeling doesn’t set in until around vol. 5 or 6 for some series, […]
So the most disappointing comics news I’ve read in the last month was that Marvel fired writer Chuck Wendig from an upcoming “Darth Vader” miniseries. It’s not disappointing because I was particularly excited to read it (I’m sure it would’ve been fine), but because of his social media presence where he routinely fought back against […]
Fuck this series. What started out as a fun alternate-universe “Evangelion” title burned away any goodwill it had long ago. There’s no denying that it’s take on the franchise, a happy ending filled with wacky hijinks compared to the world-ending apocalypse of the TV series and movies, was refreshing at first. After a while it […]
It’s time to once again BEHOLD THE POWER OF KICKSTARTER! You don’t see me writing that as much these days since the site’s imperial phase is now behind it, but every once in a while a creator I like will use it to get funding for a project that I just have to have. Like […]
The existence of the Commonwealth has been teased for a good long while and the series took its first steps towards making personal contact with it in the previous volume. While the Commonwealth’s security forces may have greeted the welcoming party led by Michonne and Eugene at gunpoint, longtime readers will know that doesn’t automatically […]
When I first cracked this volume open it was late at night and I figured I’d read a chapter or two before going to bed. Around an hour later I’ve finished the entire volume and found myself too wired to sleep. Much like the cocaine that Orson, Nina, and Kretch are partaking in at the […]