Manga and Comic Reviews
Above-the-Board Recommendation: Pearl vol. 2 The first volume of “Pearl” wasn’t the best of the creator-owned bunch of titles that Bendis delivered when he set up shop at DC. If I’m being honest, it was just ahead of “Scarlet.” Yet it’s the only one which is being followed-up on by its creators after that initial […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation What’s Michael? Fatcat Collection vol. 1 Wow. I had just about forgotten that Dark Horse had published this series. This series, about the wacky adventures of a cat named Michael, was just a bit ahead of its time. It wasn’t published in pamphlet form, but in slim 60-100-page graphic novels for around $7 […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: Punisher: Soviet #1 (of 6) This is a pick that, on the surface, was incredibly easy to make. After all it’s Garth Ennis writing “The Punisher” again with his “Crossed” and “303” collaborator Jacen Burrows. It even has a premise that makes it sound like it’ll fit right in alongside the other “Punisher […]
I don’t know how I wound up with two volumes of manga from different series by mangaka Shuzo Oshimi in my “To Review” pile. I wasn’t planning on reviewing both of them in one go either. Except some of the manga titles in my “To Review” pile are coming up on a month old and […]
I don’t think the world was crying out for a sequel to the thoroughly alright “Avengers: No Surrender,” which served to wrap up the various “Avengers” series Al Ewing, Jim Zub, and Mark Waid were writing at the time, but we got one anyway. “No Road Home,” however is the exceedingly rare time when a […]
You could ask, “Is this a good volume of ‘Conan’ comics?” and it would be a perfectly valid question. A better one to ask would be “Is this volume of ‘Conan’ good enough to justify Marvel snatching the license away from Dark Horse?” To the first question I’d say, “Actually, it’s fine.” To the second, […]
It’s a brand-new series written by Kieron Gillen! With art from the immensely talented Stephanie Hans! And it has a literal fantasy RPG setting! What could possibly prevent me from declaring this one of the best comics before I’ve even read it? Common sense really — having little is not the same as having none […]
This is one of the most satisfying volumes I’ve read in this series after a while. Not because of any one thing it does. No, this volume is a case of mangaka Satoru Noda throwing a lot of stuff at the wall, plot-wise, and having it all turn out pretty well. I’m talking about bits […]
You may have already heard that Kelly Thompson will be the writer of “Deadpool’s” latest ongoing series come November. I’m hoping it’s a big smash and boosts her profile accordingly. Much in the same way that “The Immortal Hulk” has done for Al Ewing. Because if that happens then maybe she’ll be able to do […]
This volume gets off to an amazing start with a one-off issue that spotlights the Iron Fist of 1,000,000 B.C. Actually, she’s not called that at first because she winds up being the very first… in probably the most ignominious way possible. Sentenced to die for teaching cavemen the city of K’un-Lun’s greatest secrets (read: […]