Manga and Comic Reviews
If there’s one thing that mangaka Hiroya Oku does well, it’s that he’s got a real knack for conveying action on the page. Even when it felt like “Gantz” was going off the rails, the action scenes were still compelling. His follow-up series “Inuyashiki” did have some decent moments of android-on-human and android-on-android fighting, but […]
It still sucks to be Nathan Bright. After escaping the pay-per-view VR murder marathon from the previous volume, he now finds himself heading back to Earth with (former?) government operative Amanda Cross and her mercenary pals. Why are they doing this after Earth was hit with a virus that has killed 18 billion of its […]
“Snowpiercer” didn’t actually need to be a trilogy of graphic novels. The first one told a good self-contained story, the second expanded on it to diminishing returns and a hauntingly nihilistic ending, while the third actually managed to deliver a satisfying wrap-up to it all. So when I heard that there was going to be […]
Warren Ellis has said in his newsletter that this will be the last volume of “Trees” for a while, if ever. That’s because he’s got a number of other projects (mostly TV) in the offing and artist Jason Howard has his own thing that he’s been working on. Unlike Ellis’ other ongoing series at Image, […]
We all expected Bendis was going to write a “Batman” story when he moved over to DC. I just don’t think this was the story any of us expected him to write. Originally serialized in twelve parts over the course of twelve of the Walmart-exclusive “Batman Giant” issues, before being repackaged as a standard six-part […]
…which is a good thing because after the events of the previous volume Dr. Banner and his friends/comrades/willing accomplices have found themselves in command of Shadow Base and all its resources. Resources which will now be turned to furthering his and the Hulk’s ultimate goal: The destruction of the human world. Now, they’re not looking […]
It’s the end of an era. This is the final volume of “Star Wars”… in the post-”A New Hope” era. The next series will transition to the post-”Empire Strikes Back” period as Charles Soule and Jesus Saiz take over from the time-marking team of Greg Pak and Phil Noto. As I mentioned last time, I […]
Guess what? I did sell my copies of James Tynion IV’s run on “Detective Comics” and picked up this volume on a digital sale. I’m only reviewing it now because morbid curiosity and $4 will only get you a place in my digital library. If you want me to actually read the concluding volume of […]
What about vol. 12? It was notable for the trip Meguru takes with members of his and several other gyms to the Tohoku region to help with cleanup from the (then recent) earthquake and for some friendly competition. It’s a nice diversion that also sees the series at its goofiest and most slapsticky. While Maki’s […]
Here we have a volume that feels more focused on the struggles of the supporting cast as opposed to its main duo. Which isn’t a bad thing as that means we get to learn more about some of the newer characters. Like Philomena, who was caught spying on everyone at the end of the previous […]