Manga and Comic Reviews
Back in the early days of my anime/manga fandom, a popular bit of trivia about mangaka Rumiko Takahashi was that she was the second-richest woman in Japan. It was an easy to believe factoid, too. She was the creator of long-running hits like “Urusei Yatsura,” “Ranma ½” and her current series, “Inuyasha,” was working its […]
The fight against the Jinoo rages on for the Sangeryes family in this volume. It picks up with the “Red Summer Special” to fill in some backstory regarding its cast, with the bits regarding youngest son Cullen being the most relevant to the main story. We saw him dragged off to the realm of the […]
“Hellblazer” may not have been the best or buzziest title to have served under the Vertigo banner, but it was consistently good for a lot longer than you’d expect from a Mature Readers title that started in the late 80’s and ran for 300 issues. That’s just one reason I liked it. There were plenty […]
War has come to the known world as the Federation marches against the Arcanic Kingdom. The Federation’s first target is the Walled City of Ravenna, whose battlements have kept out invaders for a thousand years. It’s a record that looks to see its end if the attacking army’s new weapons are as powerful as they’re […]
This was a satisfyingly dense volume. It starts off strongly by revealing the nature of the threat from the previous volume, which I recognized from its presence in one of my favorite songs from a videogame. That Chise is clever enough to find a way to deal with it isn’t a surprise, though the role […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: Two Moons #1 Apparently the premise of, “Warrior of the gods resurrected as a scarecrow to fight his enemies in the present day alongside his white trash friends” wasn’t uncommercial enough for writer John Arcudi. Now he’s back, and teamed up with artist Valerio Giangiordano for a young Pawnee man fighting for the […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: Dark Nights: Death Metal HC I’m not giving this collection of Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo’s latest (and most likely, last) DC event this spot based on my expectations for it. No, I’m one of those guys who thought that “Metal” was just alright and not one of the best DC events. The […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: Autobiographix HC This is a full-size hardcover reissue of an anthology that Dark Horse published seventeen years ago. We all know that the people at Dark Horse are fans of short stories, and they’ve published a lot of anthology collections over the years. What makes this one stand out? For one, the hit-to-miss […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: X-Men #18 The solicitation text reads: “It’s been a long time since the team went into the vault. A long time.” This is a reference to the three-mutant team of Laura “Wolverine” Kinney, Synch and Darwin who were tasked with infiltrating the home of the Children of the Vault back in issue #5. […]