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The Heroic Legend of Arslan vol. 13

How go the adventures of King Andragoras, currently the most interesting character in the series?  Well, there’s nothing as interesting here as his escape and reunion with his *ahem* loving wife Tahemany in the previous volume.  Andragoras still cuts an imposing figure here as he broods upon his throne and makes life miserable for the […]

Reckless

It’s not just a new original graphic novel from Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips.  It’s the start of a new publishing initiative from them.  Rather than publish this volume in single-issue form, the creators have pivoted to the OGN format for this new series about former radical turned troubleshooter Ethan Reckless.  The creators have said […]

The Ludocrats

What happens when Kieron Gillen teams up with fellow former games journalist and “Rock, Paper, Shotgun” co-founder Jim Rossignol?  Something that is easily the most Gillen-esque thing I have ever read.  Whatever Rossignol’s contributions were, they’ve either enabled the writer’s most ridiculous notions, or just harmonized with them to produce a work of singularly unmitigated […]

Marauders vol. 2

Kate Pryde is dead.  This isn’t something that should be possible for mutants in the Krakoa Era, but Sebastian Shaw found a way to use the woman’s problems with the gates to his advantage.  He also managed to get away with it scot free.  Which leaves the Marauders — Emma Frost, Bishop, Storm, Pyro, and […]

Wave, Listen to Me! vol. 4

Why yes, it has been quite some time since we last checked in on the adventures of budding  neurotic radio personality Minare Koda.  Even though Kodansha started publishing the series in individual chapters, I still figured they’d give us the digital volumes as well.  They didn’t.  So I figured I’d wait until they did, or […]