Manga and Comic Reviews
Sapporo may be one of Japan’s northernmost cities, but the action in the city is heating up in this volume. That’s because all of the major characters and their associated groups have converged on the town as they hunt for not one, but two tattooed convicts. One has additional tattoos on his face and a […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: Daisy HC It was a toss-up between this or the latest volume of “Steeple” for this spot. I decided to go with “Daisy” because I’ve already talked about how glad I am to see that the former series is continuing, and this is coming to us from a creator that I’m completely unfamiliar […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: Do a Powerbomb #1 (of 7) Daniel Warren Johnson attempts to do for wrestling what he did for heavy metal with this new miniseries. If you’ve been following what I’ve written about this creator over the last few years, then it shouldn’t surprise you to see his latest creator-owned title in this spot. […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow Tom King and Bilquis Evely’s not-quite-a-maxiseries (it’s only eight issues) gets a collection. It’s about how Superman’s cousin Kara Zor-El is looking for some purpose in her life when she encounters a young alien girl. Heartbroken and vengeful towards the forces that destroyed her world, she’s looking for some […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: X-Cellent vol. 1: Hereditary-X It was a little over two decades ago (and yes, writing that sentence does make me feel old) that Peter Milligan and Michael Allred took over “X-Force” and turned it on its head. From being the book about proactive mutant military action that it was, to a satire on […]
Geoff Johns enjoyed nearly unparalleled success at DC across nearly two decades. Beetween acclaimed and best-selling runs on titles like “Flash,” “JSA,” “Justice League,” and – best of all – “Green Lantern” it seemed like nothing could stop him. Then he became co-head of the DC film crew over at Warner Bros. just in time […]
Depending on your point of view, vol. 16 was either a triumphant stomping of the Federation by Darryl Lorenz and his friends in the Nanyang Alliance, or 200+ pages of the antagonists of the series having their way with no consequences whatsoever. Vol. 17 would seem like a good time to balance the scales, right? […]
Last time, things started going off the rails again as the end-of-volume drama edged closer to self-parody than compelling. This was only part of the reason why I was hesitant at first to crack this volume open. I’ve talked before about how this series thrives on making the reader uncomfortable via the toxic relationship Seiichi […]
Vol. 7 had Minare and Mizuho heading out to Motomachi to help a shut-in get out of his room in order to get a story that they could use for the former’s radio show. Everything was going (kinda, sorta) to plan until SUDDENLY OUT OF NOWHERE AN EARTHQUAKE HITS JAPAN! Now everyone’s doing their best […]
We left off last time dealing with the story of the incredible shrinking mafioso. Narancia was the shortest member of Bruno’s gang and he started to get a lot shorter after being hit with the Stand known as Tiny Feet. His troubles only increase in this volume as he winds up having to deal with […]