Comic Picks by the Glick

Manga and Comic Reviews

The Nice House on the Lake vol. 2

Vol. 1 was one of the biggest surprises I read last year, and one of my favorite titles as a result.  I thought I knew what to expect from the series, and writer James Tynion IV, going in only to be completely wrong.  This left me excited to see what the writer, and artist Alvaro […]

Joe Death and the Graven Image

The title character is an undertaker/bounty hunter who is wandering through the dusty land when he comes across a village that is also the site of a massacre.  As he buries the bodies left to rot there, he’s informed by a kinsman that there’s one survivor, a baby, to this event.  Though he initially refuses […]

Justice League by Bendis vol. 1

It’s a new era for the Justice League!  How do they celebrate it?  By helping Black Adam beat up a superpowered invader to his home country of Khandaq.  This invader goes by the name Brutus, and while there’s nothing unusual about his goals, there is something about his powers.  Namely that they have the same […]

Eternals: A History Written in Blood

“Judgment Day” may have been the final part of Kieron Gillen’s “Eternals” storyline, but it’s not the last of it.  That would be this collection which bundles the three one-shots he wrote – “Thanos Rises,” “Celestia,” and “The Heretic” – along with some old “Eternals” stories from the late 70’s to pad out the page […]

Under Ninja vol. 1

Kengo Hanazawa has already given us one one good series with his zombie epic “I Am A Hero.”  If you thought that his next would continue to push boundaries in the horror genre, or focus on the struggles of the mentally disturbed, you’d be wrong.  (So far.)  “Under Ninja” is more of an oddball slice-of-life […]

Image Advance Arrivals: August 2023

(With Image leaving Diamond, the title for this column had to change.  I forgot about finding a new one until it came time to post this, so it might change in the future if I think of something better.) Above-the-Board Recommendation: What’s the Furthest Place From Here? vol. 2 Yeah, I’m glad to see that […]

DC Solicitation Sneaks: August 2023

Above-the-Board Recommendation: DC Horror Presents:  Sgt. Rock vs. The Army of the Dead HC There are some very slim pickings this month when it comes to stuff that I’m looking forward to reading from DC.  Which is why the hardcover edition of this miniseries is getting this slot more for the potential it represents rather […]

Fanime 2023: The Rebuilding Continues

Once again, I’ve been given cause to wonder where a five day period over Memorial Day Weekend has gone for me.  This is the time I use to attend Fanime every year that it happens, but it always goes by quickly enough to make me wonder if it even happened at all.  While the con […]