Manga and Comic Reviews
Midori Fukada, Ernie Comstock, and Xander Waterford all have one thing in common: They’re in actual, literal HELL right now. Whether or not they belong there depends on who you ask, but they’re trying to make the best of their current situation. Which involves robbing one of the biggest, baddest demon lords for one of […]
We got our first look at Seiichi’s post-juvenile incarceration/adult life in the previous volume and it was every bit the feel-bad experience you’d expect it to be. Not content with saddling his protagonist with depression and a suicidal mindset, mangaka Shuzo Oshimi also had him reunite with his mother there as well. Only, she’s not […]
Sprout grew up far from prying eyes alongside her grandfather, a doomsday prepper who saw too many bad things in the Vietnam War and has been living with them ever since. When the people responsible for one of those bad things decides to take him out, she follows them to New York for vengeance. While […]
It was just another night at the Lower Lair, a supervillain bar in Twilight City’s run-down Redport district, when word broke that Kid Dusk had been murdered. Not only was he the sidekick to one of the city’s most prominent superheroes, The Insomniac, but he was also done in by that hero’s nemesis, Stickman. Now […]
It’s been Shauna Wickle’s dream to get on the United Kingdom’s premier baking show “UK Bakery Tent” and it nearly evaporates like a poorly-thought-out reduction on her very first day. That’s when one of the contestants, arrogant meteorologist Neal, is poisoned by an unknown party. As producers debate whether to call this whole season off, […]
I originally meant to have this up to follow my review of “Immortal X-Men” vol. 3… but it just slipped my mind the following week. Much as I’d like to say that’s not a mark against the overall quality of this one-shot, written by Gerry Duggan and illustrated by ten talented artists, it kind of […]
Frieren, Fern, and Stark continue their journey through the Northern Territories in this volume. The monsters may get tougher, but they’re still nothing that our protagonists can’t handle as they take one out that’s menacing a village, and find time to engage in some light comedy as they get involved in the search for a […]
While the Four Little Shits think they’ve brought the fight to the Photosfere Corporation by heading to their headquarters on the planet Kenzarn, things quickly take a turn. After Zaha Sanko and Shimada Death split off from Avakian and Damemaru, they wind up in an enclosed space that’s actually a ship. Not only is this […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: Critical Role: Vox Machina Origins, Series IV #1 Even though I have yet to listen to any of the podcasts or watch the animated series spun off from it, I’ve enjoyed the series of “Origins” comics that Dark Horse has been publishing for this franchise. At least, I was before they decided to […]