Comic Picks by the Glick

Manga and Comic Reviews

Ultimate Universe

I don’t know why this one-shot wasn’t collected with “Ultimate Invasion.”  Maybe it’s because Bryan Hitch didn’t draw it, but this still features very capable work from Stefano Caselli.  I wonder because it contains some story beats that flow directly from that miniseries and directly set up events for the first three “Ultimate” titles.  The […]

Ultimate Invasion

Saying “around the turn of the millennium” is something that makes me feel old, but it was when Marvel unleashed their one imprint that genuinely resonated with me:  Ultimate Marvel.  The concept was “What if the Marvel Universe had started today?” and the results took the industry by storm.  “Ultimate X-Men” was a blockbuster right […]

Battle Action vol. 2

The first volume of this revival of the venerable British series “Battle Action” was an anthology spotlighting a wide swath of characters that featured in it over the years.  All of the stories were written by Garth Ennis who also provided commentary on why each of them mattered to the magazine.  To him as well […]

Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou vol. 1

This is one of those series that I’ve heard about for years, but never actually read until now.  That’s mainly because no one ever thought that it would be licensed for the longest time as its subject matter and tone were decidedly non-mainstream for the American market during its publication from 1994 through 2006.  Slice-of-life […]

Oshi no Ko vol. 5

After four volumes we’re finally getting to the part of the manga that wasn’t covered by the anime (yet – Season Two is coming this summer).  We’re also getting a look at another aspect of the Japanese entertainment industry as Aqua, along with Kana and Aakane, is recruited to be part of the theatrical adaptation […]

WonderCon 2024: Not Rained Out

WonderCon was dealt a bad hand this weekend as it coincided with the latest storm system to hit Southern California.  Rain?  In SoCal?  I’m as shocked as you are, but storms have been hitting pretty regularly for these past few weekends.  We’ll likely be back to our regularly scheduled drought season next year, though. Bad […]

Cat + Gamer vol. 4

Three volumes in and Riko Kozakura thinks she has this whole cat ownership thing down.  So much so that when the idea of adding another cat to her household is raised, she jumps at it.  A few hoops later and Musubi now has a roommate.  But are they going to get along?  Will Musubi’s territoriality […]