Manga and Comic Reviews
I certainly didn’t plan to review these two volumes together. Aside from sharing the same publisher, they’re almost completely different in tone, style and execution. One (no, not ONE *rimshot*) is translating the “Gundam” aesthetic into manga form via the mangaka’s own sensibilities in a way that at least nods to grounded sci-fi. The other […]
The time is 1875. The place is Ft. Lehane, Texas, and Montgomery Enfield, his gang, and their families are living their best lives right now. The town’s law enforcement is lax enough that they’re able to do whatever they want without fear of any serious repercussions. Until shortly after they’ve made their latest “withdrawal” from […]
He may have had an 85-issue run on “Batman” proper and a twelve-issue follow-up on top of that, but it seems that Tom King just can’t quit the Dark Knight. In addition to the “Killing Time” caper and the “Penguin” series, the writer and his frequent artistic collaborator, Mitch Gerads, serialized this four part story […]
With a title like that, you probably already know whether or not this story is going to be for you. “Predator vs. Wolverine” is exactly what it says it is. The only thing you might not expect is that it’s a story of the title characters fighting each other over the decades. From the post-”Origin” […]
Wherein Superman, and his handpicked version of The Authority, go to Warworld to free it and its subjects from Mongul’s iron grasp. That’s what this 700+ page collection boils down to and if you’ve read a story where the Man of Steel goes off to save a group of people or a civilization from totalitarian […]
This isn’t a review of vol. 13. That’s because it’s basically the first half of the ending of the series. The volume’s six chapters are all about Laios and company’s climactic battle against the Winged Lion and you’re not going to find out anything about how it ends here. However, you will have to wait […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: What’s the Furthest Place From Here #19 Yeah, this gets the spot because it’s proof that “What’s the Furthest Place From Here?” is still ongoing. Which is always a concern given its irregular appearances in these solicitations. Was there nothing else new (in collected editions or single issues) which warranted this spot? Your […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: H.P. Lovecraft’s The Call of Cthulhu The solicitation text calls this Lovecraft’s most popular novel and given the title character’s prolificacy in pop culture, I’m hard-pressed to disagree. The story itself involves two bands of cultists, one in the Arctic and one in the bayous of Louisiana who share a practice of blood […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: Titans: Beast World It’s billed as the first “Titans”-centric DC event, which sounds overdue after the team has been in circulation for over 40 years now. That’s not what’s drawing me to this event, as it’ll be the first time I’ve started following the team which formerly had “Teen” in front of their […]