Manga and Comic Reviews
“Usagi” is back at Dark Horse and all is right with the world. I exaggerate as the Rabbit Ronin’s adventures at IDW were unchanged in style and quality from when they were at his previous publisher. That being said, creator Stan Sakai has decided to ring in “Usagi’s” return at Dark Horse in a big […]
The “Tokyo Blade” 2.5D Stage Play is still in full swing, and now it’s time for Aqua and Kana’s big moments. Well, “big” in theory as Kana’s current mindset has her pulling back to support her co-stars so they can shine brighter than her. Meanwhile, Aqua, for all of his technical skill, still doesn’t actually […]
Vol. 2 of this series decided to take a more difficult path as it traced the struggles of multiple characters doing a lot of different things, rather than the focused group activity of the Academy kids in vol. 1. That’s what it looks like vol. 3 will be doing as it picks up again with […]
I mentioned very recently that the penultimate volume of Greg Pak’s run on “Darth Vader” did a really good job of building up to its climax. Moreso than in this title, even. That’s mainly because Soule isn’t doing any buildup here. Vol. 8 IS the climax of his run. After seven volumes, it has finally […]
He’s survived the menace of the “Dark Droids,” but can the Dark Lord of the Sith triumph over the Schism Imperial? They’re a coalition of officers who have run afoul of Vader over the course of Pak’s run, led by the newly-promoted Administrator Moore, and they believe that the Emperor is unsuited to rule the […]
Almost 200 years ago Don Diego De La Vega saved the people of his town from Spanish tyranny and began the legend of Zorro in the process. The townspeople of La Vega still remember what he did and still honor his memory after all this time. At least, they did until the cartel lord El […]
Up to this point, nothing has stopped Kuroko Koumori when she enters the fray. This time, however, she’s up against a goth-loli giant/mini partnership with enough armaments (and arms) to level the mountainside they’re fighting on. Will this be the one time in the series so far where everyone’s favorite lesbian serial killer killer and […]
The original run of “Ultimate Spider-Man,” written entirely by Bendis, with the majority of it illustrated by Mark Bagley, a decent chunk by Stuart Immonen, and still smaller chunks from Davids Lafuente and Marquez, managed a really cool trick. That would be being really good for a really long time. It managed to frequently surprise […]
DSTLRY is a new digital-first publishing operation from one of the co-founders of ComiXology. So it’s natural that the first thing I’m reading from them is the print edition collection of this three-part miniseries from writer/artist Jock. It takes place in the future in a run-down settlement next to a bustling spaceport where the inhabitants […]
Writer Tony Fleecs and artist Trish Forstner, with Tone Rodriguez on layouts, scored a major hit with “Stray Dogs” a couple years back and now they’re back with a cat-focused follow-up. It’s about one family’s three cats – Elsie, Patch, and Lord Fluffy Britches – as they find themselves in the middle of a highly […]