Manga and Comic Reviews
Vol. 1 of this series was another one of those collections where it felt like it was one big first issue, setting the stage for future stories involving professional criminal Saffron Chu. In writer John Layman and artist Dan Boultwood’s defense it was all good setup, which is why I’m writing about vol. 2 now. […]
“Mr. Higgins Comes Home” found Mike Mignola in a humorous mood as he co-wrote the story of Very British vampire hunters J.T. Meinhardt and Mr. Knox with artist Warwick Johnson-Caldwell. “Our Encounters With Evil” found Caldwell flying solo as he delivered an anthology of stories about the two, eschewing humor for quirky strangeness. “Falconspeare” is […]
While Shuzo Oshimi’s other current manga flirts again with self-parody, this one is still delivering solid plotting and characterization. This remains true even as Mari remains in a catatonic state after remembering who “Fumiko” is in the previous volume. Mari’s condition is taking a special toll on her mother who is at a loss as […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: Jinx This is the story of a couple of two-bit hustlers, Goldfish and Columbia, who each wind up with half of the location to where a major cash stash is located, and the title character, a bounty hunter who crosses their paths. It’s also the longest series Brian Michael Bendis did by himself […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: What’s the Place Furthest From Here vol. 1: Get Lost I realize I put the first issue of this new ongoing series from writer Matthew Rosenberg and artist Tyler Boss in this spot when it first came out. I’m giving the first volume the same spot because I’m still looking forward to reading […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: Fables #151: The Black Forest (part 1 of 12) “Batman vs. Bigby” was only the warm-up act to the return of DC/Vertigo’s longest-running creator-owned series. “Fables” was the story of what happened when the fictional characters of folktales and legends were driven from their homelands and settled down in New York. Creator Bill […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: Eternals vol. 2: Hail Thanos Kieron Gillen and Esad Ribic’s take on this particular Jack Kirby creation got off to a strong start with its first volume. Strong enough that it makes me hope that this is the first “Eternals” ongoing series to make it to the end of its planned storyline. A […]
One thing I was disappointed with last year is that the “Dorohedoro” manga never went on sale at ComiXology. I say this because I’ve got nineteen more volumes left to buy and I’d prefer not to pay a premium for them, no matter how much I liked the first three and (especially) the anime. While […]
This volume’s first story involves Nene getting to know a young girl who is about to experience life with a completely different kind of cyberbody. Now, I expect this story to have a humanist sci-fi bent that takes the unusual nature of this cyberbody and spins a surprisingly touching tale that’s another showcase for our […]
This series has been treading the waters of “Not as Good as it Once Was” for a good long while now. I keep waiting for it to either step up its storytelling game or to give us some signs of its old, nasty self that thrived on shock value. What I was not expecting was […]