Comic Picks by the Glick

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Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken vol. 7

The club keeps ticking along even as they try to figure out what their next project is supposed to be.  Inspiration comes from the most unlikely of sources, however, when voice-acting congirl Sakurada gets a look at “Tanuki El Dorado” and proceeds to write a critique that shakes Asakusa to her core.  Being the trooper […]

Bowling With Corpses and Other Strange Tales From Lands Unknown

Mike Mignola is responsible for one of the largest and most entertaining fictional universes in comics:  The Mignolaverse, which encompasses all of Hellboy’s adventures, those of his comrades in the Bureau of Paranormal Research and Defense, his antagonists, and those who came before and after them as well.  He’s also responsible in part for Outerverse, […]

Cat + Crazy vol. 1

High schooler Kensuke Fuji has a problem:  He absolutely loves cats, but isn’t allowed to have one of his own.  So he spends most of his free time observing the strays in the neighborhood, particularly a calico one named Tamako.  When Tamako goes missing, this brings Kensuke into contact with her owner, Jin Nekoya, who […]

The Seasons vol. 1

While writer Rick Remender has done some extended creator-owned series in his career, “Deadly Class” & “Black Science,” his recent output has trended towards shorter-form series.  Seventeen issues of “Seven to Eternity.”  Fifteen of (ugh) “The Scumbag.”  Eleven each of “Death or Glory” and “A Righteous Thirst for Vengeance.”  Ten issues of “Napalm Lullaby.”  While […]