Comic Picks by the Glick

Manga and Comic Reviews

The Ancient Magus’ Bride vol. 21

The Winter Holiday continues and things are as normal as they get around Elias and Chise’s place.  Which means that the former’s ostensible landlord has shown up to ask for the former’s traditional help in dealing with the curse that has plagued his family for generations.  That’s small potatoes compared to what the head of […]

Dark Horse Penguin Picks: February 2026

Above-the-Board Recommendation: The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service Omnibus vol. 6 *sigh*  Delayed again.  Which, I suppose, is better than the release date coming and not having it arrive.  I mean, that could still happen, but they’ll actually have to nail down a proper release date first.  Which is April 14, 2026, according to this latest […]

Spectators

Val has just been stood up by her date as she sits in her seat at a local movie theater.  Before she can be too disappointed by this, tragedy strikes and now she’s dead.  She’s also not moving on to wherever souls go after they die as she’s now just a free-floating apparition who can […]

Love Everlasting vol. 3

In the story of Joan Petersen and her quest for true love, there’s one clear villain here:  The Cowboy.  I mean, how else are we supposed to feel about this masked marauder who shows up whenever it looks like she’s found a man to love and then shoots her dead.  Seems pretty clear cut to […]

Murcielago vol. 25

I won’t lie:  It’s kind of hard to remember what was going on in this series when I reviewed its last volume just over a year ago.  Fortunately, this has never been a very plot-heavy series, so when the focus winds up being on a fight between an empowered version of Celine, the Perfumer, and […]

Black Canary: Best of the Best

Are six-issue miniseries the new twelve for writer Tom King?  After doing several maxiseries to both good (“Mister Miracle”) and middling (“Adam Strange”) effect the man has been writing shorter ones focusing on specific characters.  “Best of the Best” is the latest one of these and it features a character who’s shown up in a […]

Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt vol. 24

The Nanyang Alliance is about to get everything they’ve ever wanted following the death of their leader, Sojo Levan Fu.  At least, that’s what the majority of them think as they continue to charge the Solar Ray under Karla’s orders, unaware that she’s the one who murdered him.  What they don’t realize is that she […]