Manga and Comic Reviews
A funny thing happened after I got the five volumes I’m going to write about here. I got another shipment of manga from the Right Stuf. Which means that my backlog of manga to write about has only become that much larger. Rather than wait until one of these series has accumulated enough volumes to […]
Vol. 1 was pretty much everything that I’d hoped a Simon Spurrier-written version of “Hellblazer” would be. Macabre horror, stories with clever twists, and John Constantine being the one bastard who could always be counted on to come out on top. For better and for worse. I was excited to see what the writer had […]
Eddie Brock did the right thing at the end of the previous volume and told the Avengers about the impending threat of Knull. While they (specifically Iron Man) weren’t happy about it, Eddie’s actions gave them time to figure out a gameplan and for him to take Dylan to someone who can tell them what’s […]
There’s a moment early in this volume that serves as a litmus test as to whether this volume (and really, the series overall) is for you. Newly-promoted cabal head Sen. Connie Lipshitz is taking ideas from her fellow senators about initiatives to make life better for everyone in the U.S.A. One senator talks about a […]
Bendis’ first volume of this series was impressive in that it was kind of a mess that still managed to hold itself together and deliver a satisfying climax at its end. Vol. 2 is more of the same as the Legion faces the fallout from the events of vol. 1 as the team makes not […]
…and that’s a wrap. At least, it is until the next time I go eight months without reviewing a volume of this series. Vol. 19 may have been this title’s most recent high point, but it didn’t quite herald the next stage of its story the way this volume does. That’s at the end of […]
After all the excitement of the previous volume, you’d think that it’d be time for the story to take a break and let the cast catch their breaths. This lasts for about two chapters as the main cast does just that and the focus of the story shifts back to some of the 7th Division […]
If you’ll recall, I put “Golden Kamuy” on my “Best of 2020” list. I generally try to avoid putting ongoing series on there, or else each year would be dominated by continuing series like “Blade of the Immortal,” “The Walking Dead,” or “Delicious in Dungeon” until they ended… if they ended well. In the case […]
Hey everyone! Remember that thing we did around eight months ago? Well, we’re doing it again because I still need to learn how to manage my backlog better! Early on in this volume, we learn a few important things: That Sugimoto doesn’t want Asirpa to wind up becoming a murderer. That the Ainu practice live […]
If you’re wondering where the reviews of vols. 1 & 2 are, Steve and I talked about them on the podcast a few months back. Since that podcast, it’s been announced that MAPPA will be handling the anime adaptation of this series. Given their predilection towards works that thrive on over-the-top violence — “Attack on […]