Manga and Comic Reviews
Volume one was no fluke and vol. 2 of “Hillbilly” brings more of the same “Backwoods Appalachian ‘Conan’” charm to its table. This time wanderer Rondel and his Devil Cleaver mix it up with an actual legendary creature, the Tailypo, in a cautionary tale about the dangers of eating tail meat. There are also stories […]
Future Nwafor Chukwuebuka has just come back to New York after spending several years in Nigeria. Not that the choice was her own, as she had to get a potential victim of genocide out of the country. A floral genocide, specifically. If that sounds strange, then you should know that “Laguardia” takes place in the […]
Stokoe snagged five Eisner nominations this year: Two for his artbook “Grunt” and three for this one-shot. While I’m a big fan of his work, shelling out for the cover price and shipping of this single issue was still a big ask for me. It wasn’t until it got these Eisner nominations that I figured […]
I’ve been banging on for a while about how this series has lacked for a strong narrative direction, even as most of the stories being told are still quite good. Well, this volume has finally addressed this issue. “Diamond is Unbreakable” finally has a direction again: Finding and stopping the serial killer lurking within Morioh. […]
After more than 20 years I’ve finally gotten around to reading the hottest comic of 1998! Words can’t describe how hot “Battle Chasers” was when it launched, with its artist Joe Madureira coming off a hugely popular run on “Uncanny X-Men” that was largely driven by his art. Now he was launching his own series, […]
Nearly five years after it was published, I still can’t make up my mind as to whether Benjamin Marra’s “Terror Assaulter: One Man War On Terror” is either the greatest thing I’ve read or the dumbest. “Night Business,” on the other hand, is considerably easier to wrap my head around. It’s the creator’s ode to […]
If you’re looking for an example of why Joe Kubert was venerated as an artist, then look no further than this collection. The exploits of Abraham Stone, a young farmboy who has come to the city in search of… VENGEANCE, are drawn with an expressiveness and attention to detail that’s still impressive to see nearly […]
The first thing you notice about this volume is its size. After 33 reduced-size volumes, this is the first volume of the ongoing “Usagi Yojimbo” series to see print at a standard trim size. It’s different. As is the fact that there’s no volume number on the side here. For that you’ll have to look […]
The wheel-spinning is over and vol. 8 finds this series returning to its usual standard of quality. This standard usually involved a lot of heartbreak, and that’s exceptionally true here. It starts with Shiva’s disappearance at the end of the previous volume being resolved in short order while also causing Teacher to come to a […]
Like “Batman: Universe,” “Superman: Up in the Sky” was originally serialized in comics that were originally exclusively sold to Walmart. If you were to ask me which of the two was better, I’d say this one. Hands down. That’s because while the “Batman” title felt more like an excuse for Bendis to play around with […]