Manga and Comic Reviews
…write about the comic that it got me to buy. I wasn’t planning on buying any of the other “Age of X-Man” series since “Marvelous X-Men” made for a pretty self-contained spine of the story. It’s just that seeing Apocalypse in the role of someone who wants to let love live is so utterly bizarre […]
Out of the ashes of “Uncanny X-Men: Disassembled” comes… something really strange. By either regular “X-Men” standards or even their alternate universe stories. “The Marvelous X-Men” collection makes up the spine of the “Age of X-Man” event as it collects the title miniseries, as well as the “Alpha” and “Omega” issues that kick it off […]
With “Invincible” and “The Walking Dead” no longer with us, the chances of me winding up with two Robert Kirkman-written books on my shelf to review is going to be an increasingly rare occurrence. It’ll become even more so when one of the series I’m writing about here wraps up with its next volume. So […]
“The Man of Steel” was a decent enough start to Bendis’ run on “Superman” and “Action Comics.” It showed he had a good handle on the character, even if the stories being set up didn’t really grab me. “Phantom Earth,” however, is a big step in the right direction. It’s got a great setup for […]
I wasn’t expecting to see Smith back with Talas after the two parted, or rather “were parted,” way back in vol. 3, but it’s nice that it happened nonetheless. There’s a part of me that wishes it led to some more engaging storytelling here, however. Things start off with a chapter of glorified and glorious […]
It’s a lovely, dense volume of the series we have here. While the cliffhanger from the previous volume is dispatched quickly enough, it immediately segues into telling us all about Father Simon’s genuinely tragic backstory. (As well as the various factions which exist in the church, which I’m sure will become relevant later…) Then we […]
It’s a new volume of “Berserk.” What’s there to say about it besides, “It’s still really good,” and “I wish Kentaro Miura world get these out faster?” A lot, actually. This is a momentous volume of the series as it makes a fundamental change to its status quo — one that’s been in place for […]
There’s a more interesting series lurking underneath the surface of the one we get here. A thriller about an obsessed schoolgirl who stalks the new girl in her class. A quiet girl who can only experience happiness if she’s tasting ramen. Instead, we’ve got a relatively sedate slice-of-life story about Yu, a schoolgirl who is […]
That was a hell of a cliffhanger the previous volume left off on. You’d think that mangaka Nagabe would pick right back up to show you how it’s going to be resolved, but you’d be wrong. He wants you to squirm for a while yet. So you’ll have to see Teacher deal with the soldier […]
That guy in the center of the cover for this volume certainly looks sinister, doesn’t he? Like he’s just sitting there advertising to everyone who cares to look that he’s the new villain of this series. That’s not an incorrect assumption to make. The thing is that The Doctor has a very personal connection to […]