Manga and Comic Reviews
I’ve made no secret that I think Ta-Nehisi Coates’ run on “Black Panther” so far hasn’t lived up to my expectations. His run has mostly emphasized talk over action and that wouldn’t necessarily be a problem if the talk was actually interesting. There’s been some improvement as the series has gone on, which I believe […]
Well, here we are. After *goes to check* thirty previous “B.P.R.D.” volumes, plus a volume or two of spinoffs, we’re at what looks to be the penultimate one for the series as a whole. It even begins with a surprise: Three pages of Mike Mignola illustrating how Hellboy came back out of hell after the […]
Two volumes in and I’m still waiting for mangaka Tsutomu Nihei to shake up the storytelling here. It’s all so familiar as vol. 2 begins with Etherow and Titania arriving in an Imperial town only to get thrown into jail after the former is suspected of suffering from Frame Disease. This only puts him right […]
“Deadpool” miniseries have been so prolific over the past few years… Hey, wait a minute! We’ve been here fairly recently. “Secret Agent Deadpool” manages to clear my threshold for buying a deadpool miniseries by coming from “The Adventures of Doctor McNinja” writer/artist and “Gwenpool” writer Christopher Hastings and artist Salva Espin. Its hook is pretty […]
This latest adaptation of stories and poems from Neil Gaiman is mostly just alright. P. Craig Russell, who has worked with Gaiman on multiple comics projects, handles the art and adaptation work for most of what’s featured here. He’s also responsible for the superior “Neil Gaiman Library” entry “Murder Mysteries,” which is more worthy of […]
So “The Wedding” didn’t go as planned and Batman is still a confirmed bachelor. Which is fine because that means his marriage to Queen Watevera Wa’nabi in “The Lego Movie 2” is now canon. Right? Wait… It isn’t? Awwwww… Anyhow, Bruce’s attempted marriage to Selina also represented his big grab at happiness in the life […]
Should I have talked about this latest volume in the most recent podcast? Nope. That was all about discussing the “Alita”-related stories that I hadn’t had a chance to talk about yet, and were also representative of its Shueisha-era heyday. Five volumes in and it’s clear that “Mars Chronicle” is a much different beast in […]
Much of this first volume went about as I’d expect from the writer. Which means that it read like a solidly crafted superhero adventure from someone who knows the genre inside and out. Not an exceptional one, mind you, as it started off by showing us a Doctor Strange who has lost his connection to […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: Die vol. 1: Fantasy Heartbreaker It’s the first volume of a new Kieron Gillen-written series. How could I not give it this spot? “Die” has the writer teaming up with artist Stephanie Hans to give us what’s been described as “Goth Jumanji.” It’s essentially about a group of kids who were into roleplaying […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: Infinity Wars by Gerry Duggan: The Complete Collection The main reason I’m putting this collection here is because it got me to stop buying something. Specifically, the two “Infinity Wars” collections (the prelude and the main event) that are currently in the wild right now. As one of Marvel’s big events last year […]