Manga and Comic Reviews
Ah, it’s a new creator-owned series from Rick Remender. Will it be the kind that relentlessly grinds down its protagonists to the point where it starts being fun (“Deadly Class”), to where you start sympathizing with the antagonist (“Seven to Eternity”), or just plain grinds them down (“Black Science”). If nothing else the answer is […]
Aaron has been working within the Marvel Universe for long enough that seeing him finally get the chance to write the “Avengers” feels right. The good news is that his willingness to embrace the casual craziness of this particular universe serves this opening story well. What does it involve? Nothing less than the extermination of […]
The cover to this volume is best appreciated by looking at the version of it on the color insert on the first page. That’s because the contrast that glossy version affords allows you to see how creepy it really is. Not that Teacher means any ill will towards Shiva in this volume. Not intentionally, as […]
“Deadpool” miniseries have been so prolific over the past few years that you could probably walk into a comic shop and hit one simply by swinging a dead dog around. Now would be the perfect place for me to ask a rhetorical question like, “How do you know what one to read?” except that the […]
An original graphic novella from Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips? Yes, please take my money! This is a thing that I absolutely want to read. I’ve said it time and time again (quite recently, in fact) that these two are one of the best creative teams in comics and it’s honestly a relief that between […]
(What, no podcast tonight? The past week turned out to be unexpectedly busy for me, so we’re running behind a bit right now. Expect it to go up on Friday or over the weekend at the latest.) This volume of the series should’ve been a real heartbreaker to read. For several reasons, which I’ll concede […]
Between “Delicious in Dungeon,” “Kaguya-sama,” “Silver Spoon,” and now this, just about all of the manga I’ve been reading in scanlated form have now received proper English releases. (I’ll keep holding out hope for “Dagashi Kashi,” but if it hasn’t been picked up following the two anime series that it’s received…) “Tomo-chan” is the least […]
It’s a comic about a killer shark with a harpoon stuck in its jaw, and it’s based on a British comic from the 70’s that was notorious enough to be banned from newsstands. While that information alone may be enough for a reader to determine if “Hookjaw” is for them, it’s also worth mentioning that […]
This latest entry into the Mignolaverse contains a framing device that’s an absolute ton of fun to see in action even as it undercuts the drama of the main story. Longtime readers will remember Koshchei’s role in “Hellboy: Darkness Calls” as Baba Yaga’s primary instrument of vengeance against the title character. Where did he wind […]
The problem with a series that has a world this rich and interesting and storytelling so incredibly dense by modern standards is that with this third volume I’m already feeling the need to go back and read the first two. Usually that feeling doesn’t set in until around vol. 5 or 6 for some series, […]