Manga and Comic Reviews
My concern after the (still compulsively readable) vol. 9 was that this series was going to wind up becoming “The Thorfinn Show” as the main plot continued to focus in on him to the exclusion of the rest of the cast. That’s still a valid concern with this volume as Thorfinn meets Vagn, the leader […]
I thought that “Mob Psycho 100” was going to be the only “How the hell did this happen?” manga license from Dark Horse this year. I was wrong. At this year’s Anime Expo the company announced that they’ll be publishing the “Elfen Lied” manga in a series of four three-in-one omnibi. It’s a series about […]
Steve Ditko passed away early in July. His legacy in the comics medium would’ve been secure if he had only co-created “Spider-Man,” but he also worked to give us “Doctor Strange,” “Captain Atom,” and “Hawk and Dove” as well. While his modern legacy has seen him characterized as the J.D. Salinger of comics, thanks to […]
I’ve mentioned before that Robert Kirkman has never been content with having written two of the longest-running independent comics ever (with one of them still an ongoing sales and multimedia juggernaut) and has kept trying to make lightning strike with new titles like “The Astounding Wolf-Man” and “Outcast.” While I was awaiting the first volume […]
“Batman #50” came and went leaving a crater of fanboy and retailer expectations in its wake. While I’ve done my best to remain ignorant of the developments revolving around the wedding that was meant to take place in the issue, the event seems to have caused quite the uproar amongst fans. Not in a good […]
What we have here is an action-centric volume and thankfully a gimmick-free one this time around. After the Spartan crosses the border of the Nanyang Alliance’s territory combat breaks out between the two sides. While that sounds simple enough, there are two complicating factors at work here: One is the Alliance’s efforts to get onboard […]
The latest volume of the title character’s early years with the organization features a three-issue miniseries advancing its running plots bookended by two one-off issues, courtesy of regular writers Mike Mignola and Chris Roberson. “Secret Nature” comes first and features the slick art of “Thief of Thieves” Shawn Martinbrough who shows that he can handle […]
It’s the penultimate volume of Dan Slott’s run on “Amazing Spider-Man” and how does it start? With a bit of filler in “Annual #42” as Peter Parker helps Betty Brant investigate an old case that her deceased flame, Ned Leeds, was working on. It involves a statue in the middle of town memorializing a battle […]
Another year, another Comic-Con. While it’s still an insanely crowded experience where you have to line up incredibly early if you want to have a chance of getting into the biggest panels, there’s still plenty of fun to be had with the smaller panels on offer. Which were most of the ones that I wound […]
Apparently this series isn’t going to progress in a straight line, chronologically speaking. Vol. 3 takes us back to the time period of the first volume, and while I’m kinda disappointed that we’re not going to follow up with what Alita is up to in the present, we get some good backstory development here. Not […]