Manga and Comic Reviews
For the first round of collections from the current flagship titles of the “X-Men” line, the win went to “Gold.” It didn’t exactly do anything new with the characters or its storytelling, but it did serve them up in a pleasingly familiar way which served as a welcome dose of nostalgia. The first volume of […]
You know, I thought that Wizord’s arc for this series was going to be a standard redemption one but now I’m not so sure. There’s a lot here in “Explosiontown” which suggests that while he’s come to like our world and enjoy being a part of it, he’s still the same bastard he was back […]
Does the second volume of this “Fables” spin-off make me sad that we’re not going to see any more of it? Not really. Most of this volume is the same kind of fine approximation of the original series that the first one managed, with a weird but serious detour into examining how hope can emerge […]
Are you looking forward to Robert Kirkman’s new Image series “Oblivion Song?” I’ve got some good news for you if that’s the case. You can expect the first six issues of the series to ship on time as solicited! How do I know this? Because Kirkman has already sent advance copies of the first volume […]
Mangaka Yasuo Ohtagaki cranks up the action in this volume as the Federation and Zeon forces embark on their respective operations to get the secrets of the Reuse P Device from the Nanyang Sect, and take a few potshots at each other in the process. We start off with Darryl Lorenz and his team extracting […]
One of the common stories coming out of Marvel’s annus horribilis is how many comic shops experienced sharp drops in sales. Sometimes in the neighborhood of tens of thousands of dollars, but always the result of a cratering of sales regarding their Marvel product. I want to say that Marvel has been trying its best […]
DC screwing over Alan Moore is some very old news at this point. Even if they do find new ways to keep doing it, as is currently the case with “Doomsday Clock.” However, screwing with the artists he’s worked with on projects DC has published is new territory for them. Last week it was revealed […]
While we’re still waiting to see if the massive Disney/Fox merger is going to go through, and take all of the Fox licenses away from Dark Horse, Marvel started the year off by sniping a completely different license. After more than a decade at Dark Horse, Marvel is now the new publisher of “Conan” comics. […]
Here’s the latest volume of the other Dark Horse manga series to get a reprieve thanks to two successful anime series. I say other series because between “Battlefront” and “Drifters” this is clearly the lesser of the two titles. It’s still not without its charms as the opening story in this volume shows. The Libra […]
In the wake of “The Last Jedi” there’s been a lot of talk about how Captain Phasma is the Boba Fett of this new trilogy. Specifically, in how she doesn’t do a whole lot in the films themselves but has a distinctive look and presence to captivate fans. I’d also add that in regards to […]