Manga and Comic Reviews
Retroactively speaking, there was one good thing about how writer Tom King delivered an utterly formulaic and predictable start to his “Batman” run with “I Am Gotham.” It meant that he had a relatively low bar to clear with subsequent volumes, which he did with (mostly) relative ease on “I Am Suicide.” With “I Am […]
The second volume of this early 20th century adventure manga has an interesting mix of the nice and the nasty. Much of the “nice” involves former soldier Saichi “Immortal” Sugimoto and tween Ainu huntress Asirpa hanging out at her village. We get to learn plenty about the Ainu culture, such as how the size of […]
It’s a big month for Robert Kirkman as both “Invincible” and “The Walking Dead” hit major milestone issues. This is a much bigger deal for the former series as this is its final issue. More on that and the rest of Image’s solicitations after the break. Invincible #144: It takes a certain amount of balls […]
The Marvel Legacy one-shot has arrived and with it, the identity of the resurrectee that issue was supposed to reveal. To my surprise, it wasn’t some kind of prologue for “The Return of Jean Grey” miniseries that was solicited last month. Instead, it’s the return of a completely different character. One who we really haven’t […]
*deep breath* Okay, so about a month back Tom King tweeted a page of art from Jason Fabok with a severed hand catching fire in a wintery backdrop and Fabok tweeted a picture of snow with a statement that he was working with a writer on a secret project. CBR thought that this meant the […]
Dark Horse has partnered up with Nintendo to release several of their gaming art and sourcebooks, including the mega-selling “Hyrule Historia.” One has to wonder when they’re going to take their relationship to the next level and start giving us comics based on these properties. We have an answer now and it is “Fall 2018” […]
I have a confession to make: I’ve never read any of H.P. Lovecraft’s stories. It’s a major failing of mine considering how his work has influenced a lot of what I read, play, and listen to. One of these days I figure to finally sit down and start reading my way through his canon, but […]
I really enjoyed the first volume of this series which had the creators of “Deadpool’s” first solo series, Joe Kelly and Ed Mcguinness, teaming up again to see if they could recapture some of that magic. It was a very funny romp with fantastic art from McGuinness and acknowledged continuity in a way that most […]
Cullen Bunn is one of those writers who has written a lot of comics that I’ve liked, but nothing I’ve been truly passionate about. (Yet, anyway.) “Darth Maul” doesn’t really move the needle regarding my opinion of him as it’s a capable, competent comic that you could buy or skip entirely without any repercussions. There […]
One of the things I was expecting to see from Scott Snyder’s run on “All-Star Batman” was more single-issue stories after the first arc. While the writer did a handful of shorter tales over the course of his run on “Batman,” the majority of his time on that title was spent on blockbuster stories that […]