Manga and Comic Reviews
“Dark Horse Presents” is comics longest-running anthology series and has been host to many legendary characters and creators over the years. Its original incarnation lasted a whopping 157 issues, a subsequent online relaunch on failed social networking site MySpace lasted for 36, while its second print incarnation ran for another 36. The current run of […]
No, really. John and I got to San Jose for Day Zero a week ago Thursday and before either of us knew it we were on our way out on Monday. Attending Fanime is always one of the highlights of my year and while this was just a “good” con compared to previous years it […]
It’s rare these days that we get some indication about how well a manga title is selling for its publisher. Which is why this article about Hiroaki Samura’s latest was a very pleasant surprise to read. (Now only if some of that sales success can rub off on fellow digital-only seinen release “All-Rounder Meguru”…) It’s […]
This is actually the first arc of “Saga” to have a proper name. “The War for Phang” is described on the back cover as being “an epic, self-contained ‘Saga’ event.” If you’re going to hype up a story to that event then you’d better deliver. On that level, this volume of “Saga” is a genuine […]
A deceased debutant’s dildo. A masturbating millenial mayor. A merchandising meth-head named Matty. These are just some of the new wrinkles introduced to the irreverent craziness of the plot of this series. Roy, the cop who likes to think that he’s a smooth operator, is dealing with the fallout from the death and subsequent mansion […]
Tom King’s first volume of “Batman” took a familiar concept — Batman having to work with new superpowered characters who want to work with him to help Gotham — and didn’t do anything new with it. “I Am Gotham” had some nice art from David Finch and Ivan Reis, but the storytelling never really rose […]
I made two mistakes regarding this series. The first was buying this arc in three-volume paperback form. There’s going to be an oversized hardcover collection of “A Nation Under Our Feet” released later this year that will not only be cheaper, but reprint-free as well. The second was expecting that this concluding volume would offer […]
Hiroki Endo’s MMA-manga continues on in its own appealingly low-key fashion. After the (perhaps unsurprising) finish to Maki’s match from the previous volume the focus shifts back to Meguru and his ongoing struggle to get better. While he’s slowly developing his technique and refining his ability to copy moves on the fly from others, he […]
The main reason vol. 4 of this series only scored an honorable mention on my “Best of 2016” list was because I didn’t believe the death of a major character from its last few pages was genuine. Now that vol. 5 is here I can say that I WAS RIGHT! Said character returns in a […]
Savor the title of this volume because it’s likely the last we’ll see of “Invincible’s” traditional naming scheme when it comes to these things. I’m expecting the titles of its last two volumes to be “The End of All Things, Part One” and “Part Two,” respectively and this volume really does read like a buildup […]