Manga and Comic Reviews
The first volume of this revival of the venerable British series “Battle Action” was an anthology spotlighting a wide swath of characters that featured in it over the years. All of the stories were written by Garth Ennis who also provided commentary on why each of them mattered to the magazine. To him as well […]
Not too long ago, Poison Ivy and Metallo showed up in Metropolis and led to a team-up between Superman and Batman (and Robin). Then Superman got hit with a Red Kryptonite cocktail, causing him to hallucinate and lose control of his powers. That’s when Niles Caulder and his Doom Patrol had to be called in […]
This is one of those series that I’ve heard about for years, but never actually read until now. That’s mainly because no one ever thought that it would be licensed for the longest time as its subject matter and tone were decidedly non-mainstream for the American market during its publication from 1994 through 2006. Slice-of-life […]
After four volumes we’re finally getting to the part of the manga that wasn’t covered by the anime (yet – Season Two is coming this summer). We’re also getting a look at another aspect of the Japanese entertainment industry as Aqua, along with Kana and Aakane, is recruited to be part of the theatrical adaptation […]
“Choose.” That’s what the robot at the heart of Radiant Black told Marshall and Nathan at the end of vol. 4 after they tried to figure out what was going wrong with their power. It turns out that only one of them can be the hero in this story after all and it’s up to […]
WonderCon was dealt a bad hand this weekend as it coincided with the latest storm system to hit Southern California. Rain? In SoCal? I’m as shocked as you are, but storms have been hitting pretty regularly for these past few weekends. We’ll likely be back to our regularly scheduled drought season next year, though. Bad […]
Three volumes in and Riko Kozakura thinks she has this whole cat ownership thing down. So much so that when the idea of adding another cat to her household is raised, she jumps at it. A few hoops later and Musubi now has a roommate. But are they going to get along? Will Musubi’s territoriality […]
Hitwoman Jagger Rose and Made Man Valentine Gallo have been through some stuff over the previous volumes. From being on the run from the Bonavese Family – the Family they were originally a part of – to Valentine finding out he was born to be a snitch for the FBI, to Jagger taking out the […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: Count Crowley vol. 3: Mediocre Midnight Monster Hunter After saying that I was interested in checking this series out, I finally got around to reading the previous two volumes. They turned out to actually be pretty good, with the second volume even improving on the first a bit. It also left off on […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: G.O.D.S. What happens when The Powers That Be meet The Natural Order Of Things? They get a much-hyped lead-in across multiple titles from an A-List creative team whose series only lasts eight issues before it gets canned. “G.O.D.S.” represented writer Jonathan Hickman’s efforts to redefine the magical corner of the Marvel Universe and […]