Comic Picks by the Glick

Manga and Comic Reviews

Kill or be Killed vol. 1

Brubaker and Phillips are at it again.  One of comics’ most reliable writer/artist teams, to the point where even their lesser projects turn out to be pretty readable, is back with a brand new title which tackles an all-new subject for them.  This time around it’s the concept of vigilantism and what makes an average […]

Image Previews Picks: May 2017

Image’s 25th Anniversary celebration rolls on with these solicitations.  So what can we look forward to along those lines in May?  Well, the issue of “Saga” which kicks off its next arc will only set you back 25 cents.  For those of you who are nostalgic for the time when Todd McFarlane actually drew “Spawn,” […]

DC Previews Picks: March 2017

Last year brought a big revamp for DC’s licensed Hanna-Barbera comics and characters and now the Looney Tunes characters are getting the same treatment.  Coming out of ComicsPro is word of four “Vs.” titles that will see familiar DC characters pitted against specific Looney Tunes.  One of them is genuinely inspired:  Lobo vs. the Road […]

Assassination Classroom vol. 14

The school restaurant fair showdown between Classes E & A turns out not to be the main story for this volume.  It’s dealt with pretty early on as the resourcefulness of Class E shows that they can at least go the distance against Class A even when the odds are so thoroughly stacked against them. […]

Marvel Previews Picks: May 2017

There has been a not-insignificant talent exodus within Marvel over the past few years.  After the likes of Jonathan Hickman, Rick Remender, Matt Fraction, Kelly Sue DeConnick, and more have told the stories they wanted and achieved a certain amount of fame for doing so, they’ve departed for Image to pursue creator-owned work.  I believe […]

The Goddamned vol. 1: Before the Flood

Save for a short story in the pages of “Thor:  God of Thunder,” this is the first time Jason Aaron and R.M. Guera have worked together since completing their excellent Native American reservation-set crime series “Scalped.”  That fact alone was enough to get me to give this series a shot.  “The Goddamned” is best described […]