Manga and Comic Reviews
Image Comics launched 25 years ago this month. If you told me back then that they wouldn’t have lasted this long, I probably would’ve believed you. That said, if you had told me that they’d be leading the vanguard of creator-owned comics that were actually worth reading, I certainly would’ve laughed my ass off. While […]
Why haven’t I talked about this series in a while? That’s because it really hasn’t risen above the harmless the first volume offered. I went into this series, based on a concept from Masamune Shirow but with the manga actually by “Excel Saga’s” Rikudou Koshi, fully expecting a trainwreck and didn’t get that. Instead, “Pandora” […]
There’s not really much to say about the company’s business above the board this month. Unless you’re interested to know that they’ll be publishing an omnibus of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season Eight” later this year. So it’s time to come back to my favorite talking point with the company: manga. I’m bringing it up […]
The main reason we see so many spin-off titles in comics is because they tend to represent the safest bet of all. If you liked Title X, then it stands to reason you’ll like Title Xa, Xb, and Xc as well. This kind of approached worked really well during the 90’s (it’s how we wound […]
DC is making good on their promise to deliver more “Watchmen”-related stories in the DCU with these solicitations. A four-part crossover between “Batman” and “The Flash” called “The Button” has the “World’s Greatest Detective” and the “Fastest Man Alive” teaming up to find out the mystery of the iconic bloodstained smiley-face button and how it […]
Two volumes in and I’m still involved in following the ongoing disintegration of Makoto Okazaki’s life as he adapts to the changes that his newfound vampirism have wrought in “Happiness.” Some of these are good, as Okazaki now has a girlfriend and is currently best buds with his former bully after saving that guy from […]
Didn’t I review the previous volume around a month ago? Well, here’s the next one which follows up on the fallout from “Standoff” while also tying into the events of “Civil War II.” With regards to the former issue, now that Steve Rogers has been de-aged the question becomes whether or not he’ll take back […]
Am I in the mood for a new Image series from writer/artist Kaare Andrews about a vigilante who goes around murdering the most decadent and depraved of the upper class? You better believe it! In this post-Great Recession era (which is also the dawn of the Trump administration), I didn’t have to work hard to […]
Two volumes in and it’s becoming even more clear that the overall quality of this storyline is going to depend on how well writer Ta-Nehisi Coates sticks the landing in the next volume. This second volume does suffer a bit as it’s the middle of the story and nothing is beginning or ending here. Things […]
You know what they say about all good things, right? Technically, the finale to Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo’s run on “Batman” was the conclusion to the “Superheavy” arc in vol. 9. This one just collects their final issue together, some assorted odds and ends relating to the “New 52” era of the title, and […]