Manga and Comic Reviews
With his track record, any new Image series from Jonathan Hickman is a reason to get excited about. I was particularly looking forward to seeing how the full volume of “The Black Monday Murders” would read after I checked out the first issue several months back. Now that the final volume is here, it still […]
I didn’t have the best impression of the first volume of Matt Kindt’s previous creator-owned series at Dark Horse, “Mind MGMT,” but I eventually grew to appreciate what it was offering in subsequent volumes. The creator’s latest series at the publisher may have a punny title, but everything about it is played straight in this […]
If you’ll recall, I wasn’t all that impressed with the first volume of this new “Gundam” series. It delivered all the familiar “War is Hell” moral musings you’d expect as seen through the Federation and Zeon’s struggle to take control of the strategically important Thunderbolt sector without doing much to distinguish itself. Some steps are […]
So this is it? After five volumes of Abe’s ongoing series that, while it certainly had its moments, was mostly a dull slog more than anything else this is the ending we get!? While the series certainly has significant relevance to the Mignolaverse, it’s easily the runt of the litter quality-wise when compared to the […]
The quality of “Aliens” comics over the years from Dark Horse has fluctuated wildly. While the initial miniseries from writer Mark Verheiden and artist Mike Nelson still holds up well today, a quick read through any of the Omnibus volumes will reveal some pretty misguided endeavors as well. “Defiance” is not only the first ongoing […]
It’s a dark and stormy night in this latest adaptation of a Neil Gaiman short story from Dark Horse, both in the life of the Writer at the heart of it and in the tale he’s trying to tell. You see, the Writer is trying to tell a serious literary tale that reflects the truth […]
The latest Moto Hagio manga to come from Fantagraphics features a first chapter that is confusing, weird, and likely going to turn off readers unaccustomed to the kind of strangeness this old-school shojo mangaka likes to traffic in. It takes place on the island of Barbara and focuses on young Aoba and her two friends, […]
You know who we haven’t seen much of during Jason Aaron’s run chronicling the adventures of Marvel’s Thunder God? Loki. That might have been down to the fact that the character was already being used, quite well I might add, in the pages of “Young Avengers” and “Loki: Agent of Asgard.” Still, Aaron has managed […]
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’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,” […]