Manga and Comic Reviews
This is what happens when have a creator who clearly loves “Conan” but doesn’t want to actually do an official story featuring the character. Instead, creator Andrew MacLean gives us a burly, irascible, white-bearded master swordsman who carries around the severed head of Agatha the Blue Witch, and bears the nickname “Head Lopper” for his […]
Brian Wood wrote seven volumes about vikings, Norsemen, and other denizens of Northern Europe in “Northlanders” with only one real dud among them. (That would be the misguided supernatural fantasy of “Metal.”) Even if it’s not an official continuation, fans of that series can essentially think of this series as vol. 8. All of the […]
The fact that the previous volume of this series happened to be a disappointing read was bad enough. It stung even more when you consider that new volumes of “A Bride’s Story” only come out on an annual basis. So I’ve basically spent most of the last ten months worrying that this great series had […]
Yes, I’m just as surprised as you that we’re only getting this now as opposed the Turtles’ heyday in the 90’s. That may be a good thing. Can you imagine how this crossover would’ve read during that era where it was style at the expense of all substance? With veteran Bat-writer (and creator of BOOM!’s […]
As uneven as Bendis’ output has been recently, it’s still nice to know that he can still write a good “Spider-Man” story. Mostly. With the Ultimate Universe having come to an end with “Secret Wars,” Miles Morales is now part of the Marvel Universe proper. He’s still attending Brooklyn Visions Academy and trying to find […]
I’m not done with Brubaker yet this week. To be honest, after the writer decamped to Image along with Sean Phillips to do “Fatale” and their subsequent creator-owned titles, I didn’t think we’d ever see another volume of “Criminal.” It had a very good six-volume run over at Marvel, but no ongoing storyline that needed […]
It isn’t that this series has suddenly become dull in its examination of the ongoing misery of the title character’s life as he transitions into high school. There’s too much disturbing stuff on display for that to happen. Such as when we witness the loss of his virginity in a way that’s almost as uncomfortable […]
I hope everyone enjoyed Batgirl’s time in Burnside because it ends with this volume. It was a fun detour and while the stories from writers Cameron Stewart and Brenden Fletcher, along with Babs Tarr’s art (along with many other talented artists) didn’t prove to be as revolutionary as their buzz would indicate, they still put […]
For all intents and purposes this is the grand finale to Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo’s run on “Batman.” Yes, there’s still another volume with their names on it arriving in december, but in addition to collecting their final issue together it’s also called “Epilogue.” Which kind of hits the nail on the head. “Bloom” […]
T’Challa is having a really good year so far. After Chadwick Boseman made a striking debut as the Black Panther in “Captain America: Civil War,” the character’s latest ongoing series debuted to over 300k in sales. It’s not the biggest debut of the year, but I don’t think that anyone was expecting a new “Black […]