Manga and Comic Reviews
Brian K. Vaughan has said that he tries to work out all of his issues with the world through his comics. So if “Y: The Last Man” represents his thoughts on gender politics, “Ex Machina” is general politics, “Pride of Baghdad” is the Second Iraq War, and “Saga” is parenthood, then what is he dealing […]
Savor this volume because it might be a while before we see the next one. I’d like to think that Jonathan Hickman and Nick Pitarra have invested enough into “The Manhattan Projects” to let things end here. Though it does little to advance the overall story of the many scientists wrapped up in this saga, […]
The relationship at the core of this series gets bit deeper with this volume as we find out about Elias’ history. It’s related to Chise by the mage Lindel who talks about the fearsome entity he encountered one evening that collapsed out of hunger in front of him. Elias’ exact origins are mostly shrouded in […]
In all the years that Dark Horse published “Star Wars” comics, they only ever did one crossover. That was “Vector,” during the time that they were publishing four ongoing titles. It’s actually one of the better crossovers I’ve read if only for the fact that it prompted major advancements to the plots of “Knights of […]
I can see what writer Kurtis Wiebe is trying to do here and it doesn’t work nearly as well as he seems to think it does. After the previous volume left off with necromancer Hannah finding out some distressing news about her father, she and the rest of the Rat Queens head off to Mage […]
When it was announced a few years back that Faith Erin Hicks would be writing and illustrating a series of martial arts fantasy graphic novels, my first reaction was something along the lines of, “But I don’t want to wait a few years for this!” Well, the waiting is over and it was worth it. […]
This brings us up to issue #150 of the ongoing series and it’s a much happier milestone than the previous major one. You know, where Negan beat Glenn to death (which is still what I’m expecting to see happen on the TV show, but that’s another story). After the stealth pre-emptive strike against Alexandrea by […]
Well… This took its time in arriving. It’s still a worthwhile read, even though this volume represents what they call in the sports world a “rebuilding year.” After a well-done epilogue/victory lap for “Scorpion” Shiratori’s story, the focus shifts back to our three protagonists. Kiyohara is working better with his team with the hope that, […]
Are you in the mood for some “Civil War II” crossovers? Because Marvel will have you covered come July. The majority of titles in this month’s solicitations touch on the event in some way. Some of them are likely to be of significant relevance to its story, like the Bendis-written issue of “Invincible Iron Man.” […]
This is somewhat old news, but Shelly Bond, chief editor of Vertigo and a 23-year veteran of DC, was recently let go from the company. That might be putting things a bit too diplomatically. One of the things that is said to have led to her dismissal is the failure of the mass launch of […]