Manga and Comic Reviews
Big things were promised for the issues contained within this volume, and Robert Kirkman and Ryan Ottley deliver on that promise in a way that I really didn’t expect. In fact, they do some stuff here that I’ve never seen done before in a superhero comic. Though a lot of it is played up for […]
I picked up this volume out of hope that the series would improve after the inauspicious start it presented in vol. 1. Guess what? Things did improve! Granted, the nature of the improvement doesn’t immediately turn this into a must-read title. In fact, the way things play out here make me wonder if mangaka Gamon […]
A man with a cut-out newspaper mask streams videos of his threats of violence on the internet before carrying them out. Now it’s up to the members of the Metropolitan Anti-Cyber Crimes Division to catch him and his helpers before he and his partners commit more crimes in the real world. However, public sentiment is […]
It’s close to the end of the year, so let’s revisit one of my ongoing concerns over the course of the year: Sales for “New Lone Wolf & Cub.” Not only is this a direct sequel to the best-selling Dark Horse manga of all time, but its success may determine what kind of manga we […]
I was planning on writing up my thoughts on “Prophecy,” a new manga from Vertical, but then I read this earlier today. After putting out five nice two-volumes-in-one hardcover editions of “Vinland Saga” in the space of a year, Kodansha U.S.A. has “temporarily” suspended publication of this excellent title. As announcements of this such go, […]
ONE MILLION COPIES! That’s how many the first issue of “Star Wars” is expected to sell when it debuts next month. I think you’d have to go back to the pre-crash days of the 90’s to find a comic that reached this level of sales. While I’m sure the A-list creative team of Jason Aaron, […]
A few months back, news broke that Brian Wood was going to be the new writer on Todd McFarlane’s long-running “Spawn” title. Through a combination of general apathy about “Spawn” and the dubious nature of McFarlane’s talent (as well as his trolling of Neil Gaiman over the rights to “Miracleman” over the years), I was […]
When your miniseries has been built around a specific revelation, it’s probably not a good idea to have said revelation spoiled in the hype for its release. Also, if you’re like me, saw Jason Aaron’s name listed as a co-writer (co-plotter, actually) and thought “Hey, this might be of some significance to his run on […]
“Rat Queens” is getting a new artist after its current one, John “Roc” Upchurch, has left the title amidst allegations of domestic abuse. This would be bad news for the title, except that it already has a new (temporary?) artist in the form of Stjepan Sejic. Having worked at Top Cow and on “Witchblade” for […]
While the three issue miniseries that tied into “Cataclysm” was actually quite good, the past two volumes of Miles Morales’ adventures as Spider-Man were weighed down by Bendis’ decision to put him through various situations without developing the character or his cast properly. Venom isn’t as interesting without a direct connection to the title character, […]