Comic Picks by the Glick

Manga and Comic Reviews

Wonder Woman vol. 5: Flesh

Brian Azzarello has taken Wonder Woman on a unique journey over the course of his tenure as the writer of her ongoing series.  Eschewing nearly all connections to the DC Universe at large, he’s embraced the character’s mythological side and given us a modern tale of the wrath and pettiness of the Greek gods pitted […]

Image Previews Picks: February 2015

An issue of “The Walking Dead” topped the sales charts in October, the first time it has done that this year.  However, unlike the previous times issues of this title hit #1, it wasn’t due to an anniversary issue or mass of variant covers.  No, this time it was all thanks to Loot Crate and […]

Burn the Orphanage vol. 2: Reign of Terror

Back when I reviewed the first volume I expressed my hope that they’d get a new colorist for this series.  One who knew how to make the colors as vibrant as the console and arcade brawlers this title draws its inspiration from.  Well, writer/artist Sina Grace and co-writer Daniel Freedman replaced John Rauch with Renee […]

DC Previews Picks: February 2015

Working forward from last month, DC’s big “We’re moving to Burbank in March and April of next year and need something stockpiled to cover for it!” event is called “Convergence.”  It’ll be spinning out of the ends of the finales for two of their weekly series “Earth 2:  World’s End” and “Future’s End” with a […]

A Bride’s Story vol. 6

“Action-packed” isn’t the first thing that comes to mind when thinking about this series or manga from Kaoru Mori in general.  Yet it’s a fitting description for this volume of “A Bride’s Story as armed conflict breaks out between the people of Amir’s city and her family’s tribe.  After her brother, Azel, and his friends […]

All-New Ultimates vol. 1: Power For Power

So here we are with the latest relaunch of the Ultimate Universe.  It’s most likely going to be the last if the “The End” teaser they’re running for it as part of the upcoming “Secret Wars” event turns out to be the real thing.  Frankly, I’m hoping it is.  While the imprint has resulted in […]

Hawkeye vol. 3: L.A. Woman

Alright, you’ve got a series that has won universal acclaim, a couple Eisners, and has even managed to defy (to a certain extent) the industry trend of declining sales with each issue.  How do you follow something like that up?  If you guessed “Have the series suffer through some unexplainable delays while additional artists come […]

The Unwritten vol. 10: War Stories

After that encounter with the “Fables” crew, Tom Taylor takes the long way back to reality at the start of this volume.  It involves him travelling through archetypal stories like “The Ugly Duckling” through “Alice in Wonderland” and even “The Chronicles of Narnia.”  These scenes initially come off as confusing, leaving you to wonder just […]