Manga and Comic Reviews
After twelve volumes of sometimes wildly varying quality, Matt Fraction has ceded control of Tony Stark to a writer who has yet to disappoint me with anything that he has written: Kieron Gillen. With that in mind, I came into his first volume of “Iron Man” fully expecting to be quite entertained even though Greg […]
There’s not a whole lot to say about this, save for the fact that it was exactly what I was expecting and just as good as that too. Rick raises his army, pulls up to Negan’s pad and unleashes hell — in the form of an army of zombies. From there, the conflict evolves with […]
If there’s one thing to take away from “Infinity,” it’s that if you’re going to tell the story of an epic war you really need the space in order to do it. Hickman had eighteen issues to work with, some of which were extra-sized, and the story benefitted immensely from having room to breathe. In […]
Last night we got our first major superhero guest star as Lady Sif teamed up with the Agents to track down the villainous Lorelei. This was the most entertained I’ve been by the show since the pilot. Though the story wasn’t anything special — Lorelei seeks to raise an army to take over Midgard, brings […]
This is a series that I want to like. Unfortunately the premise of “FBP” is at odds with the blue-collar, honest government employees fighting the good fight procedural that it makes itself out to be. The idea is that our world is now experiencing localized failures of physics and the U.S. government has created a […]
Back in December for my “Image Previews Picks” for March, I mentioned that they were putting out a number of comics relating to David Lapham’s long-running, long-dormant-until-now crime comic “Stray Bullets.” They consisted of a concluding issue (#41) for the ongoing series, the first part of a new eight-issue miniseries called “Killers,” and the one […]
I can only speak for myself, but when Ed Brubaker finished his run on “Captain America” I was glad to see the end of it. It was a run that had started off quite strongly before steadily losing steam a little over halfway through when it seemed that the writer thought it would be more […]
Viz announced a lot of new licenses this week and only one really stood out to me. Come December, they’ll release the first volume of “Master Keaton,” an Urasawa work that pre-dates “Monster” and “20th Century Boys.” It’s about the adventures of one Taichi Hiraga-Keaton, an archaeologist who also works as a part-time insurance investigator. […]
Years ago, when I heard that Hideaki Anno married Moyoco Anno my first thought was, “How the hell did that happen?” He’s the director of “Evangelion” and a hardcore otaku. She’s the author of josei manga such as “Flowers & Bees,” “Sakuran” and “Hataraki Man” which feature strong-willed (sometimes to the point of frightening) female […]
Things start off quite strong for this latest volume of Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips’ supernatural horror noir series. In the present, Nicholas Lash uses his time in jail to make some interesting discoveries about his uncle’s book before a meeting with his lawyer opens up an even fresher hell for him to fall into. […]