Manga and Comic Reviews
When I reviewed “The Last of Us: American Dreams,” my main gripe was that it felt pretty slight with the story not having too much relevance to the game itself. I also said that I was hoping/expecting the comic to tell the story behind Ellie’s final monologue to Joel, about how she found out she […]
The last time I talked about Scott Snyder’s “Batman,” I said that I was expecting nothing but the best from this latest Joker-centric storyline. Did I get that? No. For all of its hype and the flash of its storytelling, this is still a story that covers a lot of familiar ground with Batman and […]
Carrying on from last month, vol. 14 of “Eden! It’s an Endless World” is now available for pre-order on Amazon. I’ve got my copy and even if you don’t get your comics from them, I’d say now’s the time to pre-order yours. As for stuff relevant to this month’s solicitations, there’s some curious management going […]
So this arrived a little sooner than I thought it would, and turned out to be worth the wait as well. A little win-win situation right there. Even better is that after a bit of action at the beginning the book’s entire focus shifts to Fukumachi’s efforts to chronicle Habu’s solo, oxygenless climb of Everest’s […]
DC Comics is… MOVING! To the East Coast! That was the big news that broke two weeks ago, though I can’t imagine that the announcement itself is going to have too much impact on the comics they publish. At least, that’s until we find out which staff members and editorial persons will actually be making […]
The initial trailers for this latest Marvel movie didn’t really do a whole lot to get me excited about it. Lots of flash, some new characters, a few old ones, and no real indication about just what the story was going to be about. “Yup. It’s a ‘Thor’ movie all right,” was the impression they […]
This is the title where Amazon failed me. After years of delivering all of my comics at fairly generous discounts with varying degrees of timeliness, they cancelled my order for this title and have yet to offer a physical copy of it for sale on their site. Kodansha, its publisher, is currently pointing its finger […]
I have yet to play “Bioshock Infinite,” “Saints Row IV,” “GTA V,” or “Assassin’s Creed IV,” but if I had to pick my game of the year right now it would be “The Last of Us.” Not only was it a beautifully rendered post-pandemic world where the new brutality required to survive was brilliantly integrated […]
I’ve enjoyed Bryan Talbot’s previous two volumes a great deal, but there was always something holding them back in the end. Where the first one was a tightly plotted, intelligent thriller, it wound up tossing those attributes with a climax that has more in common with the films of Schwarzenegger’s 80’s heyday. The second volume […]
The characters of the Marvel Universe are a diverse and flexible bunch. This is to the point where if a writer wanted to, they could tell a pretty straightforward genre story with the right one. Garth Ennis has told war stories with Nick Fury, Bendis and Brubaker have done legal thrillers with Daredevil, the latter […]