Manga and Comic Reviews
Now this is why I love Vertical. Publishing josei — young women’s — manga is not yet a common occurrence in North America and what examples of it we do have trend more towards slice-of-life stories that deal with their protagonists’ love lives in either a comedic or dramatic context. “Helter Skelter” is a suspense-bordering-on-horror […]
There were a lot of great moments in “Hellboy: The Storm and The Fury,” and one of my favorites was a brief bit near the end of the second half. It was all of two panels, as we saw images of Abe, Liz and Roger with narration indicating that it was going to be up […]
My main enjoyment from this series has come from seeing Tsutomu Nihei apply his distinct style to some decidedly conventional material. The results have been of an “acquired taste” so far, but this volume may signal the story’s transition into something legitimately entertaining for all. While the focus is still on the conflict between the […]
The successful partnership between Dark Horse and Joss Whedon got another shot in the arm this week. In case you haven’t heard, there’s currently a new “Firefly/Serenity” series in the pipeline from the publisher. No word on when this will actually hit the stands, but the safe money is on the nebulous term of “sometime […]
After nineteen volumes, it’s over at last. Except for occasional bits of cleverness, Brubaker’s run on “Captain America” has been on a steady downward slide since “No Escape.” In that volume, Baron Zemo notched a win over on Bucky and the villains in this series have basically been doing that to the heroes ever since. […]
I was surprised to hear this when the news broke last night, but it didn’t upset me. After his career melted down in a tabloid bonfire post-”Gigli” in 2003 and appeared to receive its final nail in 2004 with “Surviving Christmas,” Affleck knew he had to reinvent himself. Switching to directing with “Gone Baby Gone” […]
Some interesting bits from the Alpha Male of Marvel editor Tom Brevoort courtesy of “Bleeding Cool” (naturally…): When posting an image of the new “Mighty Avengers” series from Greg Land on Twitter, T-Voort got some flack from one individual who said that he was going to pass on it due to the artist’s trace-heavy style. […]
I’m going to break with the format for these things because I want to talk about “Sex.” Joe Casey and Piotr Kowalski have been giving us “Sex” for months now and the time has come for them to give us lots of “Sex” at once. Up until now you had to go down to your […]
If you hated seeing Bendis take on “Avengers” proper — that is to say a Cap/Thor/Iron Man led team with characters who have traditionally been a part of it — after writing “New Avengers” for years, then you’re going to love this volume. That’s because it’ll give you lots of new reasons to use in […]
I could talk about the latest PR landmine that went off in DC’s face over the past week with the allocation of the 3D covers for their “Villains Month” titles. Except that Brian Hibbs has already done a far better evisceration of the company for their antics than I ever could over at his site. […]