Comic Picks by the Glick

Manga and Comic Reviews

The Strange Tale of Panorama Island

This has been a looooooong time coming.  They were joking at the “Best and Worst of Manga” panel at Comic-Con last year that 2013 may be the year this collection finally ships.  Well it has and the results are going to be most appealing to those who prefer art over story.  “Panorama Island” is the […]

On “Man of Steel’s” Snap Decision

(This originally started off as the lead-in text to the next round of “DC Previews Picks.”  Then I got going for a little bit and it wound up too large for that.  So, here you are!) So I skipped out on offering my thoughts on “Man of Steel” after I saw it after being deluged […]

Wolfsmund vol. 1

It’s a striking cover image, to be sure.  The sight of a knight in full plate armor charging towards the reader on a horse with his spear outstretched with German text and a design sense that screams “middle ages” lets you know that this isn’t like your usual manga.  However, on the back cover there’s […]

Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin vol. 2 — Garma

If you’re wondering who this Garma person is and why he’s so important that this volume bears his name, you can rest assured that your questions will be answered by the end of the volume.  As head of the Principality of Zeon’s North American forces, it has become his job to capture White Base and […]

The Photographer

In July of 1986 freelance photographer Didier Lefevre left France to document a Doctors Without Borders operation in Afghanistan.  This was during the time of the Soviet invasion, which not only complicated their journey but also ensured that they’d have their work cut out for them upon arriving in country.  Lefevre took four thousand photos […]

Witch Doctor vol. 2

As far as I’m concerned, it’s an ingenious “Why didn’t I think of this?” premise.  Take a doctor whose skills are matched only by his arrogance (like “House, M.D.”) and make his specialty dealing with all manner of supernatural ailments, parasites, and beasts (of the kind that we saw on “The X-Files”).  Right there you […]

Saga vol. 2

As predicted, now that my expectations have been adjusted to where I’m not anticipating this series to be instant greatness on the level of “Y:  The Last Man” or “Ex Machina,” its charms are a lot more evident.  Chief amongst them is the way Brian Vaughan continues to expand the cast of the series with […]

Conan vol. 13: Queen of the Black Coast

Continuing on with Brian Wood’s work-for-hire endeavors we come to his take on Dark Horse’s “Conan” series which I’ve also been anticipating.  “Northlanders” was entertaining and even thought provoking at times, but it never really evolved into a must-read series as the stories being told there often felt like on-the-nose metaphors for our current world […]