Manga and Comic Reviews
Dan Abnett is best known (in comics anyway) for his collaborations with co-writer Andy Lanning which have ranged from DC’s “Legion of Superheroes” and “Resurrection Man” to a whole host of cosmic Marvel projects which I’ve written about and generally enjoyed over the years. This represents the first series I’ve read from him as a […]
It’s written and illustrated by two of Image’s hottest rising talents. The reviews I read online were very enthusiastic about the first four issues. I even saw comparisons to “Nausicaa of the Valley of Wind” thrown about as well. Now I know I’m framing this in the kind of way to suggest that everything here […]
More stories from the creator of “Blade of the Immortal?” Yes please! Years ago, Dark Horse released another story collection from the mangaka called “Ohikkoshi” which told an extended story of the romantic tribulations of a group of college students. It was wild, goofy, full of in-jokes and more than a little slapdash in parts […]
Why? Because putting “Fantastic Four vol. 5: Forever and FF vol. 3: All Hope Lies In Doom” would not only exceed the character limit for titles here but is also quite unwieldy on a visual level. Whereas this title… well, you’re reading it now aren’t you? That being said, these two volumes effectively represent the […]
I check Diamond’s shipping lists religiously each week, so I’m not sure how I missed this collection of the latest collaboration from Brian Azzarello and Eduardo Risso. Between their work on “Johnny Double,” various “Batman” stories, and their landmark crime series “100 Bullets,” the two have established a reputation as one of the industry’s premiere […]
Okay, there’s been no recent Image news that I feel the need to comment on so I’m at a. Unless “Peter Panzerfaust’s” storming of Diamond’s reorder charts counts as news. I just got my copy of writer Kurtis Wiebe’s “Debris” today so we’ll see how inclined I am to follow up on this after I […]
Since DC recently had a creative summit, Marvel had to at least match them by just having one too. While there’s still a lot of rumors that will likely be dripping out from these meetings over the next few weeks, one from the Marvel side of things caught my eye. It turns out that (at […]
Now that “Atomic Robo” has been around for a few years, garnered sizeable amounts of acclaim, and established a dedicated fanbase an anthology project such as this was inevitable at some point. Given that all six miniseries (with the seventh due to be collected in short order) have come from the established team of writer […]
Brian Hibbs’ annual crunching of the BookScan numbers is up at Comic Book Resources and as always it’s worth a read. While I haven’t finished the whole thing yet, it gets off to a depressing start mainly due to the dire state of manga in the bookstore market it reflects. That may seems strange even […]
Tsutomu Niehi is certainly an acquired taste. The mangaka behind “Blame!” and “Biomega” definitely prefers style over substance and his storytelling can be frustratingly opaque more often than not. However, his art is certainly distinctive with its Geiger-esque influences and the narrative in “Biomega” showed that he was growing as a writer. So when Vertical […]