Manga and Comic Reviews
This was supposed to be two Marvel reviews, briefly. One of them ran long because… that’s just how it happened. Normally I’d try to find some kind of thematic link between them, but it’s Christmas Eve and I’ve got other plans. Happy Holidays to all, and lets kick things off with a non-seasonal story of […]
First of all, it’s nice to see publisher Eric Stephenson take immediate action after Image revealed its “no second prints” policy earlier this week. Not only did he nip an emerging controversy in the bud, the new strategy he unveiled should go a long way towards fixing that issue he talked about with titles and […]
Carl Horn’s notes from the previous volume gave me the indication that this one was going to be something special. After being put solidly on the backburner for the last several volumes, it looked as if we were finally going to get some momentum on the ongoing subplot of the origin of the spirit behind […]
Word on the street is that we now know what will be happening with the “Star Wars” comics license. Though Dark Horse will continue to publish the titles it already has in the pipeline, they won’t be doing anything new that has to be approved by Lucasfilm/Disney. Any new projects will be done by Marvel […]
I’d say that my nemesis arrives this month in print form, but that’s not quite the case. While I was deeply disturbed by the prospect that Marvel would be putting the first four issues of “Uncanny Avengers” in a $25 premiere hardcover, they seem to have realized that was a dumb move as well. Or […]
As I’ve said before, if you’re going to do any kind of adaptation of film, TV or other media to comics you need to have talented people on hand if you want to have any hope of making it work. That’s not the only way, though, but it’s usually the most reasonable compared to getting […]
There’s a new “Star Wars: Legacy” in town this month. Nearly two years since John Ostrander and Jan Duursema’s thoroughly entertaining epic about Cade Skywalker, Luke’s ne’er do well, drug-addled grandson, we’re getting another series that focuses on Han and Leia’s granddaughter, Ania Solo. This comes to us courtesy of Corinna Bechko and Gabriel Hardman, […]
Gillen begins this volume by picking up where “The Dark Angel Saga” left off, after a fashion. While Angel’s personality was reset and the Horsemen of Apocalypse were defeated, that still left a giant biosphere — Tabula Rasa — where evolution was accelerated some 65 million years into the future. Though the story is months […]
“Constantine,” the rebooted DCU version of “Hellblazer” debuts this month. *starts sharpening knives* …What are you looking at me like that for? Action Comics #18: Andy Diggle and Tony Daniel replace Grant Morrison and Rags Morales on the title. I’ve mentioned before how I’ve generally liked what I’ve read from Diggle, save for his work […]
It was announced over the weekend that Ape Entertainment, successful publisher of licensed comics like “Pocket God,” “Temple Runner,” and “Kung Fu Panda,” formed a “mature readers” imprint to publish new “Poison Elves” comics. My initial thought was, “Are you fucking kidding me?” The original series from the late Drew Hayes was a personal favorite […]