Manga and Comic Reviews
Is this Kieron Gillen’s mutant ability? To get good tie-in stories out of Marvel crossovers? At long last, “Fear Itself: Uncanny X-Men” has hit softcover and I can find out the story behind Piotr Rasputin’s transformation from sensitive long-time X-man Colossus into the unstoppable… “Juggerlossus?” “Colossanaut?” Nah, I like “Juggerlossus” better. Anyway, the arc collected […]
With this current arc, still giving off “H.P. Lovecraft’s ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’” vibes, I was prepared to be frustrated if not utterly let down by the fact that it’s essentially a distraction from the main arc. Yet, after reading through this volume I still came away satisfied. That’s partly because the wickedly intense fantasy […]
It’s been a few years since I’ve read about the Ultimate version of the “X-Men” as the end of Robert Kirkman’s run seemed like a pretty good jumping off point. The series then limped on into the “Ultimatum” crossover before Jeph Loeb gave us the “Son of Wolverine” in “Ultimate X”. Now it’s in the […]
In the “author profiles” section from “Crimson Empire II: Council of Blood” Dark Horse co-founder/publisher/occasional writer Mike Richardson was noted to be working on the script for the third installment of the series which he hoped would see print the following year. That was in November, 1999. In the intervening 12+ years, not only did […]
Alright, let’s see if I can get through this with a minimum of bitterness, cynicism and sarcasm. … I’ve already failed, haven’t I? Oh well. There’s still stuff in here I’m looking forward to even if the cost/page ratio is skewed somewhat unfavorably. Thunderbolts #’s 1&2: You’ll notice that the Punisher is now a part […]
Yeah, I know I said that this would be coming on the weekend, but after last night’s post I figured some distance was in order before I write up the “Marvel Previews Picks” for December. With that out of the way, this volume of the compulsively readable title is its last regular volume. It is, […]
I was planning on writing up my thoughts on vol. 22 of “20th Century Boys” (it’s coming this weekend, honest), but then I went and read this over at Bleeding Cool. $25 for four issues of “Uncanny Avengers?” Even after the Amazon discount you can count me out of that. I know it’ll be discounted […]
Robert Kirkman and original “The Walking Dead” artist Tony Moore have reached a settlement in their dispute over ownership of the series. If nothing else, I’m glad that this didn’t escalate into a Gaiman/McFarlane level throwdown, or the ongoing winner-take-all battle between Marvel and the heirs of Jack Kirby’s estate. Kirkman has been doing a […]
Anime News Network announced today that the greatest comic being serialized today will finally be wrapping up in the issue of “Afternoon” shipping this December. I speak, of course, of “Blade of the Immortal” which will be reaching its conclusion after nineteen years. NINETEEN YEARS! I know that other series have run for much longer, […]
After the “not bad, but not great” “Astounding Wolf-Man” and the utter creative and commercial misfire of “The Infinite,” Robert Kirkman has finally replicated the creative and commercial success of “The Walking Dead” and “Invincible” with this series. At least, that’s what the hype and buzz told me. Working with a rotating cast of writers […]