Manga and Comic Reviews
The first four volumes of this series gave me the impression that it was an amusing bit of fluff showing how a bachelor copes with adopting his grandfather’s six-year-old love child. It did have a very “how to” vibe with its look at what a single father’s lot is like in modern Japan, but that’s […]
This will be quick because, bizarrely, there are NO trade paperbacks being offered this month that I’ve got an interest in picking up. It’s good news for my wallet at least. Of course, that’s also because I already own one of the titles being offered in hardcover: “X-Men: Schism.” So if you were waiting for […]
As I mentioned in the podcast, “Twin Spica” sold so poorly that in order to complete it Vertical started publishing the series as two-in-one editions from volume seven onwards. Now that it’s finally over, we’re getting an idea of just how bad sales were courtesy of a thread on their Facebook page. The short version […]
We were promised big things at the end of the last major “Hellboy” story “The Wild Hunt” and Mignola and Fegredo deliver the goods here. “The Storm and The Fury” is an epic that begins with the return of England’s “Noble Dead” and culminates with… well, the next arc will be titled “Hellboy in Hell” […]
One big surprise this month since we’re getting a collection of a series that I thought was going to only be 12 issues long. However, any indication to its length has been removed from the solicitations so it has either been quietly upgraded to an ongoing or this has been the plan all along. In […]
“The Walking Dead” closed things out in style last night with the first half featuring an epic “Night of the Living Dead” struggle by the main cast to fend off the herd that descended on Herschel’s farm. Though I couldn’t help but think that maybe a more focused attack from all of the living could’ve […]
Pretty quiet this month. Too quiet in one respect. All I can say is that if I don’t see a certain title in next month’s solicitations, I’ll be making a trip to the Kinokuya in L.A. sometime in the future. B.P.R.D.: Hell on Earth vol. 3 — Russia: This will be the first full volume […]
The “Before Watchmen” titles launch this month. Moving on… Superman: Action Comics vol. 1 — Superman and the Men of Steel: There was a very funny fan-made ad created ahead of the “New 52” as an exuberant fan pitched a lot of the changes at his blind date on her doorstep. What I remember most […]
The fact that this volume exists at all is a little surprising to me. “Necrosha” was an “X-Force” storyline blown up to crossover size as one of their villains, the psychic vampire Selene, got her hands on the techno-organic virus and used it to bring back a host of undead mutants to make like “Pinky […]
This is a series that has been on the cusp of greatness a few times over the past year. Protagonist Kei Kurono’s efforts to save his girlfriend back in vol. 15 and his release from the game and the repercussions of that act in vol. 19 were handled really well. Unfortunately creator Hiroya Oku hasn’t […]