Manga and Comic Reviews
If you’ll recall, I was looking forward to this series just to see how artists Gabriel Ba and Fabio Moon interpreted this particular time in the “B.P.R.D.” universe. I don’t know if it was the strength of the material that they had to work with, but I was underwhelmed here. That’s probably my own fault […]
These are the last two volumes of the series before it re-launched as just plain “Punisher” with Rick Remender taking over full writing duties from Matt Fraction. I know that sounds like a particularly pointless bit of info, but that’s how this series has felt to me. Aside from some clever bits like the Stilt-Man […]
You wouldn’t think that a Wolverine story written by Warren Ellis with art by Lenil Yu from the late 90’s would merit a hardcover edition, but here it is anyway. Less a commentary on the story itself than on how the creators’ status has risen at the company over the past decade, this hardcover is […]
Continuing with tonight’s theme is the latest from the creators of “Death Note.” While that series was entertaining for a while, it jumped the shark with the death of its co-protagonist halfway through and then crashed and burned spectacularly at the end. I wasn’t too thrilled about the idea of reading another manga from writer […]
“The Best/Worst Manga of the Year” panel needs to be longer. One hour is not enough time to hear such great speakers as Jason Thompson, Christopher Butcher, and Shaenon Garrity talk about what rocked and what did not in the world of manga over the last year. The only thing more disappointing than not getting […]
This year’s Comic-Con was a more manageable beast than last year’s. I don’t know if it was the absence of the “Twi-hards” or just better management on the part of the con staff, but the crowds were less beastly than they were last year. In addition to seeing panels with great and legendary creators like […]
While the first volume of “Wolverine Weapon X” was pretty much everything you could want, or expect, from a Wolverine story writer Jason Aaron takes a different approach with this second volume. “Insane in the Brain” begins with Logan in an insane asylum and not being able to remember how he got there, who he […]
This is the next-to-last volume of the series and it represents a satisfying build to the finale. Cade and company wind up taking a very lucrative job that sends them to the planet Wayland — the site of his father’s sabotaged efforts to use the Yuuzhan Vong’s terraforming abilities for good. That’s only part of […]
It’s easy to see how this series broke new ground at the time in mainstream comics. The overall “madness” of the premise gives us lots of interesting stories as Shade wanders around Santa Fe trying not to feel guilty while insect legs grow out of his head, and his showdown with the American Scream in […]
Some of you have already heard that this collection is a real showcase for the talents of artist J.H. Williams III — and you heard right! I truly doubt that I’ll see a better illustrated superhero comic this year as the man’s genius for page and panel layout (conveying action and story without sacrificing clarity) […]