Manga and Comic Reviews
The titular quest being to save the ruined land from the machinations of Briar’s surviving fairy godmother, Gudrid. At her side are the Norrish (Orcish) Spider, witch-in training Roop, and the undead skeleton Captain Bly and they… have no real idea how to stop her. So they’re doing odd jobs until they figure it out. […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: Spectators HC The last time writer Brian K. Vaughan and artist Niko Henrichon teamed up was nearly two decades ago when they gave us “Pride of Baghdad.” That was a serious, metaphorical war story which had a real gut-punch of an end. Now they’re back with something completely different in “Spectators” which is […]
[No podcast this week due to unavoidable logistics issues. That said, I will be able to promise you Dick this time next week.] Above-the-Board Recommendation(s): Absolute Batman vol. 1: The Zoo Absolute Superman vol. 1: Last Dust of Krypton Absolute Wonder Woman vol. 1: The Last Amazon As if it could be anything else this […]
Kuro Kumogakure’s infiltration of Kodan High School has hit a few hitches. There was the gang of gals that tried to take him and his friends down at the start of the, and he found himself drawn into Eita’s bullying situation as well. Yet he managed to deal with both of these issues, and has […]
Another Saturday at WonderCon has come and gone for me and it remains the same as it always has been: A great place to find comics/T-shirts/posters to buy, a welcome opportunity to hang out with friends I don’t see all that often, and a showcase for some informative and entertaining panels as well. More often […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: Aliens vs. Avengers This isn’t the first time that the Xenomorphs have faced off against superheroes, as they tangled with Batman and Superman multiple times during the late 90’s and early 00’s. It will be the first time they’ve mixed it up with Marvel’s characters, and in a way that probably won’t lead […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: Adabana vol. 1 A small town is rocked by the double murder of a student and a ramen shop owner, but it looks to be an open-and-shut case after a classmate of the student confesses to the crime. The catch is that the culprit’s public defenders are convinced there’s more to the story […]
It’s 1971, the Vietnam War is still in full swing, and Col. Nick Fury has just been captured by the North Vietnamese Army. He’s being taken to the infamous prison known as the Hanoi Hilton where he’ll be interrogated and every bit of military intelligence in his head will be extracted by any means necessary. […]
The “Infinite” in the title is a misnomer because we’re still following the same two parallel Earths from the previous volume. One where Nathan is Radiant Black, and another where Marshall is Radiant Black. Both are still fielding challenges from the Catalyst army and its advent, Premier, and are dealing with their own unique issues. […]
With Aqua now satisfied regarding the identity of his father – and by extension, with the idea that the man behind Ai’s death is also dead – he’s content now to have an average showbiz career as he prepares for medical school (again). However, with Ruby now aware of how the doctor who treated her […]