Comic Picks by the Glick

Manga and Comic Reviews

DC vs. Vampires vol. 1

“I, Vampire” Andrew Bennett has braved the sunlight to bring an urgent message to the Justice League.  That message being that vampires are coming out of the shadows to take over the world, and they’ve started with the Injustice League.  Now the DCU faces a crisis without Lex Luthor, but with all of his fellow […]

Where the Body Was

One of the reasons the “Best of 2023” podcast took so long to arrive this year was because of this graphic novel.  It took a while to make its way to me from the source that I ordered it from and I didn’t want to start on the list until I had time to read […]

Blood on the Tracks vol. 15

We got our first look at Seiichi’s post-juvenile incarceration/adult life in the previous volume and it was every bit the feel-bad experience you’d expect it to be.  Not content with saddling his protagonist with depression and a suicidal mindset, mangaka Shuzo Oshimi also had him reunite with his mother there as well.  Only, she’s not […]

Klik Klik Boom

Sprout grew up far from prying eyes alongside her grandfather, a doomsday prepper who saw too many bad things in the Vietnam War and has been living with them ever since.  When the people responsible for one of those bad things decides to take him out, she follows them to New York for vengeance.  While […]

The Great British Bump-Off

It’s been Shauna Wickle’s dream to get on the United Kingdom’s premier baking show “UK Bakery Tent” and it nearly evaporates like a poorly-thought-out reduction on her very first day.  That’s when one of the contestants, arrogant meteorologist Neal, is poisoned by an unknown party.  As producers debate whether to call this whole season off, […]

X-Men: Hellfire Gala ’23

I originally meant to have this up to follow my review of “Immortal X-Men” vol. 3… but it just slipped my mind the following week.  Much as I’d like to say that’s not a mark against the overall quality of this one-shot, written by Gerry Duggan and illustrated by ten talented artists, it kind of […]

Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End vol. 8

Frieren, Fern, and Stark continue their journey through the Northern Territories in this volume.  The monsters may get tougher, but they’re still nothing that our protagonists can’t handle as they take one out that’s menacing a village, and find time to engage in some light comedy as they get involved in the search for a […]

Dai Dark vol. 6

While the Four Little Shits think they’ve brought the fight to the Photosfere Corporation by heading to their headquarters on the planet Kenzarn, things quickly take a turn.  After Zaha Sanko and Shimada Death split off from Avakian and Damemaru, they wind up in an enclosed space that’s actually a ship.  Not only is this […]