Comic Picks by the Glick

Manga and Comic Reviews

Always Never

We first meet Ana and Zeno as they’re meeting each other for a nighttime stroll in the rain.  It’s their first proper date after a chance meeting forty years ago and they plan to savor it for as long as they can.  What took them so long to finally get together?  Life.  Ana’s took her […]

Daisy

If nothing else, “Daisy” is proof that well-written solicitation text does matter.  It’s something I took note of when the first issue of this five-issue miniseries was solicited.  Things started out normally with the story initially appearing to center around a desperate mother, Lindsay Taylor, continuing to look for her missing son Connor after five […]

Delicious in Dungeon vol. 11

In the previous volume, EVERYONE IN THE PARTY WAS DEAD… except for Laios.  Which means that we’re going to get some real “‘Die Hard’ In a Foodie-Centric Dungeon-Crawling Manga Action,” right?  Well, this is still Laios that we’re talking about, but the end results are as entertaining as they are true to his character.  Even […]

Step by Bloody Step

I was psyched for this miniseries when it was first announced.  Simon Spurrier is one of my favorite writers and he did great work with Matias Bergara on the fantasy epic “Coda,” as well as issues of “Hellblazer” and “The Dreaming.”  For the two of them to team up again on a new creator-owned work […]

Steeple vol. 3: That’s the Spirit!

Vol. 1 was delightful.  Vol. 2 was as well, just less so than the first one.  Vol. 3 is closer to vol. 1 mainly because there’s more of it to go around this time (for the same cover price).  Things start off with curate-turned-priestess in the Church of Satan, Billie, and her priestess in the […]

Dai Dark vol. 4

Vol. 3 gave us the inkling of a solid direction for this series.  The information the Four Little Shits acquired from the Lighthead Order pointed to a place called Zolar.  Nobody knows where it is, but it’s said to be where the universe began.  Zaha and company figure it’s as good a place as any […]

Star Wars: Crimson Reign

“War of the Bounty Hunters” was all about reintroducing Qi’ra, last seen in “Solo:  A Star Wars Story,” into the “Star Wars” universe post-”Empire Strikes Back.”  She was now heading the criminal organization known as Crimson Dawn and was planning on selling Han Solo (still in carbonite) to the highest bidder to announce its return.  […]

Nocterra vol. 2: Pedal to the Metal

Val, Emory, and Bailey didn’t just make it out of the sanctuary alive and with some crucial information about how to bring the light back to the world at the end of the last volume.  Additionally, they met up with some of Val’s friends from Outpost 41 and now they’ve got a proper convoy to […]