Manga and Comic Reviews
Vol. 1 of “The Department of Truth” was a well-constructed marvel which tied the idea that belief shapes the world to the history of conspiracy theories as they relate to America. It did this with a reveal at the end of the first issue that stands among the best I’ve seen in recent memory. Vol. […]
Vol. 2 of this series was held back by how it was about America’s relation to technology and how – stop me if you’ve heard this before – it wound up being used for the wrong purposes and things started going wrong! The good news here is that vol. 3 sees things get back on […]
Jenni, the serial killer who goes around killing men who prey on women, and the women who help them, is still at large when this volume opens. She’s almost at the end of her list of targets, too. That’s good because Zoe is closing in on her as well, and the bit of detective work […]
Gordon Goliath drives a food truck for a living. That in itself isn’t a remarkable occupation. Except in this case where he’s driving it through a world whose setting can easily be described as “Post-Apocalyptic.” Business in a world where a good portion of its population has been wiped out is as terrible as you’d […]
The Cates/Stegman (and friends) run was the first time I followed the ongoing adventures of Eddie Brock and his symbiote. In case anyone has forgotten, I was thoroughly entertained by that “Venom” series, particularly in the way that it served to build up the main character arc by arc and while also making major changes […]
Let me quote directly from the description of this series on its back cover: “Trapped and separated by an apocalyptic rainfall, Mike and Clara, devoted husband and wife, have sworn to find their way back to one another. But they quickly discover that the rain – and their predicament – is not what it seems. […]
With “Fables” having been away for a while now, it’s not surprising that publisher DC and series creator Bill Willingham decided to reintroduce the series with a crossover. The setup here is that Batman has been investigating a series of murders throughout Gotham that look like they were done by a giant animal. Meanwhile, Bigby […]
The last time we saw Zaha Sanko, he had just been mind-controlled by the still-living remains of Hajime Damemaru, whose English name translates to “First Failson.” Hajime had been kidnapped by the Lighthead Order, the cult from which the galaxy-wide megacorporation Photosphere grew out of, and thought that he could use Zaha as a distraction […]
Ms. Whitaker is your average old widow in England, living a quiet life with her own simple routine. A routine which involves stopping by the local thrift shop each Thursday after collecting her pension. It’s on her latest trip there that she discovers the Holy Grail on sale under a fur coat for a steal […]
Walter is a serial killer. We’re not told how many people he’s killed over the years, but it’s certainly enough for him to have a signature thing he associates with his kills. That would be how he associates each of them with a unique song. His best friend (in his own mind), a retired FBI […]