Manga and Comic Reviews
Everything wrapped up nicely last time and Owen Johnson headed home with his family after settling things between the Temple of the Flaming Fist and the Scorched Earth Clan. Except for the fact that it turns out that Owen’s old girlfriend Ling Zang is still alive, and also a little disappointed that her former flame […]
The last time we had a “Groo” crossover – which was also his first crossover ever – it didn’t go so well. “Groo vs. Conan” was a deeply mixed bag that featured good art from Sergio Aragones and Thomas Yeates, and also a choppy, confused story from Mark Evanier that didn’t deliver on the comic […]
Sapporo may be one of Japan’s northernmost cities, but the action in the city is heating up in this volume. That’s because all of the major characters and their associated groups have converged on the town as they hunt for not one, but two tattooed convicts. One has additional tattoos on his face and a […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: Daisy HC It was a toss-up between this or the latest volume of “Steeple” for this spot. I decided to go with “Daisy” because I’ve already talked about how glad I am to see that the former series is continuing, and this is coming to us from a creator that I’m completely unfamiliar […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: Do a Powerbomb #1 (of 7) Daniel Warren Johnson attempts to do for wrestling what he did for heavy metal with this new miniseries. If you’ve been following what I’ve written about this creator over the last few years, then it shouldn’t surprise you to see his latest creator-owned title in this spot. […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow Tom King and Bilquis Evely’s not-quite-a-maxiseries (it’s only eight issues) gets a collection. It’s about how Superman’s cousin Kara Zor-El is looking for some purpose in her life when she encounters a young alien girl. Heartbroken and vengeful towards the forces that destroyed her world, she’s looking for some […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: X-Cellent vol. 1: Hereditary-X It was a little over two decades ago (and yes, writing that sentence does make me feel old) that Peter Milligan and Michael Allred took over “X-Force” and turned it on its head. From being the book about proactive mutant military action that it was, to a satire on […]
Geoff Johns enjoyed nearly unparalleled success at DC across nearly two decades. Beetween acclaimed and best-selling runs on titles like “Flash,” “JSA,” “Justice League,” and – best of all – “Green Lantern” it seemed like nothing could stop him. Then he became co-head of the DC film crew over at Warner Bros. just in time […]
Depending on your point of view, vol. 16 was either a triumphant stomping of the Federation by Darryl Lorenz and his friends in the Nanyang Alliance, or 200+ pages of the antagonists of the series having their way with no consequences whatsoever. Vol. 17 would seem like a good time to balance the scales, right? […]
Last time, things started going off the rails again as the end-of-volume drama edged closer to self-parody than compelling. This was only part of the reason why I was hesitant at first to crack this volume open. I’ve talked before about how this series thrives on making the reader uncomfortable via the toxic relationship Seiichi […]