Manga and Comic Reviews
I was honestly hoping for a better hit ratio than one unmitigated success, two mixed bags, and one clear misfire from this latest version of the Ultimate Universe. Things could always pick up, and my fingers are crossed for “Ultimate Wolverine,” but that’s the world we live in right now. At least the relaunched imprint’s […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation(s): Transformers vol. 3: Combiner Chaos & Void Rivals vol. 3: The Key to Vector Theta Both of the Energon Universe titles that John and I read are getting new volumes in this round of solicitations. While vol. 1 of “Transformers” established it as the title to beat, the quality dipped just a bit […]
First off, let me give a shout-out to Fix Laptop in Downtown San Jose. I needed to pick up an ethernet cable after I arrived and they hooked me up with one, saving me the trouble of having to find a way out to the nearest Target or Wal-Mart. Second, if you’re looking for sushi […]
Once again, I’ve been given cause to wonder where a five day period over Memorial Day Weekend has gone for me. This is the time I use to attend Fanime every year that it happens, but it always goes by quickly enough to make me wonder if it even happened at all. While the con […]
“THE KUROSAGI CORPSE DELIVERY SERVICE” IS BACK, BABY! I mean, it’s coming back in July to comic shops and in August everywhere else! That’s the big news I learned from the Dark Horse Comics panel at the convention, and it was shocking for a couple reasons. One is that I rarely expect to get big […]
While we’re finally getting COVID-19 under control, its ongoing presence is still preventing a return to normal for a lot of conventions. This includes my enduring favorite, Fanime in the San Jose area. The pandemic has now prevented the convention from being held in-person twice. Fortunately, people want to attend Fanime and it’s how we […]
I, like many other people, was greeted with some truly awful news when I went to check the online news this morning. Kentaro Miura, the creator of “Berserk,” passed away due to aortic dissection on May 6th. He created a number of shorter works such as “King of Wolves,” “Japan,” and “Giganto Maxia” over the […]
It was Fanime’s 25th Anniversary this year and the overall experience was… still really great. Aside from a nice art gallery showcasing memorabilia for years past and the “Silver Anniversary” tag plastered on banners and various memorabilia, there wasn’t a big emphasis on celebrating the occasion itself. Fanime 2019 was another awesome experience that was […]
There’s always going to be tech problems at any con. Between mechanical and human errors it’s always a matter of “when” things are going to go wrong rather than “if.” For the first couple of days at this year’s Fanime it seemed like every panel that involved a laptop was hamstrung by some kind of […]
No, really. John and I got to San Jose for Day Zero a week ago Thursday and before either of us knew it we were on our way out on Monday. Attending Fanime is always one of the highlights of my year and while this was just a “good” con compared to previous years it […]