Manga and Comic Reviews
In the previous volume, Kylo Ren was promised power by a former servant of his grandfather, Darth Vader. This servant, Vanee, had Kylo travelling across the galaxy revisiting people and places significant to his ancestor, but not getting any closer to what he wanted. Maybe that will change once he meets with Tava Ren, the […]
Park Ranger Marie Burgau was lucky. Whatever was in the food or drink at her station’s most recent barbecue that caused her co-workers to go real crazy, she didn’t have any of because she’s pregnant. Unfortunately, that meant when the local crime boss came knocking to pick up her lackeys and look for help finding […]
I had a feeling this was going to be a tough year for me when I looked at the panel list and saw a lot of potentially interesting panels. From presentations by established regulars, to unions in videogames, to cosplay wrestling, to games that mess with you, to that one industry panel I always attend, […]
When the creators of a cult hit comic series hit up their friends to contribute to an anthology series about it, you don’t expect the contributors to be bigger names than the people who created it. In the case of “Minor Threats” co-creators Patton Oswalt and Jordan Blum, they’ve accumulated a lot of friends while […]
It’s the most wonderful time of year again. With all of my work commitments sorted at the last minute, I was VERY ready to enjoy Fanime this year. Which I did on Thursday since I didn’t have spend most of the afternoon wandering around downtown looking for an ethernet cable. Instead I caught a screening […]
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 […]