Manga and Comic Reviews
Above-the-Board Recommendation: Superman: DC Compact Comics Box Set This is a value-priced collection of five “Superman” comics and one “Supergirl” comic. The collections are his modern origin “Superman: Birthright” by Mark Waid and Lenil Yu, the first “Superman/Batman” (vol. 1) by Jeph Loeb and Ed McGuinness, “Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow” by Tom King and Bilquis […]
Umiko Chino is a 65-year-old widow with a fondness for movies. She used to watch them all the time with her late husband, but has done this less often after his passing. When a spur-of-the-moment decision to get out of a bit of social awkwardness takes her into a screening of the latest horror movie, […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: The Flash vol. 6: The Speed Was Power, The Speed Was Joy I wasn’t expecting to follow this current volume of “The Flash” after Simon Spurrier stopped writing it. DC has since managed to find a couple of teams worthy of keeping my interest. First with Mark Waid and Christopher Cantwell writing a […]
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 […]