Manga and Comic Reviews
This series came off of a high point with “Ring of Fire” only to head into the merely okay “Temple of OD” flashback/sidestory. Where does “The Specter of Tomorrow” fit in? Right between those two, closer to the upper end than the lower. After saving the world, Robo and the rest of the scientists at […]
“The Neil Gaiman Library” at Dark Horse gets another inspired addition with this adaptation of a story that blends the mythos of Sherlock Holmes and Cthulhu. We begin with London’s greatest criminal investigator and his war veteran roommate finding themselves challenged with solving the murder of a Bohemian Prince. What did this prince do to […]
I thought that “Mob Psycho 100” was going to be the only “How the hell did this happen?” manga license from Dark Horse this year. I was wrong. At this year’s Anime Expo the company announced that they’ll be publishing the “Elfen Lied” manga in a series of four three-in-one omnibi. It’s a series about […]
Steve Ditko passed away early in July. His legacy in the comics medium would’ve been secure if he had only co-created “Spider-Man,” but he also worked to give us “Doctor Strange,” “Captain Atom,” and “Hawk and Dove” as well. While his modern legacy has seen him characterized as the J.D. Salinger of comics, thanks to […]
I’ve mentioned before that Robert Kirkman has never been content with having written two of the longest-running independent comics ever (with one of them still an ongoing sales and multimedia juggernaut) and has kept trying to make lightning strike with new titles like “The Astounding Wolf-Man” and “Outcast.” While I was awaiting the first volume […]
“Batman #50” came and went leaving a crater of fanboy and retailer expectations in its wake. While I’ve done my best to remain ignorant of the developments revolving around the wedding that was meant to take place in the issue, the event seems to have caused quite the uproar amongst fans. Not in a good […]
The latest volume of the title character’s early years with the organization features a three-issue miniseries advancing its running plots bookended by two one-off issues, courtesy of regular writers Mike Mignola and Chris Roberson. “Secret Nature” comes first and features the slick art of “Thief of Thieves” Shawn Martinbrough who shows that he can handle […]
It’s the penultimate volume of Dan Slott’s run on “Amazing Spider-Man” and how does it start? With a bit of filler in “Annual #42” as Peter Parker helps Betty Brant investigate an old case that her deceased flame, Ned Leeds, was working on. It involves a statue in the middle of town memorializing a battle […]
Another year, another Comic-Con. While it’s still an insanely crowded experience where you have to line up incredibly early if you want to have a chance of getting into the biggest panels, there’s still plenty of fun to be had with the smaller panels on offer. Which were most of the ones that I wound […]
Even if vol. 3 didn’t quite end on a cliffhanger, it ended on a real downer note for the series. It was even more of a bummer for the fact that I was expecting it to be the final volume given that the sales of “Rumble” have never been all that great. So when it […]