Manga and Comic Reviews
I’m honestly surprised it has taken this long for us to get a Han Solo miniseries in comics. Yes, he was a featured player in several comics from the Dark Horse era, but even Marvel held off for over a year after re-acquiring the rights to “Star Wars” before giving Solo his own solo vehicle […]
Sometimes progress in a series is not always in a straight line. There are times when creators will forego the steady forward progression of the plot to focus on the characters in a story. Mind you, the idea is not to forego progress entirely. If this approach is done right then the reader is rewarded […]
This volume of “Worldwide” is all about setting up the next big Spider-event as the title of the arc collected here, “Before Dead No More,” indicates. Vol. 3 left off with the cliffhanger of Jay Jameson, father to Jonah, wife to Peter’s Aunt May, collapsing suddenly. He’s in the hospital and things aren’t looking good. […]
Image Comics launched 25 years ago this month. If you told me back then that they wouldn’t have lasted this long, I probably would’ve believed you. That said, if you had told me that they’d be leading the vanguard of creator-owned comics that were actually worth reading, I certainly would’ve laughed my ass off. While […]
There’s not really much to say about the company’s business above the board this month. Unless you’re interested to know that they’ll be publishing an omnibus of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season Eight” later this year. So it’s time to come back to my favorite talking point with the company: manga. I’m bringing it up […]
The main reason we see so many spin-off titles in comics is because they tend to represent the safest bet of all. If you liked Title X, then it stands to reason you’ll like Title Xa, Xb, and Xc as well. This kind of approached worked really well during the 90’s (it’s how we wound […]
DC is making good on their promise to deliver more “Watchmen”-related stories in the DCU with these solicitations. A four-part crossover between “Batman” and “The Flash” called “The Button” has the “World’s Greatest Detective” and the “Fastest Man Alive” teaming up to find out the mystery of the iconic bloodstained smiley-face button and how it […]
Didn’t I review the previous volume around a month ago? Well, here’s the next one which follows up on the fallout from “Standoff” while also tying into the events of “Civil War II.” With regards to the former issue, now that Steve Rogers has been de-aged the question becomes whether or not he’ll take back […]
Am I in the mood for a new Image series from writer/artist Kaare Andrews about a vigilante who goes around murdering the most decadent and depraved of the upper class? You better believe it! In this post-Great Recession era (which is also the dawn of the Trump administration), I didn’t have to work hard to […]
Two volumes in and it’s becoming even more clear that the overall quality of this storyline is going to depend on how well writer Ta-Nehisi Coates sticks the landing in the next volume. This second volume does suffer a bit as it’s the middle of the story and nothing is beginning or ending here. Things […]