Manga and Comic Reviews
As I write this, Comic-Con is almost upon us. That means there are all sorts of announcements, official and otherwise, about upcoming titles from the major publishers hitting the internet. In the case of Dark Horse, that includes “Ether” a five-issue miniseries from writer Matt Kindt and artist David Rubin about an inter-dimensional explorer whose […]
Jason Aaron and Chris Bachalo (with his loyal army of inkers) are ideally suited to tackling the adventures of Marvel’s Sorcerer Supreme. The writer, through his runs on “Wolverine and the X-Men” and “Thor,” has shown that he knows how to handle the strangest parts of this shared universe, tossing off the most over-the-top details […]
Comics lost a great talent earlier this year with the passing of Darwyn Cooke. He was an impeccable storyteller with an art style that may have appeared to be rooted in another era, yet effortlessly tapped into the iconic nature of whatever he was drawing. For a lot of people, “The New Frontier” is his […]
One night while walking home from a dinner date, Paul Dini was mugged and beaten within an inch of his life. Twenty-three years later, he decided to turn the story of the attack, his life at the time, and eventual recovery into a graphic novel with art from someone who is no stranger to Batman’s […]
(No, this isn’t the start of a new trend. This is what happens when I forgot to put the post I banked for Monday up on Saturday. Uh, in case anyone was wondering.) In his afterword, artist Scott Wegener describes this latest “Atomic Robo” miniseries as an answer to the question of “What would it […]
The previous volumes of this series have carried an albatross around their metaphorical necks. (It’s a reference, not a weird sex thing. Though I wouldn’t be surprised if it was turned into a weird sex thing given how this title rolls.) An albatross by the name of Myrtle “Kegelface” Spurge. It’s understandable that series called […]
Garth Ennis won’t be able to write comics about all of the stories to be told in WWII. He continues to give it his best try in the two arcs in this volume that detail some drastically different experiences in the European and Pacific Theaters. “Our Wild Geese Go” has the writer showing us what […]
I’m taking a break from talking about manga on this Monday since it’s July 4th and I’ve had this in my “to review” pile for well over a month now. Brian Wood’s first creator-owned series for Dark Horse had its problems, but still managed to run for thirty issues. “Rebels” is his ground-level look at […]
When it comes to raising the stakes in superhero comics, Jonathan Hickman took things about as far as you can go with his runs on “Avengers” and “New Avengers.” The fate of the world wasn’t at stake in those titles, it was the fate of the entire multiverse. Whoever was going to follow in his […]
“The Wicked + The Divine” is pulling a fast one this month and is publishing a one-shot, “1831,” that won’t be included in vol. 4. Which is also featured in these solicitations. In the past, I’d have to see about picking up this issue at a convention or a trip to a comic shop. Now […]