Comic Picks by the Glick

Manga and Comic Reviews

Injection vol. 1

In case anyone was keeping track from last week’s “Image Previews Picks,” a re-read has confirmed that this is the best thing Warren Ellis has done in quite a while.  This isn’t a complete break from what the writer has been doing.  It’s more like a re-focusing of his strengths which helps remind longtime readers […]

Deadly Class vol. 3: The Snake Pit

I only lasted one volume on “Low.”  “Black Science” is starting to wear out its welcome.  I’m not sure if I’ll be giving “Tokyo Ghost” and “Devolution” a chance when they’re collected in trades.  Yet I think “Deadly Class” may wind up being the one creator-owned project from Rick Remender that I wind up sticking […]

Marvel Previews Picks: January 2016

For those of you keeping track at home, another character’s “mutant” status has now been retconned away.  It started with Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch revealed not to be Magneto’s children or mutants in the pages of “Axis” and “Uncanny Avengers.”  Now it turns out that Squirrel Girl has never been a mutant either!  WHERE […]

Image Previews Picks: January 2016

What to do about lateness?  It’s something that has dogged Image ever since it was founded and continues to be a nagging issue to this day.  Publisher Eric Stephenson rightly acknowledges the short attention span of today’s audiences in that whenever a book misses it shipping date, it makes it easier for the audience to […]

DC Previews Picks: January 2015

Was anyone crying out for a collection of comics featuring DC’s 80’s vigilante Wild Dog?  If you were, then I have some bad news for you.  While never formally announced in their solicitations, a “Wild Dog” collection was being advance-solicited to booksellers only to be recently cancelled.  It’s not the only loser in this situation. […]

No Mercy vol. 1

Throwing unprepared teenagers into horrible, life-threatening situations has been a reliable source of entertainment for at least a couple centuries now.  Writer Alex De Campi and artist Carla Speed McNeil’s take on this concept has a group of privileged American teens fighting for survival in the fictitious south-of-the-border country of Mataguey.  I was worried that […]