Manga and Comic Reviews
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
(This was going to be the intro to the January edition of “Image Previews Picks,” but it ran a bit long and things got a bit late. Sooooooooo…) A little over 13 million people tuned in live to see Glenn get ripped apart by zombies in the latest episode of “The Walking Dead” last Sunday. […]
It’s interesting. My main concern with the first volume was that the intimate, character-driven horror story was going to clash with the biblical, potentially “end of the world” plot that Robert Kirkman and Paul Azaceta were setting up. With this second volume, it’s clear that the main plot is on a slow burn and is […]
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. […]
The most significant news for Dark Horse coming out of the New York City Comic-Con is that we can expect a lot more of what has been the company’s bread and butter since its founding: licensed titles. This is by no means a bad thing, as the company has done a lot to raise the […]
Everyone likes Howards, right? In case you’ve forgotten, he’s the B.P.R.D. member who fell into a coma after touching an ancient sword and started living out the life of a Stone Age warrior fighting against the forces of darkness. When he woke up, Howards wasn’t the same man anymore but he brought enough fighting skill […]
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 […]