Manga and Comic Reviews
“All-New Marvel NOW!” begins here! …Wait, that’s not it. They already used that one about a year into “Marvel NOW!” Let me see… Ah, “All-New, All-Different Marvel NOW!” begins here! You know the drill, with the wrap-up of “Secret Wars” — assuming that the final issue does arrive in October — Marvel serves up its […]
This year’s Image Expo was held the week before Comic-Con and, as you’d expect, featured a ton of new title announcements from creators who have worked with the publisher before and some new ones. These announcements include: Mark Millar and Rafael Albuquerque holding up new issues of “American Vampire” ordinary person who happens to be […]
Kieron Gillen wraps up his tenure as chronicler of the adventures of Anthony Stark by smashing up two, two, TWO stories in one volume. The first, which was set up at the end of vol. 4, involves Stark going head-to-head with Malekith, Lord of the Dark Elves, for control of the Mandarin Rings that he […]
The main problem I’ve had with the past few volumes of this title is that Bendis has been putting Miles Morales through situations that defined Peter Parker rather than building up the history and character of this latest Spider-Man. Miles is a great character and seeing him put through the same paces as his predecessor […]
Well, the new trailer for “Batman vs. Superman” at least did a better job of putting the title conflict into perspective. Still not completely sold on Zack Snyder’s ultra-serious approach to the DC Universe. I’m more optimistic about the new “Batman” film coming from Ben Affleck, and supposedly co-written by him and Geoff Johns. Now […]
Among the news coming out of Comic-Con last week included Greg Rucka bringing “Tevinter’s Boba Fett” to a “Dragon Age” miniseries, Joss Whedon answering the question of “Why isn’t there a female Victorian steampunk Batman?” in his new series “Twist,” Paolo Rivera and Chris Roberson contributing to the Mignolaverse, and Larry Hama doing a “Call […]
Would you believe me if I said that this series about kids uncovering the history of Gotham’s most prestigious school involved no creepy weirdness, paranormal activity, or Batman? Didn’t think so. It all centers around Olive Silverlock, a student who is beginning her second year with a host of issues. Not only does she wind […]
This year’s con was a huge improvement over the previous one. If only for the fact that I didn’t lose my badge on Saturday. Then again, I was only there for two days, so the window for things to go wrong was just that much smaller. Aside from the always enjoyable (and usually fruitful) searches […]
What the hell did I just read? The only thing I’ve enjoyed about Rob Liefeld’s comics career is his willingness to let other creators like Alan Moore and Brandon Graham play around with the characters he’s created over the years. Now Warren Ellis, with artist Tula Lotay, joins their ranks with this esoteric take on […]
The first volume was a quality mix of worldbuilding, futuristic police procedural, and characterization that was undermined in the end by a climax that relied on the tired “talking killer” trope. For better and worse, you get more of the same here when detectives Ristovych and Dietrich take on the case of who killed star […]