Manga and Comic Reviews
First it was “Young Avengers.” Then came the announcement of this title. At first, all those titles meant to me was that we were going to have to wait that much longer for the promised third volume of Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie’s “Phonogram.” Yet, “Young Avengers” turned out to be a very clever and […]
I’m going to start things off on a down note: Based on sales of the single issues, it would appear that the forthcoming third volume of this title is going to be its last one. That’s a shame because writer Ian Edginton and artist Francisco Trifogli’s story about how creatures of fantasy and myth came […]
Big things were promised for the issues contained within this volume, and Robert Kirkman and Ryan Ottley deliver on that promise in a way that I really didn’t expect. In fact, they do some stuff here that I’ve never seen done before in a superhero comic. Though a lot of it is played up for […]
It’s close to the end of the year, so let’s revisit one of my ongoing concerns over the course of the year: Sales for “New Lone Wolf & Cub.” Not only is this a direct sequel to the best-selling Dark Horse manga of all time, but its success may determine what kind of manga we […]
ONE MILLION COPIES! That’s how many the first issue of “Star Wars” is expected to sell when it debuts next month. I think you’d have to go back to the pre-crash days of the 90’s to find a comic that reached this level of sales. While I’m sure the A-list creative team of Jason Aaron, […]
A few months back, news broke that Brian Wood was going to be the new writer on Todd McFarlane’s long-running “Spawn” title. Through a combination of general apathy about “Spawn” and the dubious nature of McFarlane’s talent (as well as his trolling of Neil Gaiman over the rights to “Miracleman” over the years), I was […]
When your miniseries has been built around a specific revelation, it’s probably not a good idea to have said revelation spoiled in the hype for its release. Also, if you’re like me, saw Jason Aaron’s name listed as a co-writer (co-plotter, actually) and thought “Hey, this might be of some significance to his run on […]
“Rat Queens” is getting a new artist after its current one, John “Roc” Upchurch, has left the title amidst allegations of domestic abuse. This would be bad news for the title, except that it already has a new (temporary?) artist in the form of Stjepan Sejic. Having worked at Top Cow and on “Witchblade” for […]
While the three issue miniseries that tied into “Cataclysm” was actually quite good, the past two volumes of Miles Morales’ adventures as Spider-Man were weighed down by Bendis’ decision to put him through various situations without developing the character or his cast properly. Venom isn’t as interesting without a direct connection to the title character, […]
DC has been running themed variant covers for a while now, but I think their gimmick this month is the best one they’ve offered up yet. Certain titles will be getting variant covers based on iconic movie posters. So you’ve got “Flash” riffing on “North by Northwest,” “Detective Comics” aping “The Matrix,” “Green Lantern” taking […]