Manga and Comic Reviews
This volume collects one full arc, “Godkiller,” and the start of the title story. When I heard that this was how Marvel was going to package things, I found it a bit odd. After all, how compatible is a story that deals with the fallout from “Avengers vs. X-Men” going to be with one that […]
(Now that I’m back from Fanime and no longer posting these through my phone, I’ve gone back and re-done the formatting for the previous four posts. For Comic-Con, I’ll just schedule these through the site itself — which is what I should’ve done here.) So it seems that Image’s success has bred competition. BOOM! Studios […]
There has been a lot of interesting information coming out of the Diamond Retailer Summit being held in Las Vegas this past week. Probably the most interesting bit (don’t worry about spoilers, they’re flagged at the bottom of the page) is the fact that Marvel is successfully teasing the fact that they might finally reboot […]
It seems that it’s time for one of DC’s periodic culls of its ongoing titles. With this latest batch of solicitations, the company announced that “All-Star Western,” “Superboy,” “Birds of Prey,” “Batwing,” “Trinity of Sin: Phantom Stranger,” and “Trinity of Sin: Pandora” will all be wrapping up in August. If you’re guessing by the fact […]
It’s the end of an era as the final “Star Wars” comics from the company are solicited here. Though I’ve already written plenty about this subject, the fact that they’re doing it now makes a good amount of sense. Not only are the actual issues solicited here, but the final trade paperbacks are being advance-solicited […]
I believe the title here is pretty self-explanatory. While there are a few titles I plan to give a full review of at some point, there were several things that I at least wanted to write something about. Also, with the solicitations coming out this week instead of the previous one, I needed to start […]
IT’S TIME TO BRING THE THUNDER — GOD! That’s right, we get a team-up with Thor in this volume as Banner and his lab rats make a trip to Jotunheim in search of a mythical liquid that’s said to only exist at subzero temperatures. Of course, this being Jotunheim that means the Frost Giants are […]
I was as surprised as anyone else that Gerard Way’s “The Umbrella Academy” turned out as well as it did. While writers from TV and film have a spotty enough record making a successful transition to writing comics, the number of celebrities from other mediums — Way was the lead singer and frontman for “My […]
What keeps this series entertaining for me is the constant stream of plot twists and complications that confound my expectations for what is essentially a B-list title in terms of artistic skill. Granted, some of these twists and complications are less exciting than others, but “Claymore” has built up some real momentum in the storytelling […]
When I first heard about this new series from J. Michael Straczynski, I was intrigued. Charting the fall from grace of a superhero’s former sidekick in a way that makes it compelling, as opposed to depressing or boring, would be a tricky target to achieve. Yet Straczynski has plenty of experience with the genre, and […]