Comic Picks by the Glick

Manga and Comic Reviews

Image Previews Picks: August 2014

(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 […]

Marvel Previews Picks: August 2014

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 […]

DC Previews Picks: August 2014

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 […]

Dark Horse Previews Picks: August 2014

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 […]

Indestructible Hulk vol. 2: Gods and Monster

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 […]

The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys

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 […]

Claymore vol. 24

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 […]

Sidekick vol. 1

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 […]