Comic Picks by the Glick

Manga and Comic Reviews

Secret

Jonathan Hickman’s work in comics so far has been exclusively in the science fiction or superhero genres.  There’s certainly a lot of overlap between the two, but it would appear clear that these genres are right in his sweet spot as a writer and we’ll likely see more along the likes of “The Manhattan Projects,” […]

The Grand Duke

It’s not that Garth Ennis is the only writer out there who tells war stories, just that he’s the one who is best at it.  That’s a feeling which is regrettably confirmed in this collection of a European graphic novel series from Romain Hugault and Yann — the artist and writer, respectively.  “The Grand Duke” […]

Batman vol. 4: Zero Year — Secret City

I don’t know about you, but I’ve still been operating under the assumption that everything in the DC Universe prior to “Flashpoint” and the “New 52” still happened.  The company’s big crossover event did a terrible job of applying any kind of “closure” to the previous incarnation of their universe and the way most titles […]

The CBLDF Presents: Liberty

This volume gives us five of the “Liberty” comics anthologies that the Comic Book Legal Defense fund has been publishing annually in a nice hardcover package.  There’s a stunning array of talented creators involved with the stories inside this volume and I’m willing to bet that one of yours contributed something here.  I got my […]

Pretty Deadly vol. 1

“Sandman” and “Preacher” are two of my all-time favorite comics and they both employ very different approaches to storytelling.  The former is a literate foray into the supernatural and otherworldly that effectively creates its own world with constant experimental and genre-defying approaches to the stories it tells.  As for the latter, it’s a far more […]

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 […]