Comic Picks by the Glick

Manga and Comic Reviews

Ultimate Comics X-Men by Brian Wood vol. 3

If there’s one thing to take away from “Infinity,” it’s that if you’re going to tell the story of an epic war you really need the space in order to do it.  Hickman had eighteen issues to work with, some of which were extra-sized, and the story benefitted immensely from having room to breathe.  In […]

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Success in Failure

Last night we got our first major superhero guest star as Lady Sif teamed up with the Agents to track down the villainous Lorelei.  This was the most entertained I’ve been by the show since the pilot.  Though the story wasn’t anything special — Lorelei seeks to raise an army to take over Midgard, brings […]

The Direct Market “Uber Alles,” by way of David Lapham

Back in December for my “Image Previews Picks” for March, I mentioned that they were putting out a number of comics relating to David Lapham’s long-running, long-dormant-until-now crime comic “Stray Bullets.”  They consisted of a concluding issue (#41) for the ongoing series, the first part of a new eight-issue miniseries called “Killers,” and the one […]

New old Naoki Urasawa manga is on its way!

Viz announced a lot of new licenses this week and only one really stood out to me.  Come December, they’ll release the first volume of “Master Keaton,” an Urasawa work that pre-dates “Monster” and “20th Century Boys.”  It’s about the adventures of one Taichi Hiraga-Keaton, an archaeologist who also works as a part-time insurance investigator. […]

Fatale vol. 4: Pray for Rain

Things start off quite strong for this latest volume of Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips’ supernatural horror noir series.  In the present, Nicholas Lash uses his time in jail to make some interesting discoveries about his uncle’s book before a meeting with his lawyer opens up an even fresher hell for him to fall into. […]

Revival vol. 3: A Faraway Place

In the world of “Revival,” the characters who have mysteriously returned from the dead feel nothing.  They may look and appear human (well, save for the bloody tears they cry when they get agitated), but they now lack the capacity to feel emotion as we’re reminded again in this volume.  I bring it up now […]