Manga and Comic Reviews
If you like this title for the pervasive weirdness it offers up, then you might be just a little disappointed by vol. 3. Oh, there’s plenty of interesting sights to behold, like the multitude of various Johns we see on Earth. Big ones, tall ones, small ones built for pleasure, ones with multiple faces, symbiotic […]
You know, it occurred to me earlier today that with “Miracleman” now being republished by Marvel are there any other great series from the 80’s still waiting to be collected? One comes to mind: “Rom: Spaeceknight.” Originally a tie-in to a long-forgotten toy, “Rom” transcended its roots to become an epic about one man who […]
It’s been a while since I’ve written about “The Unwritten” proper, so let’s fix that. After losing his friend/lover Lizzie Hexam in “The War of Words,” Tom Taylor finally gets a lead on where she wound up. Problem is that she’s now in Hades. Now getting there is the easy part for someone who can […]
It almost seemed like pure fantasy at first, but it’s actually happening. After working almost exclusively at Marvel all these years, John Romita Jr. is jumping ship to DC to illustrate “Superman.” The word is that the Distinguished Competition has been wanting to get the artist away from Marvel for a while now and has […]
This was a series that was too weird to live. Some people have argued that it should’ve been published through Vertigo, but it wouldn’t have felt entirely appropriate there. Strange as it was, “Dial H” is a series that’s steeped in the superhero mythos and it was entertaining as a trip through the strange back […]
There was one genuinely mind-blowing solicitation in this month’s offering. Yes, it was a manga title. No, it’s not the one you’re thinking about. However, it’s not the one that deserves above-the-line recognition here. The Sakai Project HC is a celebration of 30 years of Stan Sakai’s legendary “Usagi Yojimbo” from a host of the […]
The trouble with doing podcasts as off-the-cuff as I do is that after they’re done, something else I should’ve mentioned tends to come to mind. Usually it’s a minor thing that doesn’t bear addressing, but that’s not the case with Abe Sapien. A while back I wrote about how “B.P.R.D.” seemed to be setting the […]
The second ImageCon, held earlier this month had some fantastic announcements coming out of it. Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips signing a five-year exclusivity deal along with a new title “The Fade-Out,” Rick Remender and Scott Snyder launching a new title each while Nick Spencer launches three, Grant Morrison and Chris Burnham re-teaming for a […]
“Vaughan was last seen working on a revival of Swamp Thing over at Vertigo, which is tantamount to wearing a sign around your neck saying ‘I am not Alan Moore, please kick me’.” — Paul O’Brien, The X-Axis It’s been years since I first read that quote, but it sums up the general state of […]
Lots of changes this month in the solicitations. There are a couple prominent series like “Nightwing” and “Teen Titans” ending, low-selling ones like “Stormwatch” getting the axe, and new high-profile debuts like “Batman Eternal” and “Sinestro.” Save for “Batman,” there’s not a whole lot that interests me in the latest bout of culling and churning […]