Manga and Comic Reviews
Before I left for Comic-Con, a few new comics had arrived on my doorstep. I could let them be lost to the mists of time (otherwise known as my backlog bookshelf) but I figured I’d talk about some Ultimates, Wolverine, and Billy the Kid instead. Now I remember when “The Ultimates” first launched and it […]
Another Comic-Con has come and gone, and while my wallet took a major hit, I came back with a lot of great comics that I’ll be talking about over the coming months. I’ve already got plans for one podcast based on what I’ve picked up, so expect my thoughts on “The Killer” by Matz and […]
The latest film based on a Dark Horse comic opened nationwide this weekend. I’m talking about “R.I.P.D., ” a comic originally published a while back to relatively quiet critical and commercial reception. While other films based on obscure or low-profile comics have gone on to be successes (“The Crow,” “M.I.B.”) this is not what has […]
Marvel’s current crossover has yet to even begin and already the ending for it has been somewhat spoiled. I won’t go into specifics, but if you want you can check out the link to Comic Book Resources’ article on the upcoming “Inhumanity” event. The short version is that there are now a whole lot more […]
Last year, issue #100 of “The Walking Dead” was the best selling single issue thanks to its major milestone and the twelve or so covers that accompanied it. It was gratifying to see that it beat out Marvel’s much-hyped “Uncanny Avengers” with its over twenty covers and assorted retailer incentives. Since then, there have been […]
Okay, so the word on the street is that something has been left out of DC’s solicitations for this month. Not only was it done deliberately, but it seems that other companies are also leaving things out of their solicitations as well. Coincidence? Or something more? I could do some detective work and find out […]
I was fully expecting the upward trend which started with the second volume to continue here, but that doesn’t quite happen. Rather, we get a flattening of the quality curve here as Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips take some time to tell side-stories of the “Fatale” universe and show us that Josephine’s “condition” has not […]
(This originally started off as the lead-in text to the next round of “DC Previews Picks.” Then I got going for a little bit and it wound up too large for that. So, here you are!) So I skipped out on offering my thoughts on “Man of Steel” after I saw it after being deluged […]
In July of 1986 freelance photographer Didier Lefevre left France to document a Doctors Without Borders operation in Afghanistan. This was during the time of the Soviet invasion, which not only complicated their journey but also ensured that they’d have their work cut out for them upon arriving in country. Lefevre took four thousand photos […]
As far as I’m concerned, it’s an ingenious “Why didn’t I think of this?” premise. Take a doctor whose skills are matched only by his arrogance (like “House, M.D.”) and make his specialty dealing with all manner of supernatural ailments, parasites, and beasts (of the kind that we saw on “The X-Files”). Right there you […]