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Manga and Comic Reviews

Wolverine: Not Dead Yet

You wouldn’t think that a Wolverine story written by Warren Ellis with art by Lenil Yu from the late 90’s would merit a hardcover edition, but here it is anyway.  Less a commentary on the story itself than on how the creators’ status has risen at the company over the past decade, this hardcover is […]

I LIVE!

This year’s Comic-Con was a more manageable beast than last year’s.  I don’t know if it was the absence of the “Twi-hards” or just better management on the part of the con staff, but the crowds were less beastly than they were last year.  In addition to seeing panels with great and legendary creators like […]

WIBR: Star Wars: Legacy vol. 9 — Monster

This is the next-to-last volume of the series and it represents a satisfying build to the finale.  Cade and company wind up taking a very lucrative job that sends them to the planet Wayland — the site of his father’s sabotaged efforts to use the Yuuzhan Vong’s terraforming abilities for good.  That’s only part of […]

WIBR: Batwoman: Elegy

Some of you have already heard that this collection is a real showcase for the talents of artist J.H. Williams III — and you heard right!  I truly doubt that I’ll see a better illustrated superhero comic this year as the man’s genius for page and panel layout (conveying action and story without sacrificing clarity) […]

WIBR: Criminal vol. 5: The Sinners

I don’t know if writer Ed Brubaker knew at the time that this will probably be the last we’ll see of “Criminal” for a while (artist Sean Phillips is busy with other projects including “The Dark Tower” and the follow-up to “Incognito” due later this year), but at least this volume begins the hiatus on […]

WIBR: Freakangels vol. 4

This latest volume in what is shaping up to be writer Warren Ellis’ most substantial and best post-”Transmetropolitan” work (yes, even better than “Nextwave:  Agents of H.A.T.E.”) not only answers some questions, but also raises new ones right out of their ashes.  After a brief detour showing us the “world-ending” event that the kids performed […]