Manga and Comic Reviews
These are the last two volumes of the series before it re-launched as just plain “Punisher” with Rick Remender taking over full writing duties from Matt Fraction. I know that sounds like a particularly pointless bit of info, but that’s how this series has felt to me. Aside from some clever bits like the Stilt-Man […]
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 […]
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 […]
While the first volume of “Wolverine Weapon X” was pretty much everything you could want, or expect, from a Wolverine story writer Jason Aaron takes a different approach with this second volume. “Insane in the Brain” begins with Logan in an insane asylum and not being able to remember how he got there, who he […]
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 […]
It’s easy to see how this series broke new ground at the time in mainstream comics. The overall “madness” of the premise gives us lots of interesting stories as Shade wanders around Santa Fe trying not to feel guilty while insect legs grow out of his head, and his showdown with the American Scream in […]
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) […]
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 […]
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 […]
The last time I talked about this series, I mentioned how it was setting the stage for war journalist turned political player Matty Roth’s downfall. While Matty has proved adept at reporting and putting human faces on the crises of the DMZ, he has always been one step behind the political and military forces that […]