Manga and Comic Reviews
Above-the-Board Recommendation: Jinx This is the story of a couple of two-bit hustlers, Goldfish and Columbia, who each wind up with half of the location to where a major cash stash is located, and the title character, a bounty hunter who crosses their paths. It’s also the longest series Brian Michael Bendis did by himself […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: What’s the Place Furthest From Here vol. 1: Get Lost I realize I put the first issue of this new ongoing series from writer Matthew Rosenberg and artist Tyler Boss in this spot when it first came out. I’m giving the first volume the same spot because I’m still looking forward to reading […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: Fables #151: The Black Forest (part 1 of 12) “Batman vs. Bigby” was only the warm-up act to the return of DC/Vertigo’s longest-running creator-owned series. “Fables” was the story of what happened when the fictional characters of folktales and legends were driven from their homelands and settled down in New York. Creator Bill […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: Eternals vol. 2: Hail Thanos Kieron Gillen and Esad Ribic’s take on this particular Jack Kirby creation got off to a strong start with its first volume. Strong enough that it makes me hope that this is the first “Eternals” ongoing series to make it to the end of its planned storyline. A […]
The first volume of this series was surprising. Surprising in the sense that I came away more impressed by the art from Daniele Di Nucuolo than the writing from Tom Taylor. That remains true here as the artist once again delivers some dynamic and exciting art that elevates the overall story. Which picks up after […]
How popular has “DCeased” turned out to be for the publisher? Popular enough for them to greenlight a fifteen-chapter digital-first series of comics telling additional stories in the same setting. “What kind of stories?” I hear you ask. Well, the transformed version of Black Adam that’s on the cover of the print edition should give […]
“DCeased” was a fun comic-book equivalent of a big summer blockbuster. Its follow-up “Unkillables” was an even more enjoyable story of what a bunch of familiar DC villains and anti-heroes got up to during the Anti-Life outbreak. Now we’re back with the actual sequel to the original miniseries, from its creators: Writer Tom Taylor and […]
What do you do when the movie made out of your semi-obscure comic goes on to become a huge hit on Netflix but you’re not ready to release its third and concluding volume? If you’re Greg Rucka and Leandro Fernandez, writer and artist, respectively, of “The Old Guard,” then you put together an anthology of […]
It’s June, 1970, and August, Rylee, Jennie, and Cora are best friends with one goal right now: To see Janis Joplin live in concert. The problem is that they’re all pretty broke right now. So when word starts spreading about supernatural goings on at nearby Proctor Valley Road, August gets the bright idea to offer […]
Credit where credit is due, at least Jason Aaron managed to finish this series. This is certainly due to the fact that Dennis “Hopeless” Hallum was a co-writer on this series as we’re still waiting for any word about the current statuses of “Southern Bastards” and “The Goddamned.” The story of “Sea of Stars,” however, […]