Comic Picks by the Glick

Manga and Comic Reviews

Marauders vol. 4

This was the breakout book amongst the first batch of “Dawn of X” series and the quality continued through vol. 2.  Vol. 3 was still fun, but it felt like things had settled into a “business as usual” kind of phase after Kitty Pryde’s resurrection had been addressed and Sebastian Shaw’s duplicity was dealt with.  […]

Fine Print vol. 1

“Fine Print?”  Coming from Stjepan Sejic, creator of “Sunstone,” it’s more like foiiiiiiiiiine print, amirite? …Okay, I’ll start the review. The old gods haven’t gone away, they’ve just had to find new ways to get sustenance from humans these days.  Rather than get the energy they need through worship, they’ve found a better source:  Desire.  […]

S.W.O.R.D. by Al Ewing vol. 2

What I tell myself is that it’s not like this series, and by extension Ewing’s other cosmic Marvel series “Guardians of the Galaxy,” is really ending.  The writer is working with Stefano Caselli, who illustrates an issue of this volume, on the just-launched “X-Men Red” series which will focus on Storm’s leadership of the Arakii […]

Sweet Paprika vol. 1

Paprika used to be just an editor at Infernum Press, until her insight led to one of their releases, “Spice it Up,” becoming a monstrous success.  Now she’s a driven Chief Creative Officer overseeing the book’s adaptation into other media, and showing everyone else in her office that she deserves the success she’s enjoying.  The […]

Strange Adventures

Adam Strange is a man of two worlds:  Earth and Rann, and he’s just saved the latter from an invasion by the Pykkt.  He’s also just written a book about it and is going on a book tour with his wife, Alanna, to talk about the experience.  Everything’s going well until he’s accosted at one […]

Bermuda

Bobby and Andi Randolph were flying out to their wealthy dad’s research platform in the South Atlantic, when a mysterious storm causes their plane to crash.  When Bobby wakes up he’s on an island and in the process of being rescued by a take-charge girl by the name of Bermuda before the magic-wielding sea creatures […]

The Me You Love in the Dark

Rowena “Ro” Meadows is an artist who’s in a slump right now.  Where creating imaginative paintings used to come natural to her, she now struggles to put paint to canvas.  Which is why she’s decided it’s time for a change of scenery and has decided to take up residence in a supposedly haunted house.  Unfortunately […]

WonderCon 2022: The Return

Cons are back!  After they shut down in the wake of COVID becoming a full-blown epidemic in  March 2020 they’ve slowly been coming back across the country.  While I don’t go to a whole lot of them, WonderCon has traditionally been one that I’ve checked out regularly each year mainly due to its “Comic-Con Without […]

The Nice House on the Lake vol. 1

For all of the massive success he’s enjoyed over the years, I’ve never been able to fully get on the James Tynion IV bandwagon.  That’s mainly because the DC superhero work I’ve read from him, his “Detective Comics” run specifically, has been too straightforward to be enjoyable.  Then there’s his breakout creator-owned work “Something is […]

Fire Power vol. 4: Scorched Earth

Everything wrapped up nicely last time and Owen Johnson headed home with his family after settling things between the Temple of the Flaming Fist and the Scorched Earth Clan.  Except for the fact that it turns out that Owen’s old girlfriend Ling Zang is still alive, and also a little disappointed that her former flame […]