Comic Picks by the Glick

Manga and Comic Reviews

Punderworld vol. 1

The great thing about the Greek Gods is that their personalities are well-defined yet malleable enough that you can put them into any kind of story in any genre.  Which is how we’re getting the romantic comedy version of the story of Hades and Persephone in “Punderworld” by Linda Sejic (wife of Stjepan, incase you […]

X-Men by Jonathan Hickman vol. 3

Well, that was quick. Not only is this Hickman’s third proper volume of “X-Men,” but it’s also his last.  The writer had a big three-act plan for the franchise and he decided to walk away after the majority of the creators on the other X-titles decided to stay in the first act.  There doesn’t appear […]

DC Solicitation Sneaks: December 2021

Above-the-Board Recommendation: One-Star Squadron #1 (of 6) Mark Russell is a writer who has done a lot of work at DC over the years on titles like “The Flintstones,” “The Snagglepuss Chronicles,” and “The Wonder Twins,” where he takes these old characters and uses them to tell modern satire.  He’s since branched out to doing […]

Image Previews Picks: December 2021

Above-the-Board Recommendation: Six Sidekicks of Trigger Keaton vol. 1 Trigger Keaton’s action stardom was only equaled by his potential to act like a jerk to everyone around him.  It’s why no one was surprised when he wound up dead with a pool of potential suspects a mile wide and deep.  Taking up the task of […]

Marvel Previews Picks: December 2021

Above-the-Board Recommendation: Hellions by Zeb Wells vol. 3 While the current line of X-books has generally been entertaining on its own terms, it’s mainly because they’ve been doing familiar superhero stuff quite well with a straightforward dramatic bent.  Well, all of them except for “Hellions.”  This has been a darkly funny, deeply cynical series that […]

Heart in a Box

Emma Elliot is in the midst of an epically bad breakup.  The kind where she’s been curled up in her bed for the past two weeks before some inspired needling from her roommate finally gets her to rejoin society again.  However, it isn’t until she meets a mysterious man named Bob that Emma finally has […]