Manga and Comic Reviews
The fire of revolution quickens in this omnibus as famine ravages the French countryside while rot festers from within the Royal Palace of Versailles. While Queen Marie maintains her status at the top of the country’s social hierarchy, those looking (and failing) to breach it are plotting their own form of vengeance. None more so […]
Saku is possessed by a serpent. Not just any serpent, but the one that Saint Patrick drove out of Ireland centuries ago. Said serpent is now looking to reassert itself in its ancestral home through its host, which is exactly what it does when faced with some vengeful rabbits. Unfortunately the serpent didn’t count on […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: Tales From Lands Unknown: Uri Tupka and the Devils After a first volume that was more weird than it was good, all it took for Mike Mignola’s latest fictional universe to be interesting was for him to take his own advice and have a protagonist to focus all his worldbuilding through. That’s what […]
It’s been a while since we last got an installment in the adventures of everyone’s favorite green-haired five-year-old. That’s not a problem because the series’ formula of “Yotsuba has an adventure with her friends and family” has never relied on long-term plotting, just the solidly dependable and off-kilter sensibilities of its mangaka, Kiyohiko Azuma. I […]
Damemaru is back on the team and to celebrate, he takes Sanko out for the best udon in the galaxy! Then, it’s back to trying to figure out the mystery of Zolar – until something even more mysterious comes up. While researching the history of “Zaha Sanko” in the galaxy, the one we know finds […]
Terumi is in the hospital, having been beaten within an inch of his life after trying to save Juno from the creeps who brought her into the city, took her rights card, and set her up for sex work. Ubume is all ready to murder these guys for what they did, except her handler won’t […]
In this volume: Saitama and Garo fight. A lot. To the point where Garo gains cosmic awareness, powers up, and starts throwing punches with the strength of nuclear explosions. He even whips out a Gamma Ray burst at one point that we’re told would annihilate the Earth if it touches the ground. While this is […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: Marvel’s Most Villainous: Magneto In case you hadn’t heard, Dark Horse is getting into the Marvel reprint business with themed and prestige collections coming your way. “Marvel’s Mightiest Monsters” is also in these solicitations and you can look forward to a black and white collection of Barry Windsor-Smith’s “Weapon X” next time. While […]
Two friggin’ years! That’s how long we’ve had to wait for this volume. Not that we needed to as this volume originally came out back in 2024 in Japan. However, because I can only assume that “Wave” doesn’t do top-tier numbers for publisher Kodansha, it took that extra year for vol. 11 to arrive out […]
He’s under the tutelage of Jin “The Cat Whisperer” Nekoya. He has his own cat, Tiger. He’s even got a part-time job at a cat cafe. What’s left for Kensuke to experience in terms of expressing his love for cats? Why, starting a cat club at his school, of course. He’ll need at least three […]