Manga and Comic Reviews
You might have noticed that my reviews of manga that serve as the basis for anime that I’ve seen tend to follow a certain script. Generally I’ll say that they’re fine, but what I’m really waiting for is when the stories go past the anime so I can start reading new stuff (see “Black Lagoon” […]
Kenichi Sonoda’s original “Gunsmith Cats” series is not a timeless classic, but it was a very entertaining series that was a cornerstone of manga released in America for its time. Mention this series to any fan who is old enough to remember when Viz and Dark Horse published the vast majority of their series in […]
The most interesting news for me that came out of the C2E2 convention was that Carla Speed McNeil was signing up with Dark Horse. This means that DH will now be publishing her long-running series “Finder,” first self-published as single issues, then as a webcomic, starting with a new volume “Voices” in February followed by […]
So the big news of last week was the announcement of Fantagraphics’ new manga line, edited by Matt Thorn. While Fantagraphics is most well known for publishing some of the most innovative and challenging graphic novels of the past few decades, Thorn’s presence means that the line is in good hands. Not only is he […]
Marvel revealed their solicitations for May a few weeks ago and there was one bit of news there that I found particularly interesting. I doubt that it would surprise most people that they’re going to start adapting the rest of Stephen King’s “Dark Tower” novels, and while Robin Furth (plot) and Peter David (script) will […]
After taking the time out to focus on USM last time, there’s been a considerable amount of stuff piling up for me to look at. Without further ado… Chew vol. 1: Taster’s Choice: I can’t tell you what a relief it is to read the words “sold-out surprise hit comic” on the back cover and […]
First post of the new year… and I’m still waiting for the first comics of the new year to show up. I was expecting to have the new Vertigo Crime GN, “The Chill” by Jason Starr, and the first volume of “The Unwritten” by Mike Carey and Peter Gross, but Amazon doesn’t have them shipping […]
This has been old news for a few weeks now, but I wanted to say a few things about DC’s new “Earth One” graphic novel initiative. A lot has been made already about how this is going to be an ongoing series of graphic novels featuring continuity-free reboots of Batman and Superman and the differences […]
It’s been a while since I’ve done one of these, and the list of titles to review just keeps getting bigger. Let’s see what I can get through tonight… New Avengers vol. 11: Search for the Sorcerer Supreme – In which we find out that Stephen Strange has relinquished his title as “Sorcerer Supreme” of […]
… Yeah. I’ve got nothing this week. For this space, anyway. On with the reviews! The Goon vols. 8-9: Entitled “Those That is Damned” and “Calamity of Conscience,” respectively. These two volumes bring an end to the “Goon Year” of storytelling where writer/artist Eric Powell delivered twelve issues of the series on a monthly schedule. […]