Manga and Comic Reviews
This series received a very well-liked anime adaptation last year. I haven’t got around to watching it yet because reading comics and playing videogames still monopolize the majority of my time. (Though anyone who has a Netflix subscription should check out “Dorohedoro” if they haven’t already.) If you’re familiar with how I operate, then it […]
If vol. 14 was the end of “Act II” of this series, then this is the intermission between acts. Thanks to Darryl Lorenz and the Psycho Zaku, the Nanyang Alliance was not only able to escape the Taal Volcano base, but hand the Federation forces a crushing defeat as well. The first half of this […]
Shigeyo “Mob” Kageyama may be the star of “Mob Psycho 100,” but there’s no denying the appeal of his boss Reigen Arataka. A conman with a surprisingly strong moral center, Reigen’s only weapon when it comes to fighting off supernatural forces (and angry clients) is his keen wit that can see through to what’s really […]
Last year’s release of “Mujirushi” was the first new work we had seen from Naoki Urasawa in years. After the writer’s work on “Monster,” “20th Century Boys,” and, to a lesser extent, “Pluto” and “Master Keaton,” I was more than ready to enjoy the hell out of it. Readiness did not equal actuality in this […]
How go the adventures of King Andragoras, currently the most interesting character in the series? Well, there’s nothing as interesting here as his escape and reunion with his *ahem* loving wife Tahemany in the previous volume. Andragoras still cuts an imposing figure here as he broods upon his throne and makes life miserable for the […]
Why yes, it has been quite some time since we last checked in on the adventures of budding neurotic radio personality Minare Koda. Even though Kodansha started publishing the series in individual chapters, I still figured they’d give us the digital volumes as well. They didn’t. So I figured I’d wait until they did, or […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: Grandville Integral HC Unfortunately this isn’t a new installment in Bryan Talbot’s excellent series of graphic novels set in a late 19th Century steampunk world where humans are second-class citizens compared to the anthropomorphic animal individuals who run the show. “Integral” is just a fancy way of saying that this is an omnibus […]
If you’ll recall (from last week, when I finally remembered to post my review), the first volume of this series didn’t make the best impression on me. Much of it felt like self-parody as mangaka Shuzo Oshimi tried to cultivate an air of sinister intent in a way that felt more ham-fisted than suspenseful. It […]
True Story: When I was looking over what I’d written and recorded for 2020, I noticed that I’d posted my review of “Gigant” twice in April. That was embarrassing enough, but I couldn’t figure out what I had passed over in order for that to have happened. Well, I finally solved that mystery. Expect reviews […]
Yeah, it’s been a while since I’ve talked about Meguru’s (and Maki’s) efforts to work his way to the top spot in the Nationals. You can chalk that up to a mix of digital titles being somewhat “out of sight, out of mind” when it comes to reviewing them, as well as the inherent predictability […]