This is the latest in mangaka Gou Tanabe’s adaptations of Lovecraft’s work and I bet most people have a good idea of what to expect from them now.  I thought I did, but this one is the first to actually disappoint me.  Not because of any obvious flaws with the adaptation – not that I […]

The Solar Ray was finally fired at the end of the previous volume and no one escapes unscathed here.  Some are more scathed than others, however, but both sides find themselves trying to regroup and regain the upper hand after the event.  Not Karla Mitchum, however.  She’s finally in a position to exact the revenge […]

I was thinking about skipping a writeup of vol. 30 for this series.  Why?  Because it was just more of the same expertly executed superhero fighting that we’ve been seeing for a while now.  The stakes get larger as Black Spermatozoon takes on a more powerful form, Garo re-emerges from the underground, and Homeless Emperor […]

Rou Shirakawa may have competed in his first hockey game under duress, but it turned out to be an exciting experience that has now got him hooked on the sport.  Which is why he heads out with his one-time teammates to see the Oinokami high school team take on their rivals in Sameoh for the […]

Shin’ichi Sakamoto was introduced to American audiences via the handsomely detailed period epic “Innocent” and the striking Bram Stoker reinvention “#DRCL.”  Both marked him as an immensely talented artist not just in terms of raw detail, but in visual invention when it came to telling their stories.  Such talent does not emerge fully-formed, however, and […]

The fallout from “Dig Deep One Chance’s” cosplay interview continues here, but it’s nothing to worry about.  That’s because Ruby has a plan to deal with it all.  She’s got the cosplayer who made the tweet ready to speak on the show, and the director behind the segment to… well, it’s best that you see […]