Manga and Comic Reviews
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 […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken vol. 8 Initially, the main reason I picked this volume for the top spot was because I was glad it was finally coming out after being delayed and re-solicited in previous solicitations. Then I ran a search through my previous write-ups to find out how many times I […]
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 […]
I approached Saturday at the con the same as I have for Comic-Cons in the past few years: Get up. Drive down to San Diego. (Get my badge.) Attend panels. Leave and meet Steve for dinner. Then drive back home. It’s a setup that has yielded good times in years past and I was expecting […]
Vol. 11 of “Wave: Listen to Me!” has been delayed until April 2026. The next volume of “Die Wergelder” won’t be arriving until who knows when. So what’s someone to do if they need their fix of new manga from Hiroaki Samura this year? Fortunately Kodansha has us covered with the release of “Snegurochka of […]
I made it clear that I thought “Stone Ocean” was definitely a step down from previous Parts of “Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure.” Normally that would be a sign that this long-running series was running out of steam and one should be wary of future installments. However, we’re still playing catch-up to the Japanese release after all […]
Ubume has just completed her first job as a bottom-ranked Mujina: Kidnapping the brains behind an idol to make him look like an idiot during a televised information show. However, said brains has a proposition for our rights-less assassin. The husband and wife team who ran the agency that groomed her boy into an idol, […]
Robert Altman is back, baby, and he’s fully embraced his inner weeb in the process (Believe it!). After saving his crew, he’s ready to arrest the head of Poseidon, Labrys. Before he can do that, he’s got to make it through her sales pitch to have him join her secret science organization. It turns out […]