Comic Picks by the Glick

Manga and Comic Reviews

Dark Horse Previews Picks: May 2016

Coming out of the ComicsPro retailer event this week was news that June 4th is going to be “Dark Horse Day” in celebration of the company’s 30th anniversary.  Retailers are being offered discounts on key titles in the company’s backlist as well as a sampler to be handed out to their customers for free.  This […]

Assassination Classroom vols. 7 & 8

The reason I’m combining these two volumes into one review is that there’s not much more to say about them beyond the fact that they continue the title’s great mix of action, comedy, and strangeness.  Yet they still have some memorable parts to them as well.  Vol. 7’s involves Class E’s most elaborate plan yet […]

A Girl on the Shore

First off, let me extend my gratitude to Vertical for supplying me with another fix of Inio Asano.  It’s been almost two years since “Nijigahara Holograph” came out and I was starting to get antsy.  Kudos to Viz as well, with their forthcoming two-in-one releases of “Goodnight, Punpun” starting next month.  But what about this […]

Planetes Omnibus vol. 1

I consider it the crown jewel of Tokyopop’s publishing efforts.  Fans of “Sailor Moon,” “Fruits Basket,” “Love Hina,” or their many CLAMP titles may disagree, but that’s how I roll.  (Can I get a shout-out for “STONe?”  Anyone… Anyone… Bueller…)  One of the rare manga published here that manages to combine hard science with serious […]

Vinland Saga vol. 7

Is this it? Kodansha Comics has already gone on record as saying that this will be the last volume of “Vinland Saga” published in the U.S. unless sales pick up.  So if you like this series and haven’t already picked up all seven volumes, you’d better go do it now!  If you haven’t, then vol. […]

Die Wergelder vol. 1

Hiroaki Samura has done a couple series since wrapping up his epic masterpiece “Blade of the Immortal.”  This one is just the first to reach our shores.  Expecting something on the same level of brilliance as his signature series would just be an exercise in setting myself up for disappointment.  Yet this is likely to […]

Dark Horse Previews Picks: April 2016

There’s a new volume of a certain manga being advance-solicited here!  That’s right, after a year and a half of waiting, Dark Horse is finally releasing vol. 16 of “Neon Genesis Evangelion:  The Shinji Ikari Raising Project.”  Can you feel the excitement here!  ARE YOU NOT YET ENTERTAINED!?!?!? …Ugh.  Well, at least this means the […]

The Ancient Magus’ Bride vol. 3

The previous volume left off on a dramatic cliffhanger as Elias, enraged by the wounding of Chise, began to lose his human form and revert to his natural one.  What follows is a rousing sequence of action and drama as the two, and those in their immediate vicinity face off against Joseph, a.k.a. Cartaphilus, a.k.a. […]