Manga and Comic Reviews
After 300 issues, “Hellblazer” ends in these solicitations. It’s disappointing news but I suppose the writing was on the wall after its sales dipped below the 10,000 mark. There was a time when DC was considering cancelling the series, after Warren Ellis abruptly exited the title after the company declined to publish the school shooting […]
The latest volume of “Blade of the Immortal” is announced for March 2013 in these solicitations, and that’s always cause for rejoicing around here. That said, it has also given me cause to think about how conservative Dark Horse’s manga releases have become over the past few years. It has gotten to the point where […]
With this current arc, still giving off “H.P. Lovecraft’s ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’” vibes, I was prepared to be frustrated if not utterly let down by the fact that it’s essentially a distraction from the main arc. Yet, after reading through this volume I still came away satisfied. That’s partly because the wickedly intense fantasy […]
Yeah, I know I said that this would be coming on the weekend, but after last night’s post I figured some distance was in order before I write up the “Marvel Previews Picks” for December. With that out of the way, this volume of the compulsively readable title is its last regular volume. It is, […]
Anime News Network announced today that the greatest comic being serialized today will finally be wrapping up in the issue of “Afternoon” shipping this December. I speak, of course, of “Blade of the Immortal” which will be reaching its conclusion after nineteen years. NINETEEN YEARS! I know that other series have run for much longer, […]
Sometimes it’s a painful reminder to realize that while these are only solicitations for the serialized comics from Dark Horse arriving in December. Any collected editions being featured here will be arriving two months later (as always) in February. Considering that something I’ve been eagerly awaiting since it was announced by the company is shipping […]
BEHOLD THE POWER OF KICKSTARTER! Digital Manga is the first major manga publisher to utilize the crowdfunding site to bring more manga stateside. Specifically, they’re using it to not only bring their previous Osamu Tezuka work “Swallowing the Earth” back into print, but to bring us more of the mangaka’s immense body of work. “Barbara” […]
I skipped talking about the last two volumes because they wound up getting mired in my least favorite part of the series: the Mashiro/Azuki romance. While there was some good stuff in vols. 12 & 13, mostly revolving around “Perfect Crime Party” being taken off the “deathwatch” and the personal struggles of Mashiro’s new assistant […]
Remember how I said last time that it looked like things were turning around and the book was going to start focusing on the main characters again? Oh god was I wrong about that. Not only do we not see any of the main characters, save Aya in a witness role, for three-quarters of this […]
This round of solicitations sees not one, but TWO collections of “Conan” for us. Unfortunately, it signifies the start of a trend that I’m not really that keen on. You see, a few weeks back the second volume of the “Road of Kings” series (subtitled “Throne of Aquilonia”) arrived in hardcover. This was unusual because […]