Manga and Comic Reviews
Imagine, if you will, a “Star Wars” setting that doesn’t involve rebelling against an Empire, or the final days of a dynastic Republic. Imagine a time when the Jedi were great in number and oversaw a galaxy that wasn’t a raging trashfire. That’s the premise behind the “High Republic” setting which takes place hundreds of […]
I’m looking at my “To Review” pile and there’s a variety of things in it. There are things that I’m saving for potential podcasts. There are things I think deserve to be written about, but have let sit for whatever reason. There are things that you’ll likely be reading reviews of next week. There’s also […]
Chances are that you’re more familiar with the fictional killers that Ed Gein inspired rather than the man himself. Killers like Norman Bates from “Psycho.” Leatherface from “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.” Buffalo Bill from “The Silence of the Lambs.” This is probably for the best since the things Gein did are best relegated to the […]
Shino Oshima is about to start high school and will have to introduce herself in front of her other classmates. This is something that most students wouldn’t give a second thought to, but is a terrifying proposition to our protagonist. That’s because Shino has struggled with a case of stuttering up until now. It’s something […]
Kyle Higgins has written many comics for Marvel and DC, but he’s probably best known for his multi-year run on BOOM!’s “Power Rangers” comics. After the success he had there, it was only natural that he’d transition to creator-owned work, and “Radiant Black” is the result of that. I’ve got only a surface level of […]
The previous volume ended with the resurrection of Kate Pryde and her determination to make Sebastian Shaw pay for killing her in the first place. She may have had to put that on the back burner for a bit — what with the interdimensional competition for the fate of Krakoa and Earth that went on […]
I didn’t think much of Pak’s first volume about the Dark Lord’s post-”Empire Strikes Back” adventure. Do you know who else didn’t think much of it? Emperor Palpatine, that’s who. Disgusted at his apprentice’s failings, the Emperor uses his mastery of the Force to show him once again who is boss. Then he leaves a […]
…was the name given to the 90’s era initiative that saw Marvel hand over some of its most prominent heroes — the Fantastic Four, Captain America, Iron Man, and the rest of the Avengers — over to Jim Lee, Rob Liefeld, and their studios to remake in their image (or Image, if you will). The […]
While I liked the past four volumes that told the story of Baron Muster and his influence on Erica, they still felt like a diversion from why I’m reading this series. Which would be to find out Alita’s backstory from when she was known as Yoko on Mars. Mangaka Yukito Kishiro does take some steps […]
The last series John Arcudi wrote at Image was “Rumble.” It was a story about a monster-fighting barbarian whose soul was imprisoned and then thrust into a scarecrow body to continue the fight against them in the present day. The series ran for 32 issues over two series, and I was honestly surprised it came […]