Comic Picks by the Glick

Manga and Comic Reviews

Redneck vol. 5: Tall Tales

“Tall Tales” wants to be “The Godfather, Part II” of this series.  I say this because its story moves both backwards and forwards, telling the history of vampires while also expanding on the present day story of the Bowman clan.  The history is centered around one character, Nicodemus, who became the very first vampire after […]

Maison Ikkoku vol. 4

I’m… starting to wonder if I was mistaken about this series. My impression was that I’d be getting a slimmed-down, all killer/no filler version of the legendary romance between hapless college student Yusaku Godai and pensive widow-turned-landlord Kyoko Otonashi.  Compared to the overlong 96-episode anime series that started out strong, but was waylaid by filler.  […]

Fire Power vol. 3: Flame War

So, the Scorched Earth Clan are actually the good guys and the Temple of the Flaming Fist, now led by Master Chou, are the bad guys.  That’s a hell of a reveal to pull after you’ve just finished introducing them, but I’m sure years of writing “Invincible” have taught Robert Kirkman that there’s never not […]

Chainsaw Man vol. 6

Thinking back on it, we shouldn’t have been too surprised by the fact that Denji’s new girlfriend, Reze, turned out to be a Devil.  If she had been a normal human and genuine in her intentions towards him then the only options are that she hangs around to potentially get fridged by a devil or […]

Dark Horse Previews Picks: November 2021

Above-the-Board Recommendation: Joy Operations #1 (of 5) This gets here mainly on sheer force-of-will as the big news last week was that Bendis is bringing his Jinxworld line of creator-owned projects to Dark Horse.  Expect new editions of his previous titles, a new edition of “Pearl” was mentioned, along with a softcover edition of “Powers:  […]

Image Previews Picks: November 2021

Above-the-Board Recommendation: What’s the Place Furthest From Here? #1 Matthew Rosenberg and Tyler Boss broke into the industry via their smash indie hit “4 Kids Walk Into a Bank.”  It was a really entertaining heist story, told from the perspective of the kids who were planning it, that was only held back by it’s too-dark […]

DC Solicitation Sneaks: November 2021

Above-the-Board Recommendation: Batman:  One Dark Knight #1 (of 3) Hey, it’s another “Batman” title in this spot!  Surprising, I know.  The thing is that there’s a lack of promising new titles in these solicitations and the collected editions I’m interested in are debuting hardcover-first, so a new miniseries featuring the Caped Crusader gets this month’s […]

Marvel Previews Picks: November 2021

Above-the-Board Recommendation: Star Wars:  Life Day #1 The existence of this comic shows that either Marvel is completely shameless when it comes to exploiting the “Star Wars” license, or utterly fearless about doing the same.  For those of you who are either too young to remember or have blocked it from your mind until now […]