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The Heroic Legend of Arslan vol. 13

How go the adventures of King Andragoras, currently the most interesting character in the series?  Well, there’s nothing as interesting here as his escape and reunion with his *ahem* loving wife Tahemany in the previous volume.  Andragoras still cuts an imposing figure here as he broods upon his throne and makes life miserable for the […]

Reckless

It’s not just a new original graphic novel from Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips.  It’s the start of a new publishing initiative from them.  Rather than publish this volume in single-issue form, the creators have pivoted to the OGN format for this new series about former radical turned troubleshooter Ethan Reckless.  The creators have said […]

The Ludocrats

What happens when Kieron Gillen teams up with fellow former games journalist and “Rock, Paper, Shotgun” co-founder Jim Rossignol?  Something that is easily the most Gillen-esque thing I have ever read.  Whatever Rossignol’s contributions were, they’ve either enabled the writer’s most ridiculous notions, or just harmonized with them to produce a work of singularly unmitigated […]

Marauders vol. 2

Kate Pryde is dead.  This isn’t something that should be possible for mutants in the Krakoa Era, but Sebastian Shaw found a way to use the woman’s problems with the gates to his advantage.  He also managed to get away with it scot free.  Which leaves the Marauders — Emma Frost, Bishop, Storm, Pyro, and […]

Wave, Listen to Me! vol. 4

Why yes, it has been quite some time since we last checked in on the adventures of budding  neurotic radio personality Minare Koda.  Even though Kodansha started publishing the series in individual chapters, I still figured they’d give us the digital volumes as well.  They didn’t.  So I figured I’d wait until they did, or […]

Image Previews Picks: April 2021

Above-the-Board Recommendation: Decorum HC It’s not like you need to twist my arm to get me to buy anything written by Jonathan Hickman.  Especially when he’s working with a great artist like Mike Huddleston.  They could be doing a comic about their respective grocery lists and I’d still buy the trade paperback.  In hardcover.  “Decorum,” […]

DC Solicitation Sneaks: April 2021

Above-the-Board Recommendation: Batman by John Ridley HC It was supposed to be a lot bigger than one volume.  It still might be. The plan was to have Bruce Wayne retire and for Tim Fox, son of Lucius, to take over the mantle of the Dark Knight.  It was going to be the most high-profile in […]

Dark Horse Previews Picks: April 2021

Above-the-Board Recommendation: Grandville Integral HC Unfortunately this isn’t a new installment in Bryan Talbot’s excellent series of graphic novels set in a late 19th Century steampunk world where humans are second-class citizens compared to the anthropomorphic animal individuals who run the show.  “Integral” is just a fancy way of saying that this is an omnibus […]