Manga and Comic Reviews
Above-the-Board Recommendation: A Star Called the Sun: A Collection of Short Science Fiction Stories There’s an obvious choice for this spot in these solicitations (you’ll know it when you see it), but I’ve given this to plenty of other titles from its creators. Instead, let’s talk about the latest collection from underrated comics talent Simon […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: Hulk Smash Everything #3 (of 5) That’s right, the middle issue of a miniseries gets the top spot this month. “How is that even possible?” I hear you ask along with, “Were the trade paperback offerings this month THAT bad?” We’ll get to that, but the main reason I’m putting this here is […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: DC K.O.: Boss Battle #1 I’ll admit that when the promotional image for this issue came out, I thought it was an obvious fake. I mean, it promised all of these characters – who were obviously not part of the DCU – would be taking part in the company’s big battle royale of […]
The Winter Holiday continues and things are as normal as they get around Elias and Chise’s place. Which means that the former’s ostensible landlord has shown up to ask for the former’s traditional help in dealing with the curse that has plagued his family for generations. That’s small potatoes compared to what the head of […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service Omnibus vol. 6 *sigh* Delayed again. Which, I suppose, is better than the release date coming and not having it arrive. I mean, that could still happen, but they’ll actually have to nail down a proper release date first. Which is April 14, 2026, according to this latest […]
Val has just been stood up by her date as she sits in her seat at a local movie theater. Before she can be too disappointed by this, tragedy strikes and now she’s dead. She’s also not moving on to wherever souls go after they die as she’s now just a free-floating apparition who can […]
In the story of Joan Petersen and her quest for true love, there’s one clear villain here: The Cowboy. I mean, how else are we supposed to feel about this masked marauder who shows up whenever it looks like she’s found a man to love and then shoots her dead. Seems pretty clear cut to […]
In the previous volume, Lore managed to end the universe. Now the crew of the Theseus has to deal with the repercussions, the most immediate of which is their escape into fluidic space and taking on its vicious inhabitants. After that, everyone who remains will have to confront the fact that there’s nothing left for […]
I won’t lie: It’s kind of hard to remember what was going on in this series when I reviewed its last volume just over a year ago. Fortunately, this has never been a very plot-heavy series, so when the focus winds up being on a fight between an empowered version of Celine, the Perfumer, and […]
Are six-issue miniseries the new twelve for writer Tom King? After doing several maxiseries to both good (“Mister Miracle”) and middling (“Adam Strange”) effect the man has been writing shorter ones focusing on specific characters. “Best of the Best” is the latest one of these and it features a character who’s shown up in a […]