Comic Picks by the Glick

Manga and Comic Reviews

Bowie: Stardust, Rayguns and Moonage Daydreams

David Bowie was a one-of-a-kind artist with an unmistakable style.  So it’s fitting that this biography of his life up through his time as Ziggy Stardust is illustrated and co-written by another one-of-a-kind artist with an unmistakable style:  Mike Allred.  I’ve made no secret of how much I love his work, and he really knocks […]

The Banks

The Banks family has a long criminal history in the city of Chicago.  From Clara and her husband Melvin in the 70’s & 80’s, to her daughter Cora in the 90’s and 00’s, and her daughter Celia in the present day, they’ve all made money by being smart about who they steal from and never […]

Sara by Ennis and Epting

Garth Ennis has been writing war comics for a couple decades now.  Most of them are very good, with a few ranking right up there with “Preacher” and “Punisher MAX” as some of the best stuff that he’s ever written.  Even with that being the case, there are certain tropes that creep into the majority […]

Reaver vol. 1: Hell’s Half-Dozen

Justin Jordan is a writer that I typically associate with a “style over substance” approach.  It can certainly be entertaining, as he showed with artist Tradd Moore in the “Luther Strode” series.  Other times it can just be tiring:  See “Dead Body Road” with Matteo Scalera.  “Reaver,” when it was announced had a description that […]

The Eisners: 2020 Edition

I hear that James Stokoe managed to secure five nominations, the most of any creator, between his one-shot “Sobek” from Shortbox, and “Grunt” his book of art and unpublished comics from Dark Horse.  Regular readers will know that I’m a big fan of Stokoe’s work, so I hope he secures at least one win from […]

Dark Horse Previews Picks: August 2020

While it looks like Dark Horse is playing catch-up with its single-issue solicitations here, they’ve got plenty of new collected editions on offer here.  Including one that tickles my fancy enough for… Above-the-Board Recommendation: Blade of the Immortal Deluxe Edition vol. 1 HC Seeing “Blade” reissued in this format just warms my heart.  While it […]

DC Previews Picks: August 2020

Savor this round of Previews Picks from DC.  With Friday’s news that they were ending their distribution agreement with Diamond, this will likely be the last “Previews” picks you’ll read.  Not that I won’t cover their solicitations if they’re made available.  But something tells me that I have more of these columns behind me than […]