Manga and Comic Reviews
Half of this volume is pretty great. The first two issues are the tie-in with “War of the Realms” and start off with Otto phasing San Franciscans out of reality while he deals with the frost giants stomping around the city. Realizing that a surgical strike could end this war real quick, he teams up […]
As you all know, Bendis unleashed a flurry of creator-owned projects when he arrived at DC. “Pearl,” the story of a young tattoo artist who gets a crash course in her connections to the San Francisco Yakuza, is the only one of them to receive a follow-up at this point. While I liked the first […]
Savor this volume. Not just because it’s good, but because it’s likely the last we’ll see of this series until late 2021. That’s if we’re lucky and mangaka Makoto Yukimura keeps to what has been a slightly-faster-than-annual-release of new volumes in Japan. At least vol. 11 doesn’t have a cliffhanger in store for us as […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: Against Hope Her family was killed by a crazy family of Neo Nazis. She spent her teenage years grieving before she turned herself into a ruthless bounty hunter as an adult. Now Hope has found out that the family who ruined her life is running for public office while they run a secret […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: The Joker 80th Anniversary 100-Page Super Spectacular #1 Yes, I know what I said about DC needing an intervention regarding these anniversary issues. This isn’t even the only one arriving this month: Catwoman is also celebrating her 80th anniversary in similar fashion in these solicitations. Still… a Joker-centric anniversary issue feels like more […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: The Ludocrats #1 (of 5) This will have been in the pipeline for around five years before it finally hits print in April. It’s hard to say that it’s something I’ve been eagerly anticipating beyond the fact that it’s a new miniseries written by Kieron Gillen. Co-written, actually. Gillen’s former games journalist buddy […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: How to Read Comics the Marvel Way #1 (of 4) Reading (superhero) comics can be harder than it looks. Sometimes that’s because the creators have created complex works that demand more from the reader than simply reading left-to-right in straight lines. Other times that’s because the creators are so hopped up on fame, […]
(Just a reminder: If you read scanlations without buying the official release in your country of residence, you are a BAD PERSON!) I know, it’s been a while since I’ve checked on the wacky hijinks of Kaguya, Miyuki, and company. I’ll admit that when it comes to this series, there’s only so many ways I […]
I don’t think anyone expected “Avengers” to not have any tie-ins to the big crossover event that was “War of the Realms.” Especially when its current writer was also busy writing the main event. What we could expect was that it would have greater relevance to the inter-title fracas. As these issues show, it does […]
It took only two volumes to get there, but it looks like “The Green Lantern” is going to be one of those rare Grant Morrison projects that don’t quite click. These kinds of projects are where the writer gets so focused on conjuring up as many crazy ideas as he can that he forgets to […]