Manga and Comic Reviews
I don’t know how I wound up with two volumes of manga from different series by mangaka Shuzo Oshimi in my “To Review” pile. I wasn’t planning on reviewing both of them in one go either. Except some of the manga titles in my “To Review” pile are coming up on a month old and […]
I don’t think the world was crying out for a sequel to the thoroughly alright “Avengers: No Surrender,” which served to wrap up the various “Avengers” series Al Ewing, Jim Zub, and Mark Waid were writing at the time, but we got one anyway. “No Road Home,” however is the exceedingly rare time when a […]
You could ask, “Is this a good volume of ‘Conan’ comics?” and it would be a perfectly valid question. A better one to ask would be “Is this volume of ‘Conan’ good enough to justify Marvel snatching the license away from Dark Horse?” To the first question I’d say, “Actually, it’s fine.” To the second, […]
It’s a brand-new series written by Kieron Gillen! With art from the immensely talented Stephanie Hans! And it has a literal fantasy RPG setting! What could possibly prevent me from declaring this one of the best comics before I’ve even read it? Common sense really — having little is not the same as having none […]
This is one of the most satisfying volumes I’ve read in this series after a while. Not because of any one thing it does. No, this volume is a case of mangaka Satoru Noda throwing a lot of stuff at the wall, plot-wise, and having it all turn out pretty well. I’m talking about bits […]
You may have already heard that Kelly Thompson will be the writer of “Deadpool’s” latest ongoing series come November. I’m hoping it’s a big smash and boosts her profile accordingly. Much in the same way that “The Immortal Hulk” has done for Al Ewing. Because if that happens then maybe she’ll be able to do […]
This volume gets off to an amazing start with a one-off issue that spotlights the Iron Fist of 1,000,000 B.C. Actually, she’s not called that at first because she winds up being the very first… in probably the most ignominious way possible. Sentenced to die for teaching cavemen the city of K’un-Lun’s greatest secrets (read: […]
I think it’s safe to say that “The Sandman Universe” was meant to save Vertigo. A series of titles spun off from the imprint’s most-loved, -acclaimed, -iconic series — done with Neil Gaiman’s blessing and input — that would revitalize the imprint’s flagging fortunes and usher in a new golden age. Maybe that’s overselling it […]
Well, um, you see… About “‘Prison School’s’ darkest secret” I mentioned in my last review: Somehow I had heard and/or gotten it into my head that the main storyline with Kiyoshi, Gackt, Shingo, Joe, and Andre was going to wrap up here. It would have them leaving the school only to be replaced by a […]
As far as penultimate volumes go, this is ahead of “Curse Words” but behind “The Wicked + The Divine.” I do appreciate the fact that vol. 9 of Jonathan Hickman and Nick Dragotta’s opus is still an accessible read. This is in the sense that it never felt like I needed to go back and […]