Manga and Comic Reviews
It’s launch day for Stark Unlimited’s biggest project: The eScape. It’s the most immersive form of virtual reality known to man and it’s up for sale to everyone in the Marvel Universe. While most people are content to play around with all the toys that Tony Stark has made for them, there are those who […]
It’s all about putting the pieces in place with this volume. As the title implies, this volume is the lead up to the main event that is “War of the Realms” and Jason Aaron still has some setting up to do. So it’s time to check in with the likes of Angela, Roz Solomon, Dario […]
(What, no podcast? John and my schedules didn’t line up over the weekend, or during the week. But don’t worry, my thoughts on Bendis’ start at DC will be here this time next week. In the meantime…) It’s the end of an era as this is the last volume of “Usagi Yojimbo” which will be […]
The farm life isn’t all wacky fun as Hachiken learns in vol. 8. It’s here that he finds out the reason why Komaba won’t be coming back to Ezo Ag: His family farm has gone under and now he has to help take it apart before he starts working full-time to help pay off the […]
I know what you’re all thinking: Between this and “Lando: Double or Nothing” which is the better comic inspired by “Solo: A Star Wars Story?” Wait. You weren’t asking that? None of you were asking that!? Well, I guess it’s not hard to guess why, especially after this miniseries doesn’t really tell us anything that […]
If you don’t think that Margaret Atwood can do whatever she wants at this point in her career, then consider this: She’s following up her science-fantasy series “Angel Catbird” with “War Bears,” an intimate look at the Canadian comics scene during WWII. We see it through the eyes of one Alain Zurakowski — half Quebecois, […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: Curse Words vol. 5: Fairy-Tale Ending Is it a series about a really bad wizard learning to become a good one? Or just one who can downplay his worst impulses to get what he wants? Or is it none of the above? Vol. 4 left off with Wizord at the mercy of those […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: Immortal Hulk vol. 5: Breaker of Worlds Collecting issues #21-25, the last of which is also featured in these solicitations. It’s also given a rather final-sounding solicit as the story is described as taking place at the heat death of the universe. No points for guessing who’s there to see the Ninth Cosmos […]
On its own terms, this is probably the most entertaining “Mars Chronicle” has been so far. It starts off with a thrilling and creative fight between bounty hunters Dass and Gillum before segueing into the inevitably tragic end of Yoko’s mom/nanny Kyoko. There’s a bit there that chillingly illustrates how much of a psychopath Erica […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: Grendel: Devil’s Odyssey #1 (of 8) I didn’t expect this: Matt Wagner is returning to his other signature creation to push it forward. After the prose/illustrated novel “Past Prime” took “Grendel” to its farthest point in the future, Wagner left it there for a decade. He spent that decade looking into the past […]