Manga and Comic Reviews
“The Man of Steel” was a decent enough start to Bendis’ run on “Superman” and “Action Comics.” It showed he had a good handle on the character, even if the stories being set up didn’t really grab me. “Phantom Earth,” however, is a big step in the right direction. It’s got a great setup for […]
I wasn’t expecting to see Smith back with Talas after the two parted, or rather “were parted,” way back in vol. 3, but it’s nice that it happened nonetheless. There’s a part of me that wishes it led to some more engaging storytelling here, however. Things start off with a chapter of glorified and glorious […]
It’s a lovely, dense volume of the series we have here. While the cliffhanger from the previous volume is dispatched quickly enough, it immediately segues into telling us all about Father Simon’s genuinely tragic backstory. (As well as the various factions which exist in the church, which I’m sure will become relevant later…) Then we […]
It’s a new volume of “Berserk.” What’s there to say about it besides, “It’s still really good,” and “I wish Kentaro Miura world get these out faster?” A lot, actually. This is a momentous volume of the series as it makes a fundamental change to its status quo — one that’s been in place for […]
There’s a more interesting series lurking underneath the surface of the one we get here. A thriller about an obsessed schoolgirl who stalks the new girl in her class. A quiet girl who can only experience happiness if she’s tasting ramen. Instead, we’ve got a relatively sedate slice-of-life story about Yu, a schoolgirl who is […]
That was a hell of a cliffhanger the previous volume left off on. You’d think that mangaka Nagabe would pick right back up to show you how it’s going to be resolved, but you’d be wrong. He wants you to squirm for a while yet. So you’ll have to see Teacher deal with the soldier […]
That guy in the center of the cover for this volume certainly looks sinister, doesn’t he? Like he’s just sitting there advertising to everyone who cares to look that he’s the new villain of this series. That’s not an incorrect assumption to make. The thing is that The Doctor has a very personal connection to […]
When word broke a couple months ago that Brian Wood had been accused of sexual misconduct, again, I figured that his career was over. Turns out that I was right because Dark Horse, who have been publishing the majority of his work over the past five years, stated that they would not be pursuing any […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: Star Wars: Doctor Aphra vol. 7 — A Rogue’s End So it turns out that this is the final volume of Doctor Chelli Aphra’s adventures. The return of her deadliest adversary/employer makes a certain amount of sense (even if it was a dick move on Marvel’s part to spoil it in the solicitations), […]
The Stephen King vibes are still strong with this second volume as more Stand users show up around the small town of Morioh — all of them with (initially) malicious plans in mind for our protagonists. Take small-time crook Tamami who tries to wrangle Koichi into giving him 500,000 yen after the little squirt runs […]