Manga and Comic Reviews
Much of this first volume went about as I’d expect from the writer. Which means that it read like a solidly crafted superhero adventure from someone who knows the genre inside and out. Not an exceptional one, mind you, as it started off by showing us a Doctor Strange who has lost his connection to […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: Die vol. 1: Fantasy Heartbreaker It’s the first volume of a new Kieron Gillen-written series. How could I not give it this spot? “Die” has the writer teaming up with artist Stephanie Hans to give us what’s been described as “Goth Jumanji.” It’s essentially about a group of kids who were into roleplaying […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: Infinity Wars by Gerry Duggan: The Complete Collection The main reason I’m putting this collection here is because it got me to stop buying something. Specifically, the two “Infinity Wars” collections (the prelude and the main event) that are currently in the wild right now. As one of Marvel’s big events last year […]
Dark Horse Comics started publishing Stan Sakai’s “Usagi Yojimbo” series way back in 1995. This was “Usagi’s” third official publisher following a 38-issue run at Fantagraphics and a 16-issue run at Mirage. “Usagi’s” run at Dark Horse handily eclipsed its previous ones with the series lasting for 165 issues, a graphic novel, a couple of […]
Do you know what “Murcielago” has been missing up until now? If you said, “Giant Robots,” then this is the volume for you! Is it the volume for me, though? While I’d never accuse “Murcielago” of being realistic in any fashion, the presence of mecha does threaten to break the particular kind of suspension of […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: The Umbrella Academy vol. 3: Hotel Oblivion No, I haven’t got around to watching the Netflix series yet. I have a million other things to catch up on watching, not the least of which is the second season of “Castlevania.” If there’s anything that I have to give the “Umbrella Academy” TV show […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: Batman: Last Knight on Earth You know how it is. One day you’re Batman, Dark Knight protector of Gotham City, key member of the superhero community, with lots of friends and supporters to help you fight your war on crime. Then one day you wake up in an asylum to find out that […]
There’s a scene towards the end of this volume where one of the main characters wakes up in a hospital following a pretty disturbing hallucination (Or was it!?) and a lot of plot points from the previous issues are reiterated at a fast clip. When asked to make sense of this, Jedidiah Jenkins responds with […]
Kiyoshi dies in this volume. He gets better, though, and his experience puts him in a manic state that gives his shoulder-wars comrades the momentum they need to take the fight directly to Kate. How did he come to die in the first place? That’s… best left for readers to experience themselves. All I’ll say […]
After you’ve written “Amazing Spider-Man” for the past decade, what do you do next? You start working your way through the rest of Marvel’s A-list characters, beginning with Tony Stark. Dan Slott’s take on the character isn’t that different than what we’ve seen in previous runs. He’s still the charismatic, fast-talking futurist whose proclivity for […]