Manga and Comic Reviews
For all its flaws, “Gantz” never bothered with filler arcs. Sure, there were some storylines that probably would’ve benefitted from judicious editing, but every arc served to push the main story forward in some way. There were never any arcs that took the focus away from the main characters and showed us how another group […]
With a title like that you’d figure that you’re in for a real bummer of a read, right? Well, in order to actually be depressed about the “Fall of the Batmen” depicted here you’d have to have some kind of emotional investment in the characters’ struggle up to this point. As James Tynion’s run so […]
This series came off of a high point with “Ring of Fire” only to head into the merely okay “Temple of OD” flashback/sidestory. Where does “The Specter of Tomorrow” fit in? Right between those two, closer to the upper end than the lower. After saving the world, Robo and the rest of the scientists at […]
“The Neil Gaiman Library” at Dark Horse gets another inspired addition with this adaptation of a story that blends the mythos of Sherlock Holmes and Cthulhu. We begin with London’s greatest criminal investigator and his war veteran roommate finding themselves challenged with solving the murder of a Bohemian Prince. What did this prince do to […]
My concern after the (still compulsively readable) vol. 9 was that this series was going to wind up becoming “The Thorfinn Show” as the main plot continued to focus in on him to the exclusion of the rest of the cast. That’s still a valid concern with this volume as Thorfinn meets Vagn, the leader […]
I thought that “Mob Psycho 100” was going to be the only “How the hell did this happen?” manga license from Dark Horse this year. I was wrong. At this year’s Anime Expo the company announced that they’ll be publishing the “Elfen Lied” manga in a series of four three-in-one omnibi. It’s a series about […]
Steve Ditko passed away early in July. His legacy in the comics medium would’ve been secure if he had only co-created “Spider-Man,” but he also worked to give us “Doctor Strange,” “Captain Atom,” and “Hawk and Dove” as well. While his modern legacy has seen him characterized as the J.D. Salinger of comics, thanks to […]
I’ve mentioned before that Robert Kirkman has never been content with having written two of the longest-running independent comics ever (with one of them still an ongoing sales and multimedia juggernaut) and has kept trying to make lightning strike with new titles like “The Astounding Wolf-Man” and “Outcast.” While I was awaiting the first volume […]
“Batman #50” came and went leaving a crater of fanboy and retailer expectations in its wake. While I’ve done my best to remain ignorant of the developments revolving around the wedding that was meant to take place in the issue, the event seems to have caused quite the uproar amongst fans. Not in a good […]
What we have here is an action-centric volume and thankfully a gimmick-free one this time around. After the Spartan crosses the border of the Nanyang Alliance’s territory combat breaks out between the two sides. While that sounds simple enough, there are two complicating factors at work here: One is the Alliance’s efforts to get onboard […]