Manga and Comic Reviews
Does the second volume of this “Fables” spin-off make me sad that we’re not going to see any more of it? Not really. Most of this volume is the same kind of fine approximation of the original series that the first one managed, with a weird but serious detour into examining how hope can emerge […]
Are you looking forward to Robert Kirkman’s new Image series “Oblivion Song?” I’ve got some good news for you if that’s the case. You can expect the first six issues of the series to ship on time as solicited! How do I know this? Because Kirkman has already sent advance copies of the first volume […]
Mangaka Yasuo Ohtagaki cranks up the action in this volume as the Federation and Zeon forces embark on their respective operations to get the secrets of the Reuse P Device from the Nanyang Sect, and take a few potshots at each other in the process. We start off with Darryl Lorenz and his team extracting […]
One of the common stories coming out of Marvel’s annus horribilis is how many comic shops experienced sharp drops in sales. Sometimes in the neighborhood of tens of thousands of dollars, but always the result of a cratering of sales regarding their Marvel product. I want to say that Marvel has been trying its best […]
DC screwing over Alan Moore is some very old news at this point. Even if they do find new ways to keep doing it, as is currently the case with “Doomsday Clock.” However, screwing with the artists he’s worked with on projects DC has published is new territory for them. Last week it was revealed […]
While we’re still waiting to see if the massive Disney/Fox merger is going to go through, and take all of the Fox licenses away from Dark Horse, Marvel started the year off by sniping a completely different license. After more than a decade at Dark Horse, Marvel is now the new publisher of “Conan” comics. […]
Here’s the latest volume of the other Dark Horse manga series to get a reprieve thanks to two successful anime series. I say other series because between “Battlefront” and “Drifters” this is clearly the lesser of the two titles. It’s still not without its charms as the opening story in this volume shows. The Libra […]
In the wake of “The Last Jedi” there’s been a lot of talk about how Captain Phasma is the Boba Fett of this new trilogy. Specifically, in how she doesn’t do a whole lot in the films themselves but has a distinctive look and presence to captivate fans. I’d also add that in regards to […]
This latest volume is basically two separate arcs threaded together by illness. It’s an alien illness brought from the stars because this is the Marvel Universe after all. When an alien crash-lands on Roosevelt Island and people start dropping dead from a mysterious pathogen, Wolverine is sent in to find out what’s going on because […]
Remember kids: It may not say so on the side of this volume, but this is actually vol. 2 of the new “Weapon X” series. Its first volume was a surprisingly entertaining start to what is basically the next iteration of “X-Force” and a prelude to this crossover between “The Totally Awesome Hulk.” Greg Pak […]