Comic Picks by the Glick

Manga and Comic Reviews

The Ultimates by Deniz Camp vol. 1: Fix the World

When it was announced that Camp would be writing this latest version of “The Ultimates,” I was more than a little wary.  The writer had previously given us “20th Century Men” a tiresome and pretentious riff on the Russian invasion of Afghanistan in the 80’s and America’s own global ambitions at the time.  Despite including […]

Dark Horse Penguin Picks: May 2025

Above-the-Board Recommendation: The Stoneshore Register A couple decades back, writer G. Willow Wilson and artist M.K. Perker broke into DC/Vertigo and the comics industry with the graphic novel “Cairo.”  It was a charming story of humans and magical beings interacting within the Egyptian city and it still retains a place on my bookshelf today.  While […]