Manga and Comic Reviews
It’s not that there haven’t been “The Walking Dead” spinoffs outside the comic before. They’ve just been limited to shorts appended to issues spotlighting certain characters or Comic Book Legal Defense Fund annuals. “Here’s Negan!” originally serialized in the first sixteen issues of “Image+” is the first spinoff to be long enough to warrant its […]
Magic in the Marvel Universe is on the mend after the Empirikul’s crusade in the previous volume, which leaves us with a greatly diminished Doctor Strange. This is a fact which has not gone unnoticed by his rogues gallery who have descended to make his current week a living hell. As well as an actual […]
Marvel’s first “Star Wars” crossover was a no brainer between the ongoing series of the same name and “Darth Vader.” It certainly had its moments and great art, but it didn’t really accomplish much besides shuffling the cast around between the two titles. This time around “Star Wars” is crossing over with the lower-profile “Doctor […]
Seven volumes in and Kore Yamazaki’s “The Ancient Magus’ Bride” remains one of the most entertaining titles I read. It’s mix of excellent characterization, meticulous worldbuilding, and imaginative storytelling is something I continue to look forward to with each volume. While you would think that the mangaka would have her hands full with this title […]
It feels like damning with faint praise to say that writer James Tynion IV has turned in a better volume of “Detective Comics” this time around by simply not attacking the underpinnings of the superhero genre. Tynion instead delivers a story that, as you’d probably expect given the volume’s title, pays off on all the […]
Readers with long memories (or the ability to click on this link) may recall that I’ve had my eye on this series ever since it was first solicited. It’s got a setup that’s just wrong enough to get me interested: Edwyn used to be a serial killer. He retired after he met Virginia online as […]
Netflix bought Millarworld last month and the “Kick-Ass” comics are coming to Image until the streaming company figures out this whole “publishing comics” thing. There’s going to be a new “Kick-Ass” series featuring an African-American mother of two who is also a veteran of the Afghanistan war. While having a minority protagonist for the next […]
After vol. 17 spent its last couple of chapters setting things up for Nagisa and Karma to pull a heist on the International Space Station, I was expecting some slam-bang action to be in the offing. That’s… not what happens here. The two middle-school-kids get the drop on the astronauts and after some posturing and […]
I’m not sure if we’ll ever get an official statement from Bendis as to why he decided to leave Marvel or DC. There are plausible-sounding rumors as to why, though. He had pretty much accomplished everything he wanted at the company, from writing all of his favorite characters to creating several new ones. At this […]
Is there anything we can learn from Berganza-gate over at DC? Based on what has happened it would appear that the only way sexual harassers can be dealt with at a comic book company is if their notoriety reaches the mainstream. Superman group editor Eddie Berganza’s behavior was well-known within the industry but he wound […]