Manga and Comic Reviews
What do you do when your title has a three-issue tie-in with the latest big comic event and is heading for a relaunch shortly thereafter? If you’re Mark Waid then your answer comes in three parts: Tell a story setting up a future story, tell a story setting up a new series (with its co-writer), […]
Here’s another series where if I had known this was going to be the last volume of it, I’d have saved doing the podcast on it until now. Anyhow, writer Matz and artist Luc Jacamon’s long-running series about a professional killer reaches an ambiguous end despite the global ambitions portended at the end of the […]
Kodansha Comics should be applauded for bringing an old-school (read: originally published in the 70’s) manga to our shores. Ditto for the fact that it’s coming from mangaka Leiji Matsumoto, who is probably better known for the anime spun off of his works out here than the manga they’re based on. The art is also […]
I don’t think that Garth Ennis has written a war comic that I haven’t enjoyed reading on some level. However, the more enjoyable ones tend to be where he tells us an actual story as opposed to explaining a specific aspect of combat or history. “The Hurricane” easily falls into the former category as it’s […]
I wasn’t really keen on picking up this title when it was announced. At the time, Rick Remender had burned a lot of his goodwill with me with the relentlessly depressing “Low” and the unimaginative downward spiral of “Black Science.” Then he turned things around on “Black Science” and “Deadly Class” got even better, and […]
Having a miniseries prelude to a big comics crossover event isn’t necessarily a bad thing. In the case of “Death of X” it allows for people who haven’t been keeping up with one side (such as myself with the Inhumans) to get on the same page with those who have so that they’re properly invested […]
In the realm of single issues the X-Men are getting off to their latest relaunch in the wake of the “Inhumans vs. X-Men” event. (Though not without some controversy, sadly.) The idea this time is a back-to-basics approach that emphasizes the characters superhero escapades more than anything else. Actually, it’s more of a back-to-the-90’s approach […]
Longtime readers will know that I’ve been very passionate about seeing the rest of Hiroki Endo’s excellent “Eden: It’s An Endless World!” published in English. Sadly, we’re coming up on the third anniversary of vol. 14’s publication and there’s been no word as to when (or even if) we’ll see vols. 15-18 in print. Until […]
Now I’m really starting to think that this series should have wrapped up with vol. 4. What was once a fun comic about pulling off elaborate crimes and sticking it to those who deserved it is quickly turning into a smug and predictable affair. Things start out fine enough with a typically flashy heist from […]
Greg Rucka had a notable run chronicling the adventures of Themiscra’s Favorite Daughter — which I missed the first time around (but will see about rectifying before the movie comes out). I decided to not make that mistake again with the writer’s return to the character for the “Rebirth” era. While I’d love to pat […]