Manga and Comic Reviews
We’ve reached the end of Fred Van Lente’s tenure as writer of “Conan” and the best way to sum it up is by saying this: It was certainly a thing that happened. I want to say that his run would’ve been better served by having an arc to it, as was the case with the […]
The late, great Steve Dillon. That’s what the artist is now and this latest volume of “The Punisher” represents the bulk of his final work, with his last issue set to be collected in the next volume. Dillon’s work on the character is iconic with his innate ability to perfectly frame a gunfight, creatively render […]
If you went into this volume expecting to see Lewis, Clark, and their associates take on the legendary “Bigfoot” then you’re not going to be disappointed. In fact, they find themselves up against many sasquatches fairly early on, all thanks to the actions of the explorers who came before them. That’s what sets this volume […]
Do you like lesbians? Do you like mass murderers? Do you like lesbian mass murderers? If you answered yes to all three of these questions then boy do I have a series for you! Yoshimurakana’s “Murcielago” is about Kuroko Koumori, plucked from death row for murdering a ton of people to put her talents to […]
Whether they wanted to be a part of it or not, pretty much every Marvel comic released in the past few months offered some sort of tie-in to “Civil War II.” While this proved to be a sure-fire sales-booster for titles who tied into the original event series, this time around has served as a […]
You know, it’s really disappointing that this series isn’t selling all that well in single-issue form because it’s a ton of fun. I realize that the first volume takes a while to get going and to make its purpose clear, which is a liability when you’re drip-feeding your audience information on a monthly basis. Three […]
What the hell happened to the art in this volume!? I’ve warmed up to Joe Eisma’s work on this series considerably since it began, but he really drops the ball here from the first page. All of the characters have weird-looking googly eyes, awkward facial expressions, and misshapen noses. It’s insanely distracting to look at […]
There’s a scene early on in this volume where Thorfinn recounts to the family he left behind what he’s been up to for the past sixteen years. Mangaka Makoto Yukimura doesn’t have his protagonist go into specifics, only showing Thorfinn calmly narrating, the shocked looks of those around him, montages of panels from chapters past, […]
I’m honestly surprised it has taken this long for us to get a Han Solo miniseries in comics. Yes, he was a featured player in several comics from the Dark Horse era, but even Marvel held off for over a year after re-acquiring the rights to “Star Wars” before giving Solo his own solo vehicle […]
Sometimes progress in a series is not always in a straight line. There are times when creators will forego the steady forward progression of the plot to focus on the characters in a story. Mind you, the idea is not to forego progress entirely. If this approach is done right then the reader is rewarded […]