Manga and Comic Reviews
There are merits to this volume. Bendis’ dialogue, now that he’s back to having real people talk to each other, feels more energized and believable than it has in a while. Maleev’s art perfectly captures the grimness of the story while taking periodic stylistic departures to remind you of his range. There’s also a certain […]
Why yes, this did originally come out back in July. It’s been sitting on my “to review” stack for that long too. I don’t know why it’s taken me so long to get around to actually getting out my thoughts about this particular title. Probably because this first volume of “Monstress” is a very ambitious […]
What would it take for me to drop this series? At this point it would have to be some truly offensive storytelling or for it to become truly boring. We get neither in this volume as mangaka Gamon Sakurai simply has the opposing factions here continue their battle inside a massive office building. There are […]
We all knew it wouldn’t last, but I think we were at least hoping it would last longer than this. What am I talking about? Well, word is that a certain Ol’ Canucklehead will be making his way back to the land of the living early next year. Just in time for his latest movie, […]
It’s Image Comics’ 25th Anniversary next year and Robert Kirkman is all ready to celebrate. By that I mean the latest issues of the three titles he writes, “The Walking Dead,” “Invincible,” and “Outcast,” will be priced at twenty-five cents each. In addition to being a cute way to celebrate the occasion, it’s also a […]
One of the key components from DC’s “Rebirth” initiative has seen them publish fewer individual titles, but double-ship their biggest ones. This is because it’s a far safer commercial bet to publish two issues of “Batman” or “Justice League” than to take a risk on a lesser-known or all-new property. To be fair, DC is […]
It’s official: The anime adaptation of Kohta Hirano’s “Drifters” manga is a hit according to Crunchyroll. It’s the most streamed anime on the site in twenty states, which is a good thing for the manga as well. While the series is currently up to vol. 5 in Japan, we haven’t seen a new volume since […]
Luiza Bora has only one real desire in life: To be part of the police. Unfortunately her personality type is a 57B — someone with an emotionally subnormal response to violence and no aversion to killing. So she’s out of luck working for law enforcement on Earth. Not on Mercury, however. In the far-future world […]
After Vertical showed that there was a significant audience for “Gundam” manga with the consistently entertaining “The Origin” series, it was inevitable that we’d get more manga based off of this venerable mecha franchise released out here. Unfortunately, the first volume of “Thunderbolt” is a disappointingly generic entry that lacks any kind of distinctive storytelling […]
Marvel has been trying to put out a successful “Black Widow” ongoing series for years now. I’ve been immune to their efforts because, prior to this, they had yet to give this series to creators I liked. So when it was announced that the “Daredevil” team of writer Mark Waid and artist Chris Samnee were […]