Manga and Comic Reviews
Hey, guess what I forgot to post on Monday… Makoto Okazaki has it rough. Now, I’m not talking about how he has to deal with the bullies who have made him into their gopher, or how he has to deal with all of his pent-up adolescent sexual urges by himself. I’m saying he has it […]
That we currently have two ongoing series from Warren Ellis after years of miniseries and other short projects from the writer is kind of remarkable. Unfortunately, it’s clear with this second volume of “Trees” that “Injection” is clearly the stronger of the two. Fourteen issues into this series and it still has yet to fully […]
Dark Horse’s publication of videogame related artbooks continues apace in this month’s solicitations with The Art of Mass Effect: Andromeda. “Andromeda” is the first game in the series after the original trilogy and will take the player out of the known universe to set up a colony in the Andromeda system. While I’ll definitely be […]
This is what happens when have a creator who clearly loves “Conan” but doesn’t want to actually do an official story featuring the character. Instead, creator Andrew MacLean gives us a burly, irascible, white-bearded master swordsman who carries around the severed head of Agatha the Blue Witch, and bears the nickname “Head Lopper” for his […]
Brian Wood wrote seven volumes about vikings, Norsemen, and other denizens of Northern Europe in “Northlanders” with only one real dud among them. (That would be the misguided supernatural fantasy of “Metal.”) Even if it’s not an official continuation, fans of that series can essentially think of this series as vol. 8. All of the […]
The fact that the previous volume of this series happened to be a disappointing read was bad enough. It stung even more when you consider that new volumes of “A Bride’s Story” only come out on an annual basis. So I’ve basically spent most of the last ten months worrying that this great series had […]
Yes, I’m just as surprised as you that we’re only getting this now as opposed the Turtles’ heyday in the 90’s. That may be a good thing. Can you imagine how this crossover would’ve read during that era where it was style at the expense of all substance? With veteran Bat-writer (and creator of BOOM!’s […]
As uneven as Bendis’ output has been recently, it’s still nice to know that he can still write a good “Spider-Man” story. Mostly. With the Ultimate Universe having come to an end with “Secret Wars,” Miles Morales is now part of the Marvel Universe proper. He’s still attending Brooklyn Visions Academy and trying to find […]
I’m not done with Brubaker yet this week. To be honest, after the writer decamped to Image along with Sean Phillips to do “Fatale” and their subsequent creator-owned titles, I didn’t think we’d ever see another volume of “Criminal.” It had a very good six-volume run over at Marvel, but no ongoing storyline that needed […]
It isn’t that this series has suddenly become dull in its examination of the ongoing misery of the title character’s life as he transitions into high school. There’s too much disturbing stuff on display for that to happen. Such as when we witness the loss of his virginity in a way that’s almost as uncomfortable […]