Manga and Comic Reviews
I thought I knew who the antagonists were in this series going into this volume. You have Silver Mask, now revealed as Hilmes — son of the murdered King Osores, who was the secret power behind Lusitania’s invasion of Ecbatana and has a serious mad-on for its King Andragoras and (by extension) Arslan. Yet Andragoras […]
Garth Ennis won’t be able to write comics about all of the stories to be told in WWII. He continues to give it his best try in the two arcs in this volume that detail some drastically different experiences in the European and Pacific Theaters. “Our Wild Geese Go” has the writer showing us what […]
I’m taking a break from talking about manga on this Monday since it’s July 4th and I’ve had this in my “to review” pile for well over a month now. Brian Wood’s first creator-owned series for Dark Horse had its problems, but still managed to run for thirty issues. “Rebels” is his ground-level look at […]
When it comes to raising the stakes in superhero comics, Jonathan Hickman took things about as far as you can go with his runs on “Avengers” and “New Avengers.” The fate of the world wasn’t at stake in those titles, it was the fate of the entire multiverse. Whoever was going to follow in his […]
“The Wicked + The Divine” is pulling a fast one this month and is publishing a one-shot, “1831,” that won’t be included in vol. 4. Which is also featured in these solicitations. In the past, I’d have to see about picking up this issue at a convention or a trip to a comic shop. Now […]
Okay, I guess? There’s nothing to get me excited like I was for their announcement of “I Am A Hero” last year, but I’ll be buying two of the three titles they announced at their Anime Expo panel earlier today. The full list is: Hatsune Miku: Rin-chan Now!, Neon Genesis Evangelion: Legend of the Piko-Piko […]
Oh man. With one scene in this third volume, “Mushoku Tensei” effectively cements itself as something just for the fanboys. It was my hope that the story would focus more on the redemptive aspects of Rudy Greyrat’s journey from reincarnated NEET to first-class wizard in this fantasy realm with the fanservicey bits firmly in the […]
Everyone, I want to say that I’m very disappointed in you. I know I’m a little behind the curve on this, but the outrage that you have shown in reaction to the surprise twist at the end of the first issue of “Captain America: Steve Rogers” suggests that none of you have been reading comics […]
It looks like most of the “Rebirth” launches have gone down all right. I’ve been reading some good reviews for most of them and there don’t appear to be any obvious misfires in the bunch. More mixed appears to be the company’s Hanna-Barbara relaunch. “Scooby Apocalypse” and “Wacky Raceland” appear to not be quite what […]
Not much to say about the company this month. There was the press release about the true crime graphic novel they published a few years back, “Green River Killer,” that went out today. Turns out that the graphic novel, written by Jeff Jensen with art from Jonathan Case, is going to be made into a […]