Manga and Comic Reviews
Writer Alex De Campi and artist Carla Speed McNeil struck a near-perfect balance of awfulness and excitement in the first volume of this series. There was always the chance that something could go wrong and that balance would be upset, but vol. 2 shows that these creators really know what they’re doing with this story […]
This took over a year longer to arrive than I expected, but it doesn’t matter! The final volume of this series has made it to print after the long delay had me fearing that we’d never find out how this series ends. It picks up shortly after the bit of (what I found to be) […]
Jeff Lemire takes on the “X-Men” and Bendis’ run isn’t even in the ground or cold yet over here. (But that’s coming, sooner that I was expecting.) The bad news is that due to Marvel’s decision to give additional prominence to the Inhumans — and get their own “X-Men”-esque film/TV franchise that they can have […]
Comics in digital format are making up an increasingly large part of what I read. While having a physical edition of what I’m reading is great, there are times when it doesn’t make sense to buy a comic in that format for two reasons. One is that they’re on sale, and the other is that […]
Nick Spencer’s other “Captain America” title may be the one grabbing all of the headlines, but it’ll be a while until it gets its first collected edition. What? You were expecting something snappier as I transition into talking about Sam Wilson’s adventures as Cap? Well, that’s kind of a problem with this volume even though […]
I really liked the first volume of this series, especially at the price it was being offered at on Amazon. In the months since I wrote that first review, my affection for it has actually grown. Mangaka Izumi Tsubaki really nailed the essence of character-driven comedy with that first volume of this series about a […]
This volume collects the final six issues of the “Kanan” series, the first one of Marvel’s “Star Wars” line to be cancelled. Getting the axe after twelve issues may make it seem like this series was a creative misfire, but that’s not entirely the case here. If anything, “Kanan” was hamstrung by the decision to […]
Grant Morrison tackling a continuity-free reinvention of “Wonder Woman” with frequent and talented artistic collaborator Yanick Paquette: It sounds like can’t-miss proposition. The good news on that front is that “Wonder Woman: Earth One” is a solid read that is ultimately worth its hardcover cover price. The thing here is it’s Paquette’s art that dazzles […]
I honestly didn’t think we’d ever get to this point, but the end of the Mignolavese appears to be nigh. What with the final issue of “Hellboy in Hell” arriving and all of the hoopla that generated due to its status as the “last” story involving the character and the buildup towards the end of […]
After picking up all of those volumes of “TMNT” digitally (and vol. 13 while I was reading through them), this marks the first volume of their ongoing series from IDW that I’ve actually had to wait for. This managed to happen at the most dramatic point in the story so far as the most recent […]