Manga and Comic Reviews
Readers with long memories might recall that I was very much looking forward to reading this new graphic novel from brothers Gabriel Ba and Fabio Moon when it was announced earlier this year. After titles like “Daytripper” and “B.P.R.D.: Vampire,” and their work as artists on projects from the likes of Joss Whedon, Gerard Way, […]
Dozle’s arc in the previous volume will likely go down as the emotional high point of this series for me. But I’ll be damned if mangaka Yoshikazu Yasuhiko doesn’t serve up a chaotically epic final battle between the Federation and Zeon forces here. While the Federation forces were able to fry Solomon Base in the […]
How does Magneto deal with the Final Incursion that heralds “Secret Wars?” By pulling lots of strings to become more powerful than he ever has in order to repel the other Earth and ensure that mutants live to see tomorrow. Despite his good intentions, this is Magneto at his most self-aggrandizing and ruthless. Oh, he […]
This is an epic miniseries with some appropriately epic flaws as well. First off: If you haven’t read Grant Morrison’s previous big event comic, “Final Crisis,” then I suggest you do that now. Because that’s where Nix Uotan — last of the multiversal Monitors — was introduced along with other sinister story beats that follow […]
Are you ready to overthrow the patriarchy? Well that’s too damn bad because it’s too rich, clever, and well-entrenched to surrender to any kind of head-on attack. But what if some very clever women played the men’s game well enough to find themselves in the right place at just the right time to take out […]
It would appear that mangaka Satsuki Yoshino has found a formula that works for her with “Barakamon.” While I expressed hope that she’d find a way to mix things up, it seems that the series is going to revolve around “Sensei” Honda slowly growing more acquainted with the quirks of the rural coastal village he’s […]
My initial thought regarding this volume was that Kieron Gillen had decided to do away with the delicate balance of terror that has defined his series so far. Much of the drama from “Uber” has come from seeing both sides take shots at each other, with neither ever quite gaining the upper hand. That changes […]
In case anyone was keeping track from last week’s “Image Previews Picks,” a re-read has confirmed that this is the best thing Warren Ellis has done in quite a while. This isn’t a complete break from what the writer has been doing. It’s more like a re-focusing of his strengths which helps remind longtime readers […]
I only lasted one volume on “Low.” “Black Science” is starting to wear out its welcome. I’m not sure if I’ll be giving “Tokyo Ghost” and “Devolution” a chance when they’re collected in trades. Yet I think “Deadly Class” may wind up being the one creator-owned project from Rick Remender that I wind up sticking […]
For those of you keeping track at home, another character’s “mutant” status has now been retconned away. It started with Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch revealed not to be Magneto’s children or mutants in the pages of “Axis” and “Uncanny Avengers.” Now it turns out that Squirrel Girl has never been a mutant either! WHERE […]