Manga and Comic Reviews
Well, the new trailer for “Batman vs. Superman” at least did a better job of putting the title conflict into perspective. Still not completely sold on Zack Snyder’s ultra-serious approach to the DC Universe. I’m more optimistic about the new “Batman” film coming from Ben Affleck, and supposedly co-written by him and Geoff Johns. Now […]
Among the news coming out of Comic-Con last week included Greg Rucka bringing “Tevinter’s Boba Fett” to a “Dragon Age” miniseries, Joss Whedon answering the question of “Why isn’t there a female Victorian steampunk Batman?” in his new series “Twist,” Paolo Rivera and Chris Roberson contributing to the Mignolaverse, and Larry Hama doing a “Call […]
The war between the Federation and Zeon continues apace in this volume, with Amuro and Char playing their parts either on the battlefield or behind closed doors. Yet their struggles, and those of the supporting cast, aren’t the most interesting part of this volume. The Siege of Solomon is Dozle Zabi’s story and even if […]
Would you believe me if I said that this series about kids uncovering the history of Gotham’s most prestigious school involved no creepy weirdness, paranormal activity, or Batman? Didn’t think so. It all centers around Olive Silverlock, a student who is beginning her second year with a host of issues. Not only does she wind […]
“Fullmetal Alchemist’s” Hiromu Arakawa takes on a new kind of fantasy with her adaptation of the “Heroic Legend of Arslan” novels by Yoshiki Tanaka. We’re introduced to the title character as the Prince of Ecbatana, the capital of the Kingdom of Pars. Arslan is a kind and gentle sort, a far cry from his imposing […]
This year’s con was a huge improvement over the previous one. If only for the fact that I didn’t lose my badge on Saturday. Then again, I was only there for two days, so the window for things to go wrong was just that much smaller. Aside from the always enjoyable (and usually fruitful) searches […]
What the hell did I just read? The only thing I’ve enjoyed about Rob Liefeld’s comics career is his willingness to let other creators like Alan Moore and Brandon Graham play around with the characters he’s created over the years. Now Warren Ellis, with artist Tula Lotay, joins their ranks with this esoteric take on […]
The first volume was a quality mix of worldbuilding, futuristic police procedural, and characterization that was undermined in the end by a climax that relied on the tired “talking killer” trope. For better and worse, you get more of the same here when detectives Ristovych and Dietrich take on the case of who killed star […]
Billed as the start of “The Apocalypse: Year Two,” this latest volume of Jonathan Hickman and Nick Dragotta’s thoroughly entertaining sci-fi western shows us that the son of Death and PRA leader Xiaolian is going to be a major factor in this next leg of the story. He was raised with the name Babalon to […]
The first volume of this series was great fun and the second one continues the trend. With the focus firmly established on the title character and his partner, Dawn Greenwood, experiencing the many wonders the cosmos has to offer, writer Dan Slott has a simple but effective formula to tell stories regarding this cosmically intrepid […]