Manga and Comic Reviews
Now there are two “Evangelion” manga from Dark Horse that are worth your time! Tony Takezaki provided several of the more memorable contributions to that other manga, the “Evangelion Comic Tribute,” as he asked the big questions like “How would Shinji really respond to an aquarium of naked Rei Ayanami clones?” You can expect more […]
It had apparently been rumored for a while, but the return of Tokyopop was made official at their panel at Anime Expo. Their plan is to publish “hidden gems” from smaller publishers that have yet to be snapped up by companies that release manga in the U.S. In addition, they’re also planning to put out […]
It wasn’t expected to be a mini-phenomenon which got DC Comics to broaden its scope in what titles it sold to reach a new audience, but that’s what this latest revamp of “Batgirl” by writer/breakdown artist Cameron Stewart, co-writer Brenden Fletcher, and artist Babs Tarr did. What I really don’t know is why they decided […]
The delicate balance of terror in this series continues to be maintained through this volume. After it was revealed in vol. 3 that the Nazis have Uber spies with their own special abilities, the issue of ferreting out the one in Bletchley Park becomes an issue here. Not the key issue as writer Kieron Gillen […]
I guess I stuck to my guns through sheer force of inertia. Yeah, I would’ve bought this volume in hardcover if I had found it on sale, but that didn’t happen. So nearly a year after I read the previous volume, the final act of Rick Remender’s epic storyline finally arrived at my door. Was […]
There’s no denying that Marvel has a lot of interesting creative teams lined up for their post-”Secret Wars” relaunch: Bendis/Marquez on “Invincible Iron Man,” Soule/Garney on “Daredevil,” Lemire/Ramos on “Extraordinary X-Men.” I could go on, but what gets me about this whole event is how many of these titles are simply relaunches of ones that […]
I was hoping that the assassination duel between Ms. Jelavitch and her teacher was going to have the end result of making her into a worthwhile character. I was wrong. If anyone comes out of this looking better, it’s Karasuma. Not only does he take down the senior assassin, his capitulation to his fellow teacher […]
Even if I’ve yet to be blown away by something that Charles Soule has written, I appreciate the fact that he keeps his comics going at a brisk pace and never stops throwing new things at the reader. While this approach can get ridiculous, as seen in his crazy-train creator-owned comic “Letter 44,” his work […]
Even though Bendis has been setting up a lot of things in his run so far — Mystique kidnapping and replacing Dazzler, the sentinel attacks from unknown sources, tension between Scott’s team and S.H.I.E.L.D. — I wasn’t sure if he was actually going to pay off on any of that or if things would have […]
Despite having died in his first storyline, original “Grendel” Hunter Rose has had quite a prolific publishing afterlife. Among the miniseries and anthologies chronicling his exploits, the character even found the time to take on Batman in a two-part story from original creator Matt Wagner. I mention “Batman/Grendel” because without that precedent, this miniseries pitting […]