Manga and Comic Reviews
Vol. 1 of “The Nice House on the Lake” was great and had one of the best surprises I’ve read in recent history. Vol. 2 mostly biffed the follow-up by engaging in a soft reset of the events of vol. 1, a dumb subplot about the consequences of playing with firearms, and a failure to […]
Shin’ichi Sakamoto was introduced to American audiences via the handsomely detailed period epic “Innocent” and the striking Bram Stoker reinvention “#DRCL.” Both marked him as an immensely talented artist not just in terms of raw detail, but in visual invention when it came to telling their stories. Such talent does not emerge fully-formed, however, and […]
Lex Luthor is dying. After an experiment involving Kryptonite goes horribly wrong, he finds that his cellular structure is burning itself out and he only has days to live. Which is why he goes to his greatest enemy and asks him to save his life. Which is fortunate for Luthor as Superman has a lot […]
When Asteroid M crashed through the atmosphere and Magneto breathed his last, he released the largest EMP the world had ever seen. It fried nearly every electrical device in the world and in order to save hundreds of millions of lives in the western hemisphere, Nick Fury assembles a team to go to Russia and […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken vol. 8 Initially, the main reason I picked this volume for the top spot was because I was glad it was finally coming out after being delayed and re-solicited in previous solicitations. Then I ran a search through my previous write-ups to find out how many times I […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: Daredevil: Cold Day in Hell HC New York in the future isn’t a very happy place, but Matt Murdock is still doing the best he can to make it livable for its many citizens. Even without his powers. However, when catastrophe strikes the city, leaving many dead or injured, and Murdock with his […]
The fallout from “Dig Deep One Chance’s” cosplay interview continues here, but it’s nothing to worry about. That’s because Ruby has a plan to deal with it all. She’s got the cosplayer who made the tweet ready to speak on the show, and the director behind the segment to… well, it’s best that you see […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: Invincible Universe: Battle Beast vol. 1 Mark Grayson’s story may be done and over with, but the universe of “Invincible” has plenty of other colorful characters ready to have their backstories explored. Particularly in the wake of the massively successful animated series it inspired. You could argue that writer Robert Kirkman and artist […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: Absolute Green Lantern vol. 1: Without Fear Al Ewing did some really great work in the cosmic corner of the Marvel Universe on “Guardians of the Galaxy” and “S.W.O.R.D.” that, unfortunately, didn’t make a dent in the market. The hope is that working with a blank slate in the Absolute Universe on its […]
I approached Saturday at the con the same as I have for Comic-Cons in the past few years: Get up. Drive down to San Diego. (Get my badge.) Attend panels. Leave and meet Steve for dinner. Then drive back home. It’s a setup that has yielded good times in years past and I was expecting […]