Manga and Comic Reviews
[Just a FYI: No podcast this week for multiple reasons. Primarily the fact that I chose something rather lengthy to talk about and Fanime threw a wrench in our plans to record. Expect it next week. As for what it is… it’s something I should’ve done last year but didn’t and will likely fall under […]
It’s the most wonderful time of year again. With all of my work commitments sorted at the last minute, I was VERY ready to enjoy Fanime this year. Which I did on Thursday since I didn’t have spend most of the afternoon wandering around downtown looking for an ethernet cable. Instead I caught a screening […]
You’re Satoru Noda. You’ve just completed your magnum opus “Golden Kamuy” after 31 volumes. It’s been a bestseller, placed on multiple “best of” lists, and been adapted in an anime and live action as well. What do you do in order to follow up on that level of success? If you’re Satoru Noda then you’re […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: Metamorpho: The Element Man Rex “Metamorpho” Mason has the ability to turn into any element he wants to, and he’s been the star of some of the kookiest stories of DC’s Silver Age, while remaining a cult favorite to this day. So cult that this is his first starring miniseries role in… I […]
I enjoyed writer Simon Spurrier’s run on “Hellblazer.” Up until its end. At which point the writer, and regular artist Aaron Campbell showed us just how dark a story involving John Constantine had to be to keep the reader from enjoying it. It’s worth noting that this wasn’t supposed to be the end as the […]
Five hundred years ago, Grendel Prime was given a mission to find a replacement Earth to re-establish the Grendel name. The short version is that he failed and has now returned to his homeworld, only to find it far more hostile to his kind. Anything relating to or bearing the mark of Grendel has been […]
We’re all familiar with Dracula, the vampire, but who was he before he became the bloodsucking Prince of the Night? Writer Matt Wagner and artist Kelly Jones take a page from the character’s alleged real-life inspiration and imagine him as a warlord from Wallacia in the 1400’s One best known for the brutal way he […]
I had a good feeling about where this series was going after it wound up on the planet where Hajime Damemaru had stashed his spaceship. While he continues to look for it in this volume, Zaha Sanko, Shimada Death, and Avakian engage in their own efforts to track the man and his ship down. Except […]
Detective Ari Nassar is about to retire. He’s had a hell of a career with his tenacious nature leading to the collar of numerous criminals in the city of Neo Novena. Chief among them being the One Hand Killer – twice. However, just as Ari’s about to call it quits, he finds out that another […]
We get a change of pace with this volume as it’s not one story about the title characters. It’s several and some aren’t even about them. The first is and it’s the modern version of how Superman and Batman met, learned each other’s secret identities, and learned how to work together. Writer Mark Waid comes […]