Comic Picks by the Glick

Manga and Comic Reviews

Resident Alien vol. 8

This is the kind of story I’d begin with a “spoiler warning” but that feels kind of unnecessary here.  Vol. 7 was called “The Book of Love” and with this volume being the “The Book of Life,” well… even if you hadn’t read to the end of the previous volume, you could probably guess what’s […]

Traveling to Mars

Roy Livingston is finally going to make something of himself.  This wannabe rocker turned pet store manager is going to be the first person to set foot on Mars.  It turns out that Roy’s terminal and inoperable Stage 4 Cancer is of a special variety that doesn’t do well in space.  Which makes him the […]

Mujina: Into the Deep vol. 1

Inio Asano is one of those creators who has done such interesting work in the past that I’m always up for checking out what he’s done next.  In addressing post-college twentysomething angst in “Solanin,” charting a young boy’s troubled development through a clever visual metaphor in “Goodnight Punpun,” showing us the dehumanizing effects of life […]

Geiger vol. 2

I was amenable to seeing more adventures of Tariq Geiger after his first, but not really passionate about it.  Which is a good thing because then I’d probably be upset that this second volume arrived three years after the first.  As it is, I’m able to pick up and read “Geiger” vol. 2 without any […]

Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End vol. 12

Frieren is back… in time!  After touching that monument at the end of vol. 11, the elven mage has found herself transported back to the time when she was traveling with the party that eventually defeated the Demon Lord.  Eisen is in his prime, while Heiter and (more importantly) Himmel are still alive.  Time travel […]

Briar vol. 2: Sleep No More

The titular quest being to save the ruined land from the machinations of Briar’s surviving fairy godmother, Gudrid.  At her side are the Norrish (Orcish) Spider, witch-in training Roop, and the undead skeleton Captain Bly and they… have no real idea how to stop her.  So they’re doing odd jobs until they figure it out.  […]

Image Advance Arrivals: June 2025

Above-the-Board Recommendation: Spectators HC The last time writer Brian K. Vaughan and artist Niko Henrichon teamed up was nearly two decades ago when they gave us “Pride of Baghdad.”  That was a serious, metaphorical war story which had a real gut-punch of an end.  Now they’re back with something completely different in “Spectators” which is […]

DC Solicitation Sneaks: June 2025

[No podcast this week due to unavoidable logistics issues. That said, I will be able to promise you Dick this time next week.] Above-the-Board Recommendation(s): Absolute Batman vol. 1:  The Zoo Absolute Superman vol. 1:  Last Dust of Krypton Absolute Wonder Woman vol. 1:  The Last Amazon As if it could be anything else this […]