Manga and Comic Reviews
Remember what I said last week about the possibility of a $4.99 monthly price point for Marvel or DC comics? Also how the only way they could pull off such a thing would be by offering a corresponding increase in value (read: page count)? Well, there’s a lot of that going around in the comics […]
I’ve mentioned once or twice that some comics I read were bad enough to be sold to BookOff, the Japanese used book/DVD/Blu-ray/videogame chain that also has branches in the U.S. Because that’s the worst fate I can imagine for a series that either offends me so, or I can’t remember why I cared about them […]
This title is still in a rebuilding phase after the dramatic events that kicked off the previous volume. Even so, vol. 8 still has plenty of scenes that provide deliciously painful entertainment from seeing the polite veneer of Japanese society pulled back to see what lurks underneath. The title’s “stock in trade,” in other words. […]
“The bailiff sweats. The revolution is on.” That’s the description of this volume’s events from the back cover. Short, sweet, and to the point, they gave me hope that the series would finally address its biggest issues and start living up to its potential. Though that hasn’t quite happened yet, vol. 3 takes some large […]
Rich Johnston’s latest bit of speculation about the market is something that I hope he’s wrong about. According to him, the comics industry seems poised to have comics prices jump to $4.99 an issue sometime this year. This is due to the fact that most of the industry has transitioned their titles to the $3.99 […]
Brian Wood’s take on the legendary barbarian reaches its second volume and some growing pains along with it. As was the case with vol. 13, it consists of two three-part arcs which present new challenges for the character as he now shares his life with the pirate queen Belit. The stories represent a solid read […]
I’ve read elsewhere that a part of this title’s appeal, in Japan at least, isn’t just in seeing what kind of mischief the title character can get up to. That’s certainly fun in and of itself, but there’s also a fair amount of revisiting childhood memories through Yotsuba’s actions and living vicariously as a parent […]
This originally started out as a digression on my review of “Powers: Bureau” before I realized that it was morphing into its own thing. As you can probably guess from the title, I’ve finally gotten around to playing the biggest game of 2013 and it’s an incredible technical achievement on many levels. I’ll be going […]
The most notable female Fables, the “fairest in all the land” if you will, are on a list and being killed off one by one along with whatever unlucky bystander happens to be next to them at the time. It’s up to Fabletown’s top spy Cinderella to find out who’s behind this, why they’re doing […]
Credit where credit is due, Bendis and Oeming got the issues collected here out in a much faster and consistent manner than I ever expected. Then you start to consider the actual content of these issues and I’ve honestly read better from this team. For all of the hoopla about the focus of the title […]