Manga and Comic Reviews
Paul Cornell has a quirky sensibility that has served him well in books like “Captain Britain & MI-13,” “Superman: The Black Ring,” and “Demon Knights.” He’s demonstrated a great familiarity with the requirements of the superhero genre, but likes to infuse his takes with fun bits of weirdness and wit that enliven the overall experience. […]
The last time I talked about this series, it was regarding how writer John Layman managed to push protagonist Tony Chu’s ongoing bad fortune past the point it could be reasonably tolerated. It’s been clear that the man is a living shit-magnet, but the abuse he suffered in vol. 5 made the overall experience no […]
This was another Image title that had popped up on my radar a while back. I got the first volume at WonderCon and I didn’t dislike it. The series is a fact-based take on American covert intelligence and espionage activities that follows the exploits of a small group of highly trained operatives, known as Team […]
I’ve never seen any of Michael Bay’s “Transformers” films, yet based on their reputation I can’t help but wonder if this volume provides a very similar experience. Nearly every page in this volume is dedicated to wholesale destruction as Tokyo is decimated by the alien crafts that crash into the city and proceed to lay […]
“A new western from Tim Truman with text on the back promising a horror-filled take on the genre? SOLD!” That’s what I thought when I picked up this at Comic-Con, as the idea that Truman was going in for another take on the kind of material that made “Jonah Hex: Two-Gun Mojo” one of my […]
While Jonathan Hickman’s “Avengers” is meant to represent the action-oriented superhero side of the franchise, this is something much different. You see, “New Avengers,” isn’t really about a separate team of Avengers as it was under Bendis’ tenure, it’s about the Illuminati. To recap: the Illuminati are a secret cabal of the most prominent minds […]
While Bendis’ accomplishments with the franchise over the past few years are many, there’s no denying that he set a rather low bar for his successor to overcome with his final volume. Could it have been intentional now that I think about it? Maybe. Now Jonathan Hickman has been given the keys to the “Avengers” […]
All of you know around here that I’ve really enjoyed Kieron Gillen’s take on the adventures of Kid Loki in “Journey Into Mystery,” but have found Matt Fraction’s take on the adventures of his big brother in “The Mighty Thor” to be fairly underwhelming. So when this crossover was announced, I was fully expecting to […]
Now this is why I love Vertical. Publishing josei — young women’s — manga is not yet a common occurrence in North America and what examples of it we do have trend more towards slice-of-life stories that deal with their protagonists’ love lives in either a comedic or dramatic context. “Helter Skelter” is a suspense-bordering-on-horror […]
There were a lot of great moments in “Hellboy: The Storm and The Fury,” and one of my favorites was a brief bit near the end of the second half. It was all of two panels, as we saw images of Abe, Liz and Roger with narration indicating that it was going to be up […]