Manga and Comic Reviews
(This originally started off as the lead-in text to the next round of “DC Previews Picks.” Then I got going for a little bit and it wound up too large for that. So, here you are!) So I skipped out on offering my thoughts on “Man of Steel” after I saw it after being deluged […]
It’s a striking cover image, to be sure. The sight of a knight in full plate armor charging towards the reader on a horse with his spear outstretched with German text and a design sense that screams “middle ages” lets you know that this isn’t like your usual manga. However, on the back cover there’s […]
After years of not going to North America’s largest anime convention, I dropped by for a day yesterday after some friends said they were going and wanted to know if I’d be interested. I figured that regardless of how the day went, it’d be worth it to hang out with them regardless of how my […]
If you’re wondering who this Garma person is and why he’s so important that this volume bears his name, you can rest assured that your questions will be answered by the end of the volume. As head of the Principality of Zeon’s North American forces, it has become his job to capture White Base and […]
In July of 1986 freelance photographer Didier Lefevre left France to document a Doctors Without Borders operation in Afghanistan. This was during the time of the Soviet invasion, which not only complicated their journey but also ensured that they’d have their work cut out for them upon arriving in country. Lefevre took four thousand photos […]
As far as I’m concerned, it’s an ingenious “Why didn’t I think of this?” premise. Take a doctor whose skills are matched only by his arrogance (like “House, M.D.”) and make his specialty dealing with all manner of supernatural ailments, parasites, and beasts (of the kind that we saw on “The X-Files”). Right there you […]
I’ve been a suscriber for years and Entertainment Weekly’s latest issue is another one of their “Best Ever” extravaganzas. Not only are they picking the best movies, books, music, TV shows, and plays of all time, but they’ve also got assorted “top ten” sidebars strewn throughout these lists in question. They’ve always been a graphic-novel […]
As predicted, now that my expectations have been adjusted to where I’m not anticipating this series to be instant greatness on the level of “Y: The Last Man” or “Ex Machina,” its charms are a lot more evident. Chief amongst them is the way Brian Vaughan continues to expand the cast of the series with […]
Continuing on with Brian Wood’s work-for-hire endeavors we come to his take on Dark Horse’s “Conan” series which I’ve also been anticipating. “Northlanders” was entertaining and even thought provoking at times, but it never really evolved into a must-read series as the stories being told there often felt like on-the-nose metaphors for our current world […]
The title is technically a misnomer as the “first” volume of Brian Wood’s run on this title was his contribution to the “Divided We Fall, United We Stand” crossover a few months back. Though I’ve been hyped for his run ever since it was announced that he’d be taking over this title, that storyline turned […]