Manga and Comic Reviews
The majority of comic book movie adaptations over the years can be classified as terrible wastes of space that read like they were put together by whoever had some free time in the office that day. It’s why we don’t see nearly as many these days compared with the 80’s or 90’s. However, I’ve long […]
Two new series and the latest relaunch of an old one written by Brian Michael Bendis debut this month. We get the 0.1 issue of “Guardians of the Galaxy” and two issues each of “Uncanny X-Men” and “Powers: The Bureau.” Naturally I’m interested in all of them, but if I was to bet on which […]
Yes, I realize I’ve backpedaled on my original decision to pass on picking up this hardcover and going back to read my thoughts on the matter doesn’t make it any easier. What changed? Deep Amazon discount aside, a buddy of mine pointed out that the size of the volume made it unlikely that they’d be […]
This month, my feelings towards waiting for the softcover editions of some comics are severely confused. Two of the trade paperbacks offered this month, “Angel & Faith” vol. 3 and “Star Wars: Knight Errant” vol. 3 have price points and page counts of $18/132 pages and $19/120 pages, respectively. Then you also have the first […]
If you read something this year with a more unique premise than this… please let me know. I don’t think you will, but I’d certainly be surprised to see it. This is further proof that the Japanese can make a manga out of even the most unlikely, or even uncommercial, subjects. While it certainly has […]
After 300 issues, “Hellblazer” ends in these solicitations. It’s disappointing news but I suppose the writing was on the wall after its sales dipped below the 10,000 mark. There was a time when DC was considering cancelling the series, after Warren Ellis abruptly exited the title after the company declined to publish the school shooting […]
Having read this, any thought I had of its premise being “perversely intriguing” seems pretty misguided now. It could even be called “quaint” when you consider what DC is currently doing with Judas himself in his ongoing series. Fortunately for the reader, Walt Simonson is a far greater talent than Dan Didio will ever be […]
Arriving almost two years to the date after the first volume, this second one almost singlehandedly makes the case for the “Earth One” line as a series of original graphic novels. It’s hard to imagine the material here being drip-fed to the public over that length of time managing to sustain anyone’s interest for that […]
With this volume it becomes clear that Garth Ennis is the only writer who really “gets” this series. That should come as no surprise, he created it after all, but I have yet to see another writer deliver a fully satisfying take on the concept. David Lapham had two tries with the halfway-there “Family Values” […]
This came out a little while ago, but I still feel like it’s worth mentioning for a couple reasons. First and foremost is that the main story here is as entertaining as it is ridiculous. How ridiculous? Well it starts off in the middle of a secret gang war in San Francisco’s Chinatown district where […]