Manga and Comic Reviews
It was announced over the weekend that Ape Entertainment, successful publisher of licensed comics like “Pocket God,” “Temple Runner,” and “Kung Fu Panda,” formed a “mature readers” imprint to publish new “Poison Elves” comics. My initial thought was, “Are you fucking kidding me?” The original series from the late Drew Hayes was a personal favorite […]
Garth Ennis returns to his hard-drinking, hard-loving, hard-living version of Nick Fury from Marvel’s MAX imprint for one last hurrah. Or if you’d rather: One last round of gratuitous sex, extremely graphic violence, and scathing critique of post-WWII U.S. foreign policy on Disney’s dime. If you’ve read the writer’s previous mini-series about the character then […]
Battle Angel Alita: Last Order vol. 16 represents the first collection published after mangaka Yukito Kishiro packed up shop after a dispute with his former publisher Shueisha and moved over to Kodansha. So if you’re wondering why this volume looks different, that’s why. Fortunately the localization staff remains the same so the change is more […]
That would be because they have little to no success launching new titles, and the only things still working for them are those that have worked in the past. You can see this most clearly in the two new collections I read this week: Paul Cornell and Ryan Kelly’s “Saucer Country” and the latest “Fables” […]
Karen Berger stepped down as Executive Editor of Vertigo and Senior VP of DC on Monday, and it truly is the company’s loss. Though “Star Wars” comics may have been my gateway into the medium, it was Vertigo’s output that not only helped keep me there but also provides the foundation for a lot of […]
The midseason finale of “The Walking Dead” last night continued to show that this a series which has finally hit its stride. Rick’s group of survivors and the Governor’s security force finally clashed in a thrilling showdown and two key parts of the comics were integrated here. While I’m glad to finally see Tyrese show […]
“The Dark Angel Saga” was a high point for this series that garnered near-unanimous acclaim and cemented writer Rick Remender as Marvel’s latest MVP. It’s also something that I might be talking about on my “Best of 2012” list — either that or “Astonishing Spider-Man and Wolverine,” I’m still deciding. So after that epic blew […]
(A lot of places online have the title of this series as “The Limit,” however the book itself only has “Limit” on the cover and in the copyright text. So I’m splitting the difference here.) This is a new series published by Vertical, so I’m already interested. Konno is a high school girl who happens […]
Due to unforeseen circumstances, there’s no podcast ready for tonight. We should have it together later this week, and it’ll be about Jason Aaron and R.M. Guera’s great indian crime drama “Scalped.” Until such a time as it arrives, let me say that after almost five-and-a-half months I have finally finished reading everything that I […]
You didn’t have to read “1001 Nights of Snowfall,” the first original graphic novel set in the “Fables” universe, to continue to enjoy the main series. However, the book made a strong case for its inclusion in every fan’s library with stories that not only feature the kind of imaginatively witty storytelling that makes the […]