Manga and Comic Reviews
Vol. 17 of “The Walking Dead” comes out this month and collects the landmark issue #100. I’d also like to issue a special, “Thanks a fucking lot!” to the reviewer at IGN who managed to spoil one of the key events of that issue for me. You see, the way IGN’s comics reviews work is […]
(This is actually “vol. 16” in Ed Brubaker’s run, but this is what they’re calling it on the spine.) Reading this left me hugely depressed for reasons not wholly related to the story within the book. It’s pretty standard as far as these things go: Steve Rogers, now back as Captain America, finds out that […]
Joe Kubert passed away over the weekend and while he certainly deserved the title “legendary artist” for his work on “Sgt. Rock,” “Tor,” “Fax From Sarajevo,” and numerous other DC war and superhero titles, his legacy extends far beyond his artistic skills. The man also founded the “Joe Kubert School of Cartooning and Graphic Art” […]
Even if it didn’t stick its landing, I still enjoyed Terry Moore’s “Echo” a great deal and that made picking up the first volume of his newest series an easy choice. Where “Echo” was a clear departure from his signature work, the grounded relationship drama “Strangers in Paradise,” “Rachel Rising” is another sharp right turn […]
Manji vs. Shira: Round 1 — did it disappoint? HELL NO! This latest volume of “Blade of the Immortal” is one of the most intense reads in the series, and (as usual) one of the most captivating things I’ve read all year. After a chapter where we find out the final, bloody fate of Baro […]
I initially thought that this was only going to be a two-volume fantasy-action romp from “Hellsing” creator Kohta Hirano, but I was wrong. It turns out that this is an “ongoing” series that doesn’t have an endpoint in sight yet. Now this would be bad news if the title simply delivered up more of the […]
Greg Rucka has written some good comics for Marvel and DC, and some great ones for Oni. (Both volumes of “Whiteout” and “Queen and Country” for the latter if you’re wondering.) Now, after a brief vacation from the industry — ended in part by “Atomic Robo,” go read the man’s introduction to vol. 6 if […]
I’m almost convinced that this would make for a better hentai manga, or even a seinen manga, than the “corrupt” shonen romance it aims to portray. Except in one instance, “The Flowers of Evil” just doesn’t go far enough to escape its blandness and adherence to genre cliches. There was one clever twist about halfway […]
Going back to “Daredevil” for a bit, if Mark Waid didn’t come along to reset the tone and inject some positivity and good humor into the title and character, it was inevitable that someone would’ve done it at some point. That’s the nature of these corporate-owned characters — they’re meant to be kept continually in […]
Daredevil is a character who tends to be defined by how far a writer can grind him down and still leave something for others to work with. You can probably trace this back to Frank Miller’s definitive run, and even more so in his follow-up “Born Again” with David Mazzuchelli. This became even more apparent […]