Manga and Comic Reviews
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 […]
If this volume has any flaw, it’s that it tries to cram too much story into the pages here. Of course, there are worse flaws to have in this day and age. Things get rolling with the fallout from Chief Red Crow’s decision to shut down all of the criminal operations he’s been involved with. […]
It’s about a bitter (ex-)cop. It’s set in a town that is beyond gritty and squalid. It features art from Ben Templesmith. Take all of these together and one might think that “Choker” is the second coming of Warren Ellis and Templesmith’s great “Fell” series from a few years back. We only got eight issues […]
This reads very much like one of those “movie pitches in comics form” that you hear so much about. Considering that it’s credited to “Torajiro Kishi and Dynamo Pictures,” it feels more apt than usual in this case. The high concept is spelled out on the cover as “A vampire virus rages through Japan!” and […]
“Cyber Force” is back! For free even! That’s what Image is leading off with this month with what is a genuinely novel approach to distributing the series with the help of Kickstarter. If the campaign on the crowdfunding site reaches its goal, then you’ll be able to pick up the first five issues at your […]
Instead of doing a line-wide relaunch and rebooting the continuity for (nearly) all of its titles as DC did last year, Marvel is going with a different approach. The “Marvel NOW!” initiative has them doing a rolling relaunch where a new #1 issue for a major title and from an A-list creative team (though that’s […]
Previously, “Ultimate Spider-Man,” “Y: The Last Man” and “The Walking Dead” were part of the exclusive “milestone issue that is just a part of the current arc” club. Now you can add “B.P.R.D.” to it because even though the series has been released as a “series of mini-series” since its inception, the third issue of […]
Yeah, I got nothing to contribute to this month’s picks. There’s some good stuff, though it’s business as usual for the most part. Commentary begins after the break. Detective Comics #13: “Chew” writer John Layman takes over from writer/artist Tony Daniel with this issue. Now, I’ve not read anything from the writer outside of his […]
It’s a well-known fact that most videogame adaptations, or tie-in comics are not worth the paper that they’re printed on. Either they’re hamstrung by the lack of input from the people who are making the game, or they wind up being created by whoever the company producing them could get ahold of on a moment’s […]