Manga and Comic Reviews
Now that’s he’s an established creator at Marvel, Jonathan Hickman is seeking to leverage his increased profile towards new creator-owned projects over at Image. It’s a noble endeavor and something I support wholeheartedly. This is the first of them and it’s very much in the vein of his previous work — “Pax Romana” specifically. Where […]
Why yes, this did originally come out back in August. And yes, the reason I’m only getting around to talking about it now is because it completely slipped under my radar until I saw vol. 10 in the Dark Horse solicitations a while back. So if nothing else, this should prove that the company’s first […]
It’s a brand new year and what better way to ring it in than by talking about a manga that was originally published in 1983! Not only that, but it’s also something I picked up for four bucks in a sale earlier this month. Before anyone makes any jokes about me getting what I paid […]
For those of you still wondering, “Wolverine Goes to Hell” remains my choice for the best comic book title of 2011. Not being content with that very minor accolade, Marvel has also served up what I consider to be the worst title of the year with the latest “Ultimate Comics Spider-Man” collection. Where “Wolverine’s” title […]
In any postapocalyptic situation, things eventually have to stop being about mere survival for those involved. There will come a time when people have to start considering the long-term approach to not just securing a place for themselves to live, but also how they’re going to want to rebuild society. If you are among the […]
… but actually it did. I’m saying this because Naoki Ursawa’s “20th Century Boys” is now a #1 New York Times bestseller. This is probably a one-week thing, but it’s still something I never thought I’d see even after the chart craziness of the past few months, let alone when it first came out. So […]
These two get put together because it would be a very short column for one or the other in any given month. Also of note is the fact that all trade paperbacks from Dark Horse are always advance-solicited, so all the trades mentioned here will be coming out in May. With that in mind… Dark […]
It’ll have been more than half a year since the “New 52” relaunch when March rolls around, and that means it’s time to start seeing some trades! Naturally the majority of these collections will be in hardcover first, but the decision to pick them up is always easier when it comes to DC. Mainly because […]
Don’t ask why it took three-and-a-half years for this to occur to me. It probably won’t surprise anyone that I regularly peruse the solicitations from the “big four” as they’re published each month over at Comic Book Resources. Naturally I’m looking to see what collections are being released, along with what format they’re in, their […]
Savor this one people, because it’s the last you’ll see of this series for a good year or more. Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips have been the most consistently excellent writer/artist team since the heyday of Ennis/Dillon, and I think it’s fantastic that they’ve continued to explore new territory in the crime/noir genres over the […]