Manga and Comic Reviews
It’s easy to see how this series broke new ground at the time in mainstream comics. The overall “madness” of the premise gives us lots of interesting stories as Shade wanders around Santa Fe trying not to feel guilty while insect legs grow out of his head, and his showdown with the American Scream in […]
Some of you have already heard that this collection is a real showcase for the talents of artist J.H. Williams III — and you heard right! I truly doubt that I’ll see a better illustrated superhero comic this year as the man’s genius for page and panel layout (conveying action and story without sacrificing clarity) […]
You know, I like this series but the events of this volume were a real bummer. After being accepted into the Tokyo Space School, Asumi finds herself acclimating rather well to its curriculum and solidifying the friendships she began in the last volume. The problems begin when she finds out that if she becomes an […]
I don’t know if writer Ed Brubaker knew at the time that this will probably be the last we’ll see of “Criminal” for a while (artist Sean Phillips is busy with other projects including “The Dark Tower” and the follow-up to “Incognito” due later this year), but at least this volume begins the hiatus on […]
This latest volume in what is shaping up to be writer Warren Ellis’ most substantial and best post-”Transmetropolitan” work (yes, even better than “Nextwave: Agents of H.A.T.E.”) not only answers some questions, but also raises new ones right out of their ashes. After a brief detour showing us the “world-ending” event that the kids performed […]
The last time I talked about this series, I mentioned how it was setting the stage for war journalist turned political player Matty Roth’s downfall. While Matty has proved adept at reporting and putting human faces on the crises of the DMZ, he has always been one step behind the political and military forces that […]
The podcast will be coming either much later tonight or more likely tomorrow due to a bad day of epic proportions on the part of the uploader. In the meantime, this latest volume of “Jack of Fables” finds the series in transition. With all of its stories and supporting cast sent off to parts unknown […]
IT’S A CUTE KITTY MANGA!!! Uh… and there’s not much more to say than that. If you’re a cat person like me, then you’ll find it impossible to resist this series’ charms as mangaka Konami Kanata does an incredible job of making Chi’s behavior both familiar and utterly believable to any cat owner. My main […]
In the space of a week I’ve read two comics that have featured surprise same-sex hook-ups. The first one happened in the pages of John Layman and Rob Guillory’s “Chew vol. 2” while the second appeared in vol. 2 of Masayuki Ishikawa’s “Moyasimon.” Both were quite surprising to read, though it was more surprising to […]
While I generally enjoyed the first volume of this series, it was essentially just setup for future stories and its “surprise twist” at the end wasn’t very surprising. Now that these “future stories” are here, I can say that “Chew’s” future is looking pretty bright. Re-teamed with his old partner, cibopath Tony Chu is sent […]