Manga and Comic Reviews
With “Fables” having been away for a while now, it’s not surprising that publisher DC and series creator Bill Willingham decided to reintroduce the series with a crossover. The setup here is that Batman has been investigating a series of murders throughout Gotham that look like they were done by a giant animal. Meanwhile, Bigby […]
The last time we saw Zaha Sanko, he had just been mind-controlled by the still-living remains of Hajime Damemaru, whose English name translates to “First Failson.” Hajime had been kidnapped by the Lighthead Order, the cult from which the galaxy-wide megacorporation Photosphere grew out of, and thought that he could use Zaha as a distraction […]
Ms. Whitaker is your average old widow in England, living a quiet life with her own simple routine. A routine which involves stopping by the local thrift shop each Thursday after collecting her pension. It’s on her latest trip there that she discovers the Holy Grail on sale under a fur coat for a steal […]
Walter is a serial killer. We’re not told how many people he’s killed over the years, but it’s certainly enough for him to have a signature thing he associates with his kills. That would be how he associates each of them with a unique song. His best friend (in his own mind), a retired FBI […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: DCeased: War of the Undead Gods #1 (of 8) This just goes to show you can’t keep a good superheroes-as-zombies franchise down. Of course, there were hints that “Dead Planet” wasn’t going to be the end of it. The biggest being that an Anti-Life infected Darkseid was still left in play at the […]
“THE KUROSAGI CORPSE DELIVERY SERVICE” IS BACK, BABY! I mean, it’s coming back in July to comic shops and in August everywhere else! That’s the big news I learned from the Dark Horse Comics panel at the convention, and it was shocking for a couple reasons. One is that I rarely expect to get big […]
The party gets a new member in this volume! Sein is a priest who likes to drink, gamble, and smoke. Between him and Heiter, Frieren and Fern are having to rethink what they believe the qualities of a good priest actually are. Still, having another healer in the party is always useful and after having […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: Step by Bloody Step There is a girl with no name and no memory. She’s walking through a fantasy world plagued by the terrors of the wilderness and civilization. Except that she’s not alone. She’s accompanied by an armored giant who’s protecting her from any and all threats. Why is the giant doing […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: X-Men: Red by Al Ewing vol. 1 I know that I put the first two issues of this series here back in January, but my excitement for this series has only grown since then. That’s mainly due to the fact that I finally got around to reading vol. 2 of “S.W.O.R.D.” in the […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken! vol. 4 Editor Carl Horn mentioned that Dark Horse had licensed vols. 4 & 5 of this series in the afterword to vol. 3. So while it’s not surprising to see this volume here, it’s still very reassuring. (On that note, there’s a Dark Horse Manga panel at […]