Manga and Comic Reviews
Ricky Lawless has a problem. He’s seventy-five grand in the hole to a bookie named Karl, who wants him to pull off a simple job to make up for that. Go to a hotel, wait for a high-stakes poker player to come back to his room, and then rob him. It sounds straightforward, but whenever […]
Liddy is a rancher living on the Texas/Mexico border who’s determined to keep her land regardless of what threats she may be getting from local drug cartels. Oscar is from Honduras and is heading north to escape a life that has been filled with heartbreak and terror. Chance is going to bring them together in […]
The Killer is still working for the French Government at the start of this volume, alongside his handler Barbara to take out whoever’s needed. For a man with a history and level of cynicism as him, this kind of work is just like punching the clock. Then two things happen that change things. The first […]
Saku is possessed by a serpent. Not just any serpent, but the one that Saint Patrick drove out of Ireland centuries ago. Said serpent is now looking to reassert itself in its ancestral home through its host, which is exactly what it does when faced with some vengeful rabbits. Unfortunately the serpent didn’t count on […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: White Sky vol. 1 Five years ago the sky went white and everything changed. Now, in the ruins of the world that was, Violet tries to make it on her own after she was separated from her father in the aftermath. Now, in order to find out what happened to him, she’ll have […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: The Flash vol. 6: The Speed Was Power, The Speed Was Joy I wasn’t expecting to follow this current volume of “The Flash” after Simon Spurrier stopped writing it. DC has since managed to find a couple of teams worthy of keeping my interest. First with Mark Waid and Christopher Cantwell writing a […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: Tales From Lands Unknown: Uri Tupka and the Devils After a first volume that was more weird than it was good, all it took for Mike Mignola’s latest fictional universe to be interesting was for him to take his own advice and have a protagonist to focus all his worldbuilding through. That’s what […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: Doom: All-on-One #1 Expect lots more comics featuring the good/bad Doctor as we get closer to the release of “Avengers: Doomsday.” While “Written by Al Ewing” is certainly a way for any such project to get my attention, this also looks like it’s going to have a lot of visual style to back […]
It’s been a while since we last got an installment in the adventures of everyone’s favorite green-haired five-year-old. That’s not a problem because the series’ formula of “Yotsuba has an adventure with her friends and family” has never relied on long-term plotting, just the solidly dependable and off-kilter sensibilities of its mangaka, Kiyohiko Azuma. I […]
“Die,” written by Kieron Gillen and illustrated by Stephanie Hans, has been the writer’s Least Good series. For me, at least. His titles are usually marked by clever plotting, strong characterization, imaginative twists, and a charming wittiness. That series, about six teens who were brought to a fantasy role-playing game inspired realm, escaped and then […]