Friday, June 29, 2012

Black Jack - A Lucky Man

Published in Black Jack, Vol. 13 
by Osamu Tezuka
Vertical (2011)


A Lucky Man is the final story in Vol. 13. It contains many of the familiar elements from Black Jack that I find heartwarming and enjoy very much.

Saturday, May 26, 2012

Same Difference

by Derek Kirk Kim
First Second, 2011

Nice! Reminiscent of great reads like Ghost World!

Saturday, April 7, 2012

Supergirl (Vol. 5)

Who is Superwoman?
Friends and Fugitive
Death in the Family
Bizarrogirl
by Sterling Gates & Jamal Igle
DC Comics, 2009-2011

I thought the Peter David run (with Gary Frank and later Leonard Kirk) on Supergirl was going to be hard to beat, but Gates & Igle have proven that their stories from #34-59 (most of them collected in these four volumes) have proven to be just as strong.

Thursday, April 5, 2012

Light Brigade

by Peter J. Tomasi & Peter Snejbjerg
DC Comics, 2005

Blockbustery fun.

The Sugar and Spike Archives

Vol. 1
By Sheldon Mayer
DC Comics, 2011

Friday, December 23, 2011

Northlanders

Vol. 1-
By Brian Wood
Vertigo Comics, 2007-2012

Not a fan of all the stories, but like the overall tone of the series. Sven the Returned in Vol. 1 and The Shield Maidens in Vol. 3 are some of my favs.

Note: The series is ongoing and will be completed in 2012.

Power Girl: Bomb Squad

By Judd Winick & Sam Basari
DC Comics, 2011

Here's an intelligent character in a book that truly rocks when it comes to action and humor!

Some of the BEST Power Girl stories ever, IMHO!