Comic Picks By The Glick

Comic Picks #256: Catching Up With Batman 08.02.2018 22:17 ↓

I take it easy this week and give you my thoughts on "Detective Comics vol. 4:  Deus Ex Machina" and "Batman vol. 4:  The War of Jokes and Riddles."

Comic Picks #255: Parasyte 25.01.2018 31:13 ↓

A manga so nice it's been license-rescued twice!  Its new shonen manga anthology "Neo Parasyte m" is also pretty good.

Comic Picks #254: Best of 2017 11.01.2018 41:26 ↓

One of the rare times where it was a lot easier to pick the worst of the year than the best.

Comic Picks #253: Inuyashiki 28.12.2017 22:25 ↓

"Gantz" creator Hiroyu Oku tells all you youngsters to GET OFF HIS LAWN in this predictable sci-fi action series.

Comic Picks #252: Secret Empire 14.12.2017 1:09:36 ↓

Neither the worst Marvel event series nor without its own problems either.

Comic Picks #251: JLA by Grant Morrison 30.11.2017 38:01 ↓

The "Justice League" movie got you down?  Here's a take on the team that does it justice and is positively overflowing with ideas -- to its benefit and detriment.

Comic Picks #250: Rachel Rising 16.11.2017 12:38 ↓

Between this and "Echo," Terry Moore really needs to work on his endings.

Comic Picks #249: Baltimore 02.11.2017 22:25 ↓

It may not be part of the Mignolaverse, but Mignola, Golden, Stenbeck and Bergting's period supernatural horror series is definitely worth a look (it's first half, at least).

Comic Picks #248: Jeff Lemire -- Old Man Logan/Royal City 19.10.2017 28:25 ↓

The writer does the (not hard) job of delivering the best take on "Old Man Logan" yet, and his new creator-owned title is worth a look as well.

Comic Picks #247: Batman -- The Dark Knight: The Master Race 05.10.2017 29:25 ↓

The genuinely awful sequel that everyone says its predecessor was.

Comic Picks #246: Goodnight Punpun 21.09.2017 23:07 ↓

There is tremendous skill and craft underpinning this incredibly, but not completely, depressing work.

Comic Picks #245: Inhumans vs. X-Men 07.09.2017 27:12 ↓

Whoever wins, we lose!  ...No it's not one of the better "X-Men" crossover events, but there's better stuff in the tie-in issues.

Comic Picks #244: Alias/Jessica Jones 24.08.2017 36:46 ↓

The original "Alias" remains one of Bendis' best, and the Netflix series is pretty good too.

Comic Picks #243: Wolfsmund 10.08.2017 21:17 ↓

Can something good happen when a six-volume series runs for eight volumes?

Comic Picks #242: Guardians of the Galaxy by Bendis 27.07.2017 18:47 ↓

Truly, madly, deeply uneven.  Right up to the end.

Comic Picks #241: Ichi-F 13.07.2017 19:52 ↓

This manga is an invaluable document of information about the cleanup efforts regarding the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plan.  It also serves as a reminder of the importance of narrative when it comes to presenting information as a graphic novel.

Comic Picks #240: Civil War II 29.06.2017 25:20 ↓

Was this event series as bad as everyone says it was?  I look into it and some of its tie-ins.

Comic Picks #239: Wonder Woman 15.06.2017 25:46 ↓

The movie's good and there's plenty of other comics about Diana of Themyscira that are worth checking out too.

Comic Picks #238: Never Collected -- Dark Horse Manga Edition 01.06.2017 37:14 ↓

Spiritual successor to this .  Are there any interesting skeletons in the publisher's catalog of uncollected manga?

Comic Picks #237: Revival 18.05.2017 20:05 ↓

Does Tim Seely and Mike Norton's (quirky) rural noir (horror) series stick the landing in its final volume?

Comic Picks #236: Spider-Man -- The Clone Conspiracy 04.05.2017 22:39 ↓

The latest Spider-event isn't bad, but never feels as epic as advertised.

Comic Picks #235: Prophet 20.04.2017 19:24 ↓

Wherein Brandon Graham and company try to make the best of what Rob Liefeld gave then.

Comic Picks #234: Ghost in the Shell 06.04.2017 39:43 ↓

Why was the original anime film being talked up so much in advance of the live-action version?  Because the source manga is highly overrated.

Comic Picks #233: Sunstone 23.03.2017 23:31 ↓

A comic with quality sex and substance?  Yes, such a thing does exist!

Comic Picks #232: X-23/Old Man Logan 09.03.2017 24:28 ↓

The new movie is great.  As for the comics which helped inspire it, well...