Independent Opinions, News, and Reviews of Graphic Novels, Manga, and Comic Books
Congratulations to Todd and Craig — The Perhapanauts are relaunching as an ongoing series at Image. I know they’ve wanted that structure for a while, instead of “series of miniseries”, and it’s perfect for this fun supernatural comedy-adventure. Check out the covers for the introductory Annual due in February.
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I was pleasantly surprised at how much I enjoyed this romantic comedy by Aya Nakahara, especially coming in a book late. Love*Com is a classic pairing of opposites executed with believable teenage romantic confusion. Risa’s the tallest girl in the class, and Otani’s the shortest boy. Both have crushes on more typically attractive students, so they try to help each other. Unfortunately, their crushes wind up going out with each other, leaving the two misfits to bond out of desperation. […]
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The best webcomic out there? Sinfest by Tatsuya Ishida. Clever, creative, always fresh and funny, amazing cartooning skills. Today I’m pointing it out because this particular strip blends religion and superheroes in a way that’s respectful to conventions of both and still over-the-top hilarious. But it’s good all the time. Buy the books.
Read moreValerie D’Orazio is the new Friends of Lulu President. That gives me hope for seeing the organization gain some new life, because she’s a pistol. Congratulations and best wishes! (And because I’m snarky, it made me roll my eyes to watch professional gadfly Elayne Riggs show up in the comments (link no longer available) with this little gem: “I guess the charter has room to bend a little vis a vis the requirement about the pres having to be a […]
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The first set of webcomics are now posted at Zuda Comics. Anyone want to review them for me? Update: Sean Kleefeld doesn’t take the easy way out — he’s got a lot more reaction and analysis.
Read moreA week after the news broke of Silver Bullet Comics’ tax sale, the owner has posted a response to much of the gossip. (I’m too tacky to resist making a comment about a pattern of delays continuing, but he does address the time frame, see below.) He blames everything on bad programming. Those are some interesting bugs, that make sure the money is collected but can’t keep track of whether the ordered product was shipped. Although it does make sense […]
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DC Comics’ new webcomics imprint, Zuda, has announced a go-live date of Tuesday (?) October 30. However, most of their announcements are already being made elsewhere from their main site. There’s not necessarily anything wrong with that, if you want to curry favor with certain outlets, but at least I would have expected the information to be available at the main URL. Newsarama had details of their first “instant winner” (link no longer available): Jeremy Love, an established former self-publisher […]
Read moreSilver Bullet Comics used to be a comic book retailer in North Carolina. (Please note that they are not the same as Silver Bullet Comic Books, a more active online site, about which more later.) First, in August, SBC closed their physical store in Winston-Salem, deciding to focus on online sales. Comments at the Newsarama Blog post (links no longer available) reporting the change were quite critical of the site’s customer service, complaining of unreceived orders. After publicizing that problem, […]
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