Comic Picks By The Glick

In honor of the one year anniversary of this podcast, the No Podcast for Old Men crew come over and discuss Azzarello and Bermejo's "Joker." Yeah, not only is this late, but it's not the "100 Bullets" podcast I promised. That's been done and will be up in due time. In the meantime, I picked up a metric assload of comics from Comic-Con and am in the process of reading through them all. I'll see if I can post the full list at some point, but I'm likely to get several podcasts out of the stuff I picked up over the last five days.

The life of Japan's greatest swordsman gets reimagined as a Shonen Jump manga restaged as art. Wait, it's actually good! When this was originally recorded, I had no idea what I'd be doing for the next podcast. Then I spent the last week re-reading all of Azzarello and Risso's "100 Bullets" in preparation for the release of the final volume this week. Just thought I'd let you all know what's coming next...

Wanton violence against the undead, knives to the eyes, cannibalism and pie! What more could you want from a comic? And yes, this should've been up last week, but due to unforgivable personal circumstances it wasn't. My bad. Look for the "What I've Been Reading" post tomorrow or on Sunday, depending on whether or not I get a chance to upload it from AX.

The bricks in question being "MW," "Apollo's Song," and "Ode to Kirihito," listed in ascending order of excellence.

Stephen King's signature work gets an enjoyable series of prequels that still could've and should've been even better.

For those of you who weren't scared off by the title, you're bound to find something to interest you in my look at highbrow manga.

In a move that should surprise absolutely no one, I talk about everyone's favorite X-Men character this week.

And we're back! This week I'm talking about X-Men and the build-up and follow-through of "Messiah Complex."

Cops. Superheroes. Bendis. Oeming. It's as good as you've heard. Click on the link for the full story.

No, it really couldn't have been anything else this week. Comics' "Citizen Kane" gets its due here.

Did you know James Cameron has a favorite manga? Well now you do, and this is it.

He's the creator of "Azumanga Daioh" and "Yotsuba&!," two series well worth your time. That said, after we did the podcast, I came home and found some things out. Corrections/updates to the podcast follow after the break. First off, Kiyohiko Azuma is really a guy. It's been generally assumed that because he draws really cute stuff and has a first name ending in the "-ko" suffix (usually reserved for girls) that "he" was really a "she." That's not the case, and we should've found this out before we did the podcast. So, my bad. *does the "my bad" dance* The other thing is that Yen Press has only acquired the rights to volume six of "Yotsuba&!" Finding this out certainly diminishes some of the excitement that I had while recording the podcast, but there's some fun to be had in speculating why it's the only volume they've announced. I'm betting that either Azuma or Media Works (the company that publishes the series in Japan) is gunshy about licensing out the series again after the debacle that their relationship with ADV Manga turned into. So, they're only giving Yen rights to that one volume (plus the previous five, which I hear they're negotiating with what's left of ADV Manga for the rights to use their translations) to see how this shakes out. Or, it could be that with what the economy the way it is, Yen is just putting out volume six to see if it'll still sell. I can't fault them for thinking like that, but I think they'll be pleasantly surprised once the volume is released. The series inspires a certain... "fervor" among a lot of anime and manga fans on the internet (there's a reason Yotsuba is one of the many mascots of 4chan) to the point where even if they've already read scanlations online, they'll pick up the print version because they love it that much. Anyway, even if it does turn out to be just one volume, more "Yotsuba&!" is a good thing no matter which way you look at it. And if Yen Press does drop the ball... then I'll just go back to hoping that Dark Horse picks it up.

"Soon" turned out to be 96 hours later, but here are my thoughts on Garth Ennis' other classic series.

In which I talk about my (mostly implausible) hopes for the coming year.

In which the works of Frank Miller and Will Eisner's "Spirit" get their due, 'cause of the movie.

Recommendations for your Holiday comic shopping needs.

Jason here, and if you can read this and listen to the podcast, it means that I managed to publish everything right. I figured now was as good a time as any to start updating the site myself, so (for what it's worth) you'll be listening to and reading me here from now on. This week... I couldn't think of a particular theme that I wanted to tackle, so it was just a look at what I bought at the shop last week which included "Thunderbolts vol. 2: Caged Angels" (makes me wish Ellis was writing more), "B.P.R.D. vol. 9: 1946" (which shows that John Arcudi and Guy Davis are the series' real stars) and "Batman/Grendel" (two crossovers, one of which is very good, and the other is just okay).

This week, Jason reviews nothing but manga. NOTE: this was recorded before the Halloween episode last week.

This week, Jason reviews some titles for Halloween.

Jason continues this week with his review of Warren Ellis' other works.

This week, Jason reviews some of the independent works of Warren Ellis. Thanks for listening.

This week, Jason reviews Conan. Thanks for listening.

This week, Jason reviews the manga 'Eagle' and Wildcats v3.0. Yes, they are about politics!

This week, Jason reviews series done by Robert Kirkman. Invincible, Marvel Zombies, Ultimate X-men.

Jason reviews some of the Punisher series this time around.

Join us this week as Jason reviews a few of the Superman books he picked up at Comic Con in San Diego.

Jason reviews some of the comics that he picked up at Comic-con 2008. Sam & Twitch v2, Spiderman and the Black Cat, Slam Dunk, Black Lagoon, etc... Thanks for listening.

Join us this week as Jason continues his Dark Horse Manga picks that are from the more recent selections.

This week, Jason discusses Dark Horse Manga's earlier titles such as Ah My Goddess, Blade of the Immortal, Lone Wolf and Cub, and Ghost in the Shell.

This week, Jason reviews Batman: Hush, Batman and Son, and Batman: No Man's Land.

This week, Jason reviews Hellboy and B.P.R.D. to coincide with the Hellboy II movie out in theaters.

This week, Jason brings you reviews of The Complete Persepolis, Deadpool vs. Marvel Universe, and Preacher.

This week, continuity is what the theme of Jason's picks are. He reviews X-Men: Supernova, Ultimate Spiderman, and Golgo 13.

Jason's picks for this week are: Sleeper, Gunsmith Cats: Burst, and R.O.D - Read Or Die manga.

This week, Jason reviews three volumes with a post apocalyptic theme. The Walking Dead, The Drifting Classroom, and Dragonhead.

Our inaugural show! Jason introduces us to the Aliens Omnibus: Vol. 2, and Mushishi: Vol. 3 as we reign in yet another podcast to the network.