Comic Picks By The Glick

Teenagers + Assassin School + 80's punk nostalgia = Greatness? If anyone else is wondering what happened to all of the other non-podcast posts on this site, SO AM I! I've e-mailed Podbean about it and am currently waiting for them to get back to me. In the meantime, keep watching this space.

More of a showcase for the artist, Daniele Di Nicuolo, than the writer, Tom Taylor.

Garth Ennis gets to play with some of the (war comics) toys of his childhood.

It's a "first" over 14 years in the making as my friend Christine joins me to talk about the first original graphic novel from "Monstress'" Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda

"Delicious in Dungeon" is undeniably great. But what about the mangaka's other works?

Follows on from here. Myron is back so we can see if this second volume is better than the first.

Jonathan Hickman + Mike Huddleston = Greatness? Or just alrightness?

It has a strong central relationship, and maybe a bit too many moral complications.

Is this the spectacular spider-epic that Ben Reilly deserves?

Robert Kirkman's latest creator-owned title, with Lorenzo De Felici, wraps up in solid if unspectacular fashion.

Does this street-fighting manga from Kouji Mori represent the future of Kentaro Miura's "Berserk?"

Steve is back as we take a look at how good this hot-as-hell Jump title really is. You'd think I'd remember to not forget the podcast after I've done it once, but I guess that's not the case! Not angry, just disappointed. In myself...

What makes this Avengers team "Savage?" Conan! Does his presence make this series good? Well...

It has its moments, but this series about a low-key clash between superbeings wasn't quite as good as I remembered it being.

Rob is back and we've got *FULL SPOILER* talk about the end of the Hickman era and the start of the next one.

There's a lot of pain in Fumi Yoshinaga's alternate-history epic about a shogun matriarchy, but it's all worth it in the end.

Is this the secret best X-book of the Krakoa Era?

It's "Prison School" but with superheroes, and shorter, and maybe that's enough.

Al Ewing and company send off "Guardians of the Galaxy" in a flawed but still enjoyable event.

The latest series from the creators of "100 Bullets" has a nice shiny surface, and almost nothing underneath.

It's the first big crossover event of this era of "Star Wars" at Marvel and it's... fine?

Does the final volume do this run justice? Rob is back to help me find out.

Liu! Samura! Ewing! Thompson! Tynion! Fujimoto! And MORE in my look back at the year that was.

Steve is back to discuss this series that only has TWELVE VOLUMES!

Rooting for the bad guy has never been more fun when the good guys are this dumb.

It's a thoroughly readable take on vampirism, even as it gets more silly as it goes on. Edit: Oh, wait. This will probably work better if I actually upload the episode with the post!

Gillen & Hans' series is where RPG storytelling gets dark as it gets examined, and not necessarily for the better.

Rob is back to help me decide if this gala is worth attending.

Do a lot of great little moments make up for a lack of an overall direction in this run?

Cap gets political again, with disappointing results.

Remender grinds another of his protagonists down, but in some interesting and beautifully-rendered ways.

Myron joins me again to talk about this historic "Venom" run and the event series which capped it off.

This sci-fi space opera allegory about Amazon, organized religion and the people caught in between has its moments, but whiffs it in the end.

How crazy is "too crazy" for a series from Morrison? I've got your answer right here.

The famed writer's first comics' work starts slow, but gets much better when it takes to the stars.

In which I find out just how good the comics that inspired the movie really are.

Manga's most Stephen King-esque series gets its most Stephen King-esque arc yet.

Does the series with the slowest burn in comics finally catch fire at its end?

Morrison and Paquette's reinvention of the character is a good one -- provided you make it to the end.

A flawed-but-fascinating take on a legendary bluesman from one of the last creators you'd expect!

Follows on from this. It's an improvement, but is it a significant one?

Spurrier + Henson + Bowie = Greatness...?

You're better off enjoying "WandaVision" on its own terms than checking out this key story that inspired it.

Rob is back as we try to find out if "Calvinball" is a good basis for an "X-Men" crossover.

Myron is back to help me talk up this very enjoyable MMA manga.

Sorrentino's art elevates Lemire's mediocre storytelling.

This is the best manga I've read from Matsumoto. Does that mean it's actually good?

The good, the bad, and the "What the hell did he do to Frank Castle?" of Cate's cosmic comics.

Spurrier! King! Noda! Fujimoto! ONE! Murphy! and more inside!

Steve is back so we can talk about the new hotness from Shonen Jump and the crazy series its creator did before it.