Comic Picks By The Glick

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

John Layman and Rob Guillory's great, demented series comes to an end and I try to find out if the series was well-planned enough to make its ending work.

The original series is a justified classic, while its long-delayed sequel manages a few redeeming qualities.

By most people's standards, he's the next big thing in comic book writing. Not mine, however.

Hickman! Kirkman! Mignola! Matsui! Gillen (x2)! Tsubaki! All of these creators and more can be found on my list.

Gillen and Larroca's epic about Vader's fall and rise is the best "Star Wars" comic to come out of Marvel and a must-read for all franchise fans.

A deeply uneven thematic crossover where the one series I was prepared to ignore offered up the best story.

My initial thoughts were that it was terrible. Now I'm giving it a second try with the "Anthology" and first "Colossal Edition."

In light of our recent election I really had no choice but to revisit Warren Ellis and Darick Robertson's eerily prescient and essential series.

Regardless of how the movie turns out, there have been lots of good stories (and some not so good) featuring Marvel's Sorceror Supreme.

The classic strips from Berkeley Breathed's comic in the 80's are the best way to relive the decade, but as for its current revival...

This spy series from Brubaker and Epting is great fun, so long as you're only admiring its surface.

He'll always be best known as the creator of "Oh My Goddess," but that doesn't mean it's the only title of his you should check out.

The answer: Lots of cheap stuff from the likes of Vaughan, Hill, Wood, Mignola, Kindt, and more (including some re-bought Gillen)!

Digital Manga utilized the crowdfunding platform to bring us a very uneven selection of works from the God of Manga.

I haven't seen the movie yet, because the classic run from John Ostrander (and Kim Yale) satisfies my craving for the squad's adventures.

It's a newly-minted Eisner-winning series and a return to form for Brubaker and Phillips.

It's a run that has its moments, but no real plan or satisfying follow-through.

The first volume of this series about childhood bullying and teen atonement is brilliant. The six that follow are still pretty good.

Comics' greatest one-note joke has the legs to tackle everything from sword and sorcery parodies to the 2008 financial crash.

My friend Steve joins us again at Fanime. This time, to talk about some manga he actually likes! (The con was awesome, as usual. Expect my thoughts on it this Friday.)

Fifteen volumes in and still more on the way. Except I'm now done with this once-great series.

Tsutomu Nihei's latest series may be his most conventional, but it may be his most entertaining as well.

Jodorowsky! Manara! Kirkman! Miller! Simonson! Waid! Milligan! Arakawa! All in this podcast (most for 50% off)!

Myron joins us to talk about the Heroes in a Half-Shell's history while I talk up the new comics from IDW.

As enjoyable as it is flawed.

In which an astonishing array of international talent comes together to deliver a predictably uneven anthology.

In which I dive into digital comics and find out that the legendary run by Joe Kelly isn't all it's cracked up to be.

Matt Kindt's deeply strange series comes to a (not surprisingly) straightforward end.

What do "Nimona," "Terror Assaulter," "Black River," "Killing and Dying," and "Shaft" all have in common? I ordered them all together to see if they deserved a spot on my "Best of 2015" list.

Featuring works from Vaughan, Stevenson, Yasuhiko, Busiek, Morishige, Powell, Gaiman, and (of course) Samura.

I went and re-read all thirty-one volumes of this series to find out if it still holds up after its conclusion.

One of the best superhero comics in recent memory. 'Nuff said.

In which I'm reminded that there is no series that doesn't read better when you go through it all at once... But it reads best if you're a guy who's still in touch with his inner 15-year-old.

The first collections of Marvel's new "Star Wars" comics show the publisher to be doing right by the license. Any guesses as to how long it'll stay that way?

In which Al Ewing tells a great Loki story, which successfully builds on Kieron Gillen's work with the character.

Two entertaining Bat-projects that will really test how much you've been paying attention to Scott Snyder's run on the main title.

Thanks to the great Viz manga shrinkage, I finally get around to seeing if this shonen action/fantasy series is as good as everyone says it is.

The first volume of "The Complete ElfQuest" belongs in any serious comic fan's library. Now if only Dark Horse would get around to reprinting the rest of what came after so I can actually enjoy "The Final Quest."

Garth Ennis may have created "Crossed," but Si Spurrier is the first to show that another writer can do it justice.

One of the weakest Marvel events in recent memory. At least it allowed me to get caught up on Cullen Bunn's "Magneto!"

My thoughts on volumes 21 & 22 as the series wraps up in a satisfying way that still isn't on par with the best it has had to offer.

Could be said to follow on from this. My thoughts on "Wytches" vol. 1, "Rumble" vol. 1, "Invincible" vol. 21, "The Wicked + The Divine" vol. 2, and "The Autumnlands" vol. 1 -- listed and discussed in ascending order of quality.

Brian Wood's creator-owned follow-up to "DMZ" has its moments, but never fully realizes its potential.

Mike Carey and Peter Gross' story about stories isn't part of Vertigo's A-list, but is a solid read overall.

Myron joins us to talk about what may be Dan Slott's last major Spider-event. It's marred by predictability and some weak antagonists, but at least it has some great goofy stuff around the edges.

You can't go wrong with any of the numbered volumes of the Rabbit Ronin's adventures! As for his latest, "Senso," well...

My friend Steve joins us as we discuss this XTREEEM Japanese male power fantasy, which has not been license-rescued for some reason...

The Original Writer's long out-of-print classic still holds up really well today. Even with all the extra padding in these new editions.

Best comic I'll read this year? Biggest disappointment I've experienced in ages? Or somewhere in between. My thoughts on the final volume of my favorite ongoing series.