Comic Book Resources

Rin-ne Vol. 1

October 26th, 2009 | By Greg McElhatton

"Rin-ne" may feel a bit familiar to people who've read Rumiko Takahashi's past comics, but the book is so charming it's hard to mind.

20th Century Boys, Volume 3

June 26th, 2009 | By Benjamin Birdie

This is ultimately a story about the stray hopes and dreams of adventure, in this story personified by comics themselves, that every now and then end up building the adult that our childhood selves always dreamed of being.

Pluto: Urasawa x Tezuka Vol. 2

March 31st, 2009 | By Timothy Callahan

A major work from one of the best living mangaka, inspired by a famed "Astro Boy" story.

Pluto: Urasawa x Tezuka Vol. 1

February 9th, 2009 | By Greg McElhatton

Naoki Urasawa's take on Osamu Tezuka's classic "Astro Boy" story both manages to become its own distinctly different story, and utterly brilliant.

Vagabond VizBig Edition Volume 1

September 21st, 2008 | By Greg McElhatton

With a three-volume omnibus edition now available, there's no reason left to not try what is assuredly one of the absolute best comics being published today.

Short-Tempered Melancholic and Other Stories

August 28th, 2008 | By Greg McElhatton

This collection of Arina Tanemura's early short stories is fun and frothy, as well as a good reminder that not all stories need to run for hundreds or thousands of pages.

Nana, Vol. 10

June 11th, 2008 | By Greg McElhatton

What started as an odd-couple situation continues to blossom into so much more, the most fantastic soap opera meets punk rock story you could imagine.

Cat Eyed Boy, Vol. 1

May 30th, 2008 | By Greg McElhatton

One of the masters of Japanese horror comics merges the anthology-with-host comic with the traveling-nomad-encountering-horror comic, with bizarre and fun results.

One-Pound Gospel, Vol. 1

May 21st, 2008 | By Greg McElhatton

Dusted off for a new edition, "One-Pound Gospel" is still surprisingly charming, even if it doesn't seem entirely sure at first just what it's trying to be.

Excel Saga, Volume 17

April 15th, 2008 | By James Hunt

Excel Saga reaches its 17th volume and promises, er, yet more of the same action-comedy bureaucratic satire, for those that have managed to stay with the series this long.

When Words Collide

Mon, February 8th | Timothy Callahan

Tim stops time to look closely at the Daredevil work of Brian Michael Bendis and Alex Maleev, this week through the lens of the four panel sequence that comprises the epic run's opening page. Comic book realism, exposed. [more...]

One Fan's Opinion

Fri, February 5th | Erik Larsen

This week, Erik looks at the ramifications of Apple's recently-announced iPad for the worlds of both print and digital comics, and tries to put the divide between the two media into perspective. [more...]

The Buy Pile

Thu, February 4th | Hannibal Tabu

It's easy to have a good week when only one book really annoys and the rest are filled with mud-splattered legends, a blood-splattered anti-hero, Chinese super military men, Tony Stark in crisis and a return to Milestone. [more...]