Comic Picks By The Glick

I've seen the anime.  My friend Rob has not.  Did I enjoy this new take on the series?  Did he think it even made sense?  The answer to these questions and a whole lot more are waiting for you.

Comics' foremost teacher has given us the essential text "Understanding Comics," and the less-essential-but-still-fun "Zot!" and "The Sculptor."

There's a lot more to the manga compared to what you saw in the movie.  Maybe not as mind-blowing, but still worth a look.

I thought this would wind up being commercial suicide.  It wound up being one of the more interesting and weird superhero titles I've read in recent memory.

Writer/artist Jeff Lemire fashions an engaging story out of some very familiar parts with this series.

More Marvel, less manga, one last-minute entry, and some Batman. The full list awaits!

Bryan Talbot's ongoing series of graphic novels about anthropomorphic animals in an alternate steampunk history is a fantastic mash-up of genres.

A middle-of-the-road Marvel event that vaguely gestures towards the Marvel Universe.