Unqualified Comics

The Chenoo Graham Nolan I missed this book a couple years ago and honestly, probably for a good reason. Not a terrible book but, definitely needed some more oversight, especially compared to Alien Alamo.

Hunter X Hunter Yoshihiro Togashi Despite being unfinished, Hunter X Hunter holds a special place in my heart. A classic story despite it's flaws.

A quick little intro into the first long run series for the channel in 2022. Going over Watchmen for the first time on the channel as well as the underrated Squadron Supreme

Shotgun Samurai Dachul Okamoto Mathews Bello Like many indie projects this one is little rough around the edges in the beginning before rounding into excellent form at the end of this massive 280+ volume. Well done. The indiegogo is still open for those interested: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/shotgun-samurai-vol-1--2#/ Web Toons available for those wanting to just read it: https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/shotgun-samurai/list?title_no=176655&page=1

One Piece Volume 45 Eiichiro Oda More of a clean up volume for the Water Seven part of the One Piece, this volume never the less reveals enormous information about the One Piece world and sets the stage for the future conflict that is going on to this day in the manga.

Valerian - Empire of a Thousand Planets Pierre Christin Jean-Claude Mezieres Arguably the most well known of the Valerian series and possibly the most influential BD to the Science Fiction genre.

Norah's Saga - Song of the Fossegrim Blake Northcott Kelsey Shannon You can check out this IGG campaign here: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/norah-s-saga-season-one-song-of-the-fossegrim#/ This series/book isn't for me but, this IGG campaign for a larger format graphic novel is absolutely what AA should have done to begin with. If you are curious you can check out my reviews of Norah's Saga "episodes" below: Episode 1 https://youtu.be/-iX_nqPH8dw Episode 2 https://youtu.be/9OfNAyxr1Es Episode 3 https://youtu.be/Cj3T7fPuQfs

Ragnarok Volume 1 Myung-Jin Lee The first Manwha (Korean Comic) that I review on my channel holds a lot of nostalgia for me even though it's effectively a dead series (with nothing heard from the creator since 2001).

Disintegration Street Volume 2 Brenden Swan While predictably smaller than the first volume (due to cost), volume 2 is still a lot of fun and more of Brenden Swan's whacky art style and unique storytelling. The plot is not nearly as clean as the first volume but, I still recommend this book.

Peregrine - Wings of the Falcon Scott McCullough Douglas Franchin If you dig that straight DC comics type of feel then this book might be for you. For me, it was a bit basic and needed some work on character introductions and background.

Uncanny X-men #143 Chris Claremont John Byrne An excellent Christmas one-shot from the best era of X-men comics. Also.... Aliens.

One Piece Volume 44 Eiichiro Oda This volume effectively ends the conflict aspect of the water seven arc. Luffy shows off his 3rd gear ability and the Straw Hat pirates get saved by an old friend. I will also go over volume 45 which acts more as an epilogue of sorts to this main story arc but, it still very important to the overall One Piece universe.

The Fantastic Four #2 Stan Lee Jack Kirby This issue is a bit formulaic and comedic in nature but, it introduces the Skrulls which is very important to the Marvel universe. Early Stan and Jack figuring this comic book out.

Blacksad Arctic Nation Juan Diaz Canales Juanjo Guarnido This outstanding BD / Comic show cases a beautiful approach to telling stories about racism and injustice without beating the reader over the head with political diatribe. Recommend.

Eyeshield 21 Riichiro Inagaki Yusuke Murata Of course Japan made an American Football Manga. Yes it's good and yes it sold more than than anything that came out of the home country of it's subject.

Glyn In Monster Land Kevin Philpott Luisa Russo A fun book with nice art but, needs to work out some storytelling kinks and probably needs an editor too.

Fantastic Four vs X-men #4 Chris Claremont Jon Bogdanove The Fantastic Four fly to Latveria to save Kitty's life while the X-men brood over their situation. A bit rushed in my opinion at the end, never the less, great comic.

Fantastic Four vs X-men #2 Chris Claremont Jon Bogdanove The X-men try and fail to get comfortable with Dr. Doom while Kitty considers a dark decision to end the pain. The Fantastic Four undergo a crisis of confidence before eventually reuniting before our final issue.

Trigun Volume 1 Yasuhiro Nightow This world is made of LOVE & PEACE. Great Manga.

The Expendables Go To Hell Sylvester Stallone Chuck Dixon Richard C. Meyer Graham Nolan Kelsey Shannon Jason Johnson Butch Guice This fever dream of a book is a nice collectors item for Expendables fans but, I would pass on it if you are looking for a good comic to read.

Fantastic Four vs X-men #2 Chris Claremont Jon Bogdanove The drama really gets turned up in this issue as the X-men must deal with either the death of Kitty Pryde or accepting help from Dr. Doom. Meanwhile, the Fantastic Four about to split at seams with a discovery by Sue Storm.

Batman: Shadow of the Bat #16-18 Alan Grant Bret Blevins Mike Manley Probably my favorite mini-series of this 90's run on Batman. Bret Blevins art style fits scarecrow perfectly here!

Blueberry - Broken Nose Jean-Michel Charlier Jean "Moebius" Giraud Blueberry returns in this interesting story set in Arizona with Mike trying to deal with the escalating conflict between the native Apache tribe and American Army, both of who want him dead to various degrees.

Fantastic Four vs X-men #1 Chris Claremont Jon Bogdanove The opening issue to this short mini-series gets the ball rolling fast as we should expect from this era. Lots of fun moments with the FF as well as some serious drama on both sides.

The Ghost In The Shell Deluxe Edition Masamune Shirow Well I may not be a big fan of this series, there is no doubting the influence and the quality of this book.