Unqualified Comics

Battle Maiden Knuckle Bomb #2 Keung Lee I get my 2nd IGG package from Keung Lee for Battle Maiden Knuckle Bomb #2. It could use a few things here and there to improve on but, still a fun little book. Check out the Standard Edition on IGG right now! https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/battle-maiden-knuckle-bomb-2-standard-edition#/

The New Mutants #21 Chris Claremont Bill Sienkiewicz It's a slumber party at the Prof. X School for Gifted Students but, the party gets crashed by a Techno-organic life form! It's all fun in this issue of the New Mutants.

Strangelove I Want To Be Chrome Brenden Swan A very impressive first effort by Brenden Swan. If all crowd funded comics were like this, I think there would be a lot less frustration out there.

Lucky Luke #1 (Actually #20.... thanks Cinebook) -Billy The Kid Morris Rene Goscinny This fun Western BD was a blast despite the shoddy Cinebook print quality and the confusing numbering. Europe seems to have a much better handle on the Western genre than it's home country.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin #3 Kevin Eastman, Peter Laird, & Tom Waltz Esau & Isaac Escorza This issue ALSO really doesn't push the plot forward as it's riddled with flashback scenes and exposition. Seriously, get to the point.

StarBlades Volume 1 Kyle Ritter This very late IndieGoGo comic book is very attractive and the publishing work done by AllCaps is great but..... this is another book that needs a lot of editing and is lacking in the story department.

Apple Black Volume 1 [Chapter 1] Odunze Oguguo This Manga inspired Comic book volume is an impressive effort. While it has some story problems that could be improved with a more steady pacing and clear character introductions, this is still a nice book with great manga style art.

Obviously I don't really do these videos often but, I thought it was worth answering something I saw on twitter. I could be totally in the wrong here but, as far as I know I think it's a fair comparison.

Animal Man #1 Grant Morrison Chas Truog I have been actively avoiding a lot of Grant Morrison stuff, mainly because I not a big fan but, I think this issue is a good one to go over considering it's importance in his career as a writer.

One Piece Volume 41 Eiichiro Oda I finally figure out how to shorten up these manga volume reviews as I go over One Piece volume 41. This is mostly going over Nico Robin's back story but, it serves to close the loop on some plot points while also hyping up the impeding showdown between the Straw Hats and CP9.

Amazing Fantasy #15 Stan Lee Steve Ditko This comic book that tells the origin of Spiderman and Peter Parker is both historically significant but, also very enjoyable to read. What can be said about this 11 page Classic that hasn't already been said?

Just kidding, I'll be back.

Kentaro Miura passed away yesterday. He was the creator of one of my favorite manga: Berserk. RIP and thank you for all the great books.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #20 Kevin Eastman Peter Laird Jim Lawson What starts as an apparent reunion between the turtles and an old enemy turns into a tragic last charge of a doomed warrior. This issue is visual splendor.

The New Teen Titans #34 Marv Wolfman George Perez A Titan shows their true colors and things go to a whole new level in this issue leading into the Judas Contract.

Asterix the Gaul Rene Goscinny Albert Uderzo I go over one of the highest selling and most popular comic book series in the world: Asterix. If you haven't heard of it, I don't blame you. It's success in Europe is undeniable but, Asterix is relatively unknown in America.

The New Mutants #55 Louise Simonson Bret Blevins I finally go over and Weezie New Mutants issue and of course I'm going to do the very first one. Fun issue though a bit off character in parts.

Shi: Haikyo Billy Tucci Steven Peros Gardenio Lima Haikyo feels like the middle chapters of a novel when it really needed just a little more exposition to explain and get the reader back into the story. Still good but, the editing needs some work.

One Piece Volume 40 Eiichiro Oda I tried to make a short One Piece video and ended up making a 20 minute one haha. Let me know if you guys like the art format. I always liked doing process vids.

The New Teen Titans #30 Marv Wolfman George Perez The cover is a bit misleading for this old comic as Terra joining the Titans is a rather low key event in this book. This is one of the not so great Marv Wolfman stories for me as it showcases his more convoluted storytelling and not-so-likable characterizations.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #19 Kevin Eastman Peter Laird Jim Lawson Steve Lavigne The first part of the "Return to New York" story line for the Turtles. More excellent sequential art that the turtles were known for. I do wish this issue had a lil more writing but, still good.

The Silver Surfer #4 Stan Lee John Buscema Been hearing a lot of the same hot takes about Stan Lee being a hack that just stole credit from Kirby and Ditko. Wanted to go over this issue of the Surfer to remind people, no, Stan Lee was a talented writer, storyteller, and creator.

Wetworks #1 Whilce Portacio Brandon Choi It's kind of fitting to end this series on a book quite possibly as bad as the first one in the series. This book was infamous for being late back in the days but, it really should be infamous for a being a hot mess.

Pitt #1 Brian Hotton Dale Keown Like a broken record, another Image comic with great art and bad storytelling.

Shadowbinders Volume 1 & 2 Kambrea "GeekySparkles" Pratt Thom "Kneon" Pratt The long running web comic produced by the couple that run Clownfish TV is a solid read if a bit decompressed (which its expected for the format). That being said, the amount of content for the price makes this a great book.