Comic & Manga Reviews
I have been told time and time again that I need to read Fables, so I finally sat down and read Fables Vol. 1. The first story is pretty interesting, but I’m thinking that either it didn’t quite live up to the hype, or I just need to keep reading. You know what it’s like when a series has been overhyped to you.
After a brief gap, the Runaways are back for volume four. Because of the events in three (you know, stopping their villain parents from taking over/destroying the world), there’s a massive power vacuum in Los Angeles, and the Runaways are determined to make a difference!
Radiant Black is another series I’ve been meaning to pick up for years, but hey, at least I’m only like, four or five years behind on this one! But seriously, I’m glad I finally sat down and gave this one a try.
After all this build-up, the Runaways finally face off against the Pride in an attempt to stop their parents from completing their goals. This is the volume you don’t want to skip to or skip over, so make sure that you make time for it. Along with everything else is an origin story for the Pride – but don’t worry, the background to them doesn’t make them anymore sympathetic, so feel free to continue hating them.
Another series I’m behind on picking up! Please don’t judge me. W0rldtr33 has been on my list since it released, because of the whole cyberpunk aesthetic. If you’ve read (watched, or played) any cyberpunk stories before, you can already see some familiar notes popping up in the description. To be clear, that isn’t a bad thing.
Teenage Wasteland continues the Runaways saga, and Brian Vaughan does not disappoint. I wouldn’t skip to volume two, as volume one has all of the vital backstory for what these kids are up to and why (though I’ll admit that a decent amount of time is spent summarizing volume one).
If you like post-apocalyptic fiction, well, I was going to say you should check out Sweet Tooth, but the odds are good that you’ve already heard of it! Once again, I am behind on the times in actually reading hit series, but at least I got there.
Can you believe it!?! The Runaways have finally (finally!) been rebooted. While many of our precious Runaway characters have appeared in other series since, this is the first time since the end of the series that we’ve seen them all in one place again, and I am so excited!
American Vampire Vol. 4 is pretty drastically different from the previous three volumes, but I don’t hate that. Once again, this series is full of surprises! This is the last volume I read during my binge session, so I’ll have to line up the next few soon.
The West Coast Avengers is a newly formed team, using an older name from the world of Marvel. The team itself is…unexpected, but actually ends up being a lot of fun. The team consists of Kate Bishop (AKA Hawkeye, also the team leader), Clint Barton (AKA Hawkeye), Gwenpool, America Chavez, Quentin Quire (AKA Kid Omega), and Johnny Watts (AKA Fuse).
Quirky Cats Comics 