Which World Trigger Squad Has the Best Jacket?

I've said this many times but World Trigger has without a doubt the blandest aesthetic I have ever seen in a manga series. Author Daisuke Ashihara chose to go with a more realistic approach resulting in its massive cast of characters all being distinguished by their fairly uninteresting brown or black hair styles which are of course in a black and white comic. The more characters that get introduced to the ever-growing cast, the harder it is to tell them apart. Luckily, there's one way to tell most of them apart: they all wear different jackets.

The World Has to Know About This Yo-Yo Book

It has been over two and a half years since I reviewed a comic. Every since then, my Review Policy has warned creators not to send me their comic for review unless it was the best comic released in two and a half years. Since then I've basically retired from blogging, only popping in a few times a year. But that's going to change in 2024. Because the world has to know about so many comics, games, and more. Because the world has to know about this yo-yo book.

Even More Comics for Kids

It's that time of year again. One of my local mom friends was looking for graphic novel suggestions for their kid and after talking for like an hour I was like, "Hey, why don't I just publish this?" So here we are. Read on to check out some of my more recent favorite comics for kids.

Does the Original Dragon Ball Manga Hold Up?

Like many anime fans I remember watching Dragon Ball on Toonami in the early 2000s. But it wasn't until recently that I sat down and read the entire original manga from beginning to end. I loved the Dragon Ball anime when I was a kid, but never read more than the first chapter of the original manga. So I had to ask myself: Does the Dragon Ball manga still hold up?

How Will World Trigger End?

Today marks the 10th anniversary of World Trigger's first chapter in Weekly Shonen Jump. It's a huge achievement for any comic series to run as long as World Trigger has, and that's all thanks to the dedication of an author that won't stop and fans that will are willing to see this masterpiece through to the end. But that begs the question: how exactly will it end?

Dear Publishers: Stop putting "#1" in your one-shots

Has this ever happened to you? You’re standing in your local comic shop and a new title catches your eye. You pick it up, take it home, give it a read, and very much enjoy it. A month later, the second issue isn’t in stock. You ask the owner and check online and discover the dark truth: there is no #2. The issue you read is the first and only issue in the so-called series. You go home, stare silently into the mirror, and ask yourself: "What the hell?"

More Comics For Kids

Way back in 2019 I wrote this guide recommending some comics for kids. Every now and then I'd go back and update it by expanding titles I finally read or outright removing titles that weren't comics in the first place. Well things have happened in my life and suddenly I am way more savvy when it comes to comics for kids, so here's a bunch more.