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Manga about vikings…

This can be a good introduction to manga, especially if you like viking setting. The story has some nice features like a gradual unveiling of the situation through the whole volume and giving the reader just enough information to be intrigued. And of course interesting characters.

The art sometimes is almost as good as in Berserk—can be very detailed, shows the chaos of epic battles with a lot of sounds and things happening—,but it often has too many anime features, like faces. It’s also great at portraying snow—falling or covering everything—, seas, storms and auroras which looks unusual in black and white. The addition of maps is very nice and the action is fast-paced and has some anime features.

Overall it feels adventurous with a few funny moments, looking forward to some great story moments.

Nice YA and grim dark mix

Great intro giving a lot of information with only necessary descriptions just in 70 pages. And overall the story is fast paced and gripping and presents some twists and betrayals very early. It also features awesome, realistic action and many really different, detailed environments. Some episodes are a bit too nice, though, for example the oaths.

The main character struggles a lot and his growth is really visible and understandable, although he’s a bit too lucky but that's fine. And all the other characters are really varied and interesting. The ending is very cool and intriguing.

Can’t wait to read the whole series!

Monster horde returns

Features the same great style, atmosphere and a few cool characters from the first book and short, to the point intro—the first fight against a giant, dangerous monster is around page 50. However it feels a bit more overwhelming compared to the first book with too many events in parallel which can feel chaotic. And there’s a very annoyingly curious main character.

Even though there are still a few really large, epic battles, overall it's much less about epic and more about dramas and tragedies and mysteries about everyone. And the ending is nice, hinting at new adventures.

I hope the next book is a bit less tragic.

Miles is pretty cool for (not) a sidekick

After the previous volume with Venom this one—while featuring the same nice art style—has even more creative art choices and different panel designs with many impressive one or two page scenes.

Although overall it’s not as funny as the previous one it’s still very amazing and action-packed. Also it seems like it features every spider-man villain ever (plus Thanos).

Hope that Thor & Loki: Double Trouble is at least as good!

Venom can be funny

It’s very creative, really fun and looks fantastic with very nice two-page scenes. And there's a great one-shot included at the end with the same mood featuring a lot of spider-man related characters.

Perfect for kids and for adults who just want to have a good time without anything serious happening. Also you don't need to know anything about Marvel, spider-men, venom and whatever which is probably the best thing about this one.

Can’t wait to read the rest of the double trouble series!

From the creators of Descender and Ascender? I’m in!

The art is just fantastic—dark, blurry city views, Batman’s cape looks awesome, very nice two page panels. The main characters look a bit similar to a couple of characters from Descender but that’s fine.

Dark atmosphere and grounded fights. The story overall is nothing to write home about and some of Robin's monologues can feel simple but it works for a 12 year old super hero who tries to figure out who he is. Also there are a few other DC characters, but that's a surprise.

I need more of this art style, so I’m starting the next Ascender volume!

Frog people

Still great, unique art style with very cool depiction of the underworld, fantastic faces with all kinds of emotions and awesome action.

Also it’s still really funny and has some new character development. And there’s a great, large one shot co-written with Nicholas Eames!

Can't wait to read the next one!

Geralt tries to take up wine making

Finally a Witcher volume consisting of 5 issues instead of 4. Twisty, intriguing and dangerous story with a nice ending in a setting from the end of the third game. Although Yennefer being unable to handle a couple of bandits is unbelievable.

Art is pretty good overall with some really cool close up shots of scary, crazy faces and nice, very bloody, gory action episodes. But Yennefer’s face looks horrible.

Looking forward to more Witcher comics.

Tiny Tina is back

Interesting, kinda personal story with Borderlands style dialogues and some funny moments. Tiny Tina is great as always, but three issues is a bit short.

Art is simple but good enough—a lot of pink panels, nice transitions from the game world to the real world, all the creatures look cool, awesome snacks and cool one page scenes.

Hope to see more of these.

It’s a classic, I guess

Wait, what, a mutant with super sharp blades growing out of his hands and who can't be killed pledged against violence? This won’t end well.

The art is good enough and quite detailed most of the time, but Wolverine always has some strange look on his face and in a couple panels some details were out of focus. Dialogues and action are mostly good but to me feel a bit confusing in some places. Overall the story, atmosphere and action episodes are very dark and violent. And all the famous heroes and villains are very old which looks interesting. But the f-word is censored for whatever reason, this makes no sense here.

Also to me some character moments feel like fan service—Hulk's descendants are evil landlords, Hawkeye is blind—, maybe because of how these things are spoken instead of just shown and sometimes are even repeated. And some famous Marvel characters can be seen in the background. Although an episode featuring other hero’s suit is quite interesting and fun.

But then the villain just tells all his motivation during a fight. And that happens more than once. What? Why? I guess, it’s a feature of superhero comics.

Yeah, I’m not a Marvel fan but at least this has a more interesting setup than the movie.

Depressed Griffith can’t be a good thing

Here we meet an epic and important looking skeleton and see very depressed Griffith—which is a big contrast to his usual behavior—whose actions have a lot of consequences for everyone.

Also there’s a new, interesting, unique enemy who brings cool action with some new fighting techniques. And overall the story here is great but couple scenes are a bit too much in my opinion, maybe at least they could be shorter.

Immediately started the next volume!

A break from all the previous action

It’s all about royal court intrigues, government stuff, useless dreams and personal things. Guts finally reflects on what he’s doing with his life and what he wants.

Overall it’s pretty slow with a lot of talking or thinking and hints at some big, important events, like a quiet before the storm. The ending is great once again!

Looking forward to the eclipse, I guess.

Ice boxes and Chores

So many very detailed panels with a lot of various, interesting creatures! It’s just amazing and inspiring!

Somehow this series still manages to stay very creative and fun and to add new characters.

Can’t wait for the next volume!

Delicious baked goods and The laughing dragon

While the artwork is still very stylish and unique, it’s somehow even more detailed here.

The stories are a bit darker and less funny compared to the first volume but they’re still really creative.

Hope the series stays at least this good in the next volume!

Ice cream in a desert and old-fashioned cinema!

A collection of very creative, funny, cute and very short stories (1-7 pages) with stylish, awesome, unique art. It’s just fantastic!

What else do you need from Cuphead?

Can’t wait to read the next volume!

Geralt looking for a job

Art style here is simpler than in other Witcher comics but it's good enough. And there are some interesting, unusual features like some events in the past are mixed in with the present and other characters narrating on top of the main events.

Geralt thinks about life and is a bit angrier than usual. And there’s a nice detective episode. Overall not a lot happens here, it's more about atmosphere and looking for a purpose in life.

So it’s a good one but not as good as most other volumes.

Epic battles and a bit more of Casca’s past

We finally learn some parts about Griffith’s past and see what he’s gone through. Again he talks about his dream but we still don’t know what that is.

Also here’s a lot of action! Awesome episode where Guts and Casca fight together, giant enemies in scary-looking armour with large, super dangerous weapons. And, of course, Guts being a super cool swordsman again! (he killed just too many enemies in one fight)

And I can’t not talk about the art. Night forest panels in black and white are so unusual and nice! And there’s a shot with some maps on a table as a part of the environment and even they’re extremely detailed when they don’t have to be. And here you can really appreciate the amount of different things like armour—most of the armour pieces are different between each other and there are a lot of shots with many armoured soldiers. The art is just getting better, it’s amazing!

And the ending is really cool. I have to read the next volume immediately!!

The Classic Witcher

Starts off strong with a monster hunt and continues with nice, classic, witcher events — getting paid in a small town, interactions with royalty, Dandelion, talking with sorcerers, fighting unusual monsters and naive bandits, using a lot of signs and elixirs. And the overall setup feels pretty interesting and unique.

The ending—meaning the last two chapters—is really good and features a very unusual character and a reference to another book so a reader can understand the timeline of this story. And the epilogue tries to make the ending of The Lady of the Lake a bit more clear which works depending on your view of that ending.

So it could’ve been a good addition to The Last Wish and Sword of Destiny but there are too many unnecessary, boring and strange features. Like too much time is spent on a romance with another sorceress who is very clearly jealous about Yennefer and uses Geralt. And there are too many scene breaks, sometimes done for scenes consisting of just two or three lines and this just feels confusing to me.

And following The Lady of the Lake Sapkowski does it again but this time even bigger—a villain tells all his plans, history and problems for 8! straight pages. And then during an auction he wastes two pages to describe 7 lots with many details and how they're sold. This might be a personal nitpick but why do we need all this information?

I’ve rated this one a bit higher because of a few very nice moments—which I especially appreciate after The Lady of the Lake—but I’m probably not going to read the next one.

Epic

Still very beautiful, features weird, interesting machine world, a lot of epic scenes and two page panels.

Kinda short, though with a couple good, emotional moments.

Creative, classic sci-fi

Not another boring sci-fi about serving the army, although still describing very familiar and painful army drafting in the beginning, with a lot of fantastic features—dangerous, out of nowhere spies, simple conversations about life, a lot of really funny situations. And the harsh reality of the army service is just to the point, unlike Starship Troopers.

It’s just one old fashioned, sci-fi idea after the other in really various environments. Also some descriptions, which are very few here overall, are really imaginative.

However, the ending is a bit too rough.

Makes me want to reread The Stainless Steel Rat and other great Harrison's stories.

Robot vs Vampires

A lot more variously, beautifully coloured panels compared to the previous volume. A couple interesting flashbacks to show what some of the familiar characters were doing after Descender. And cool action with vampires.

Also there’s some mystery about Mila and a cliffhanger ending.

Three days battle in the North from Lord Grim Dark

So many various, interesting characters already in the first couple chapters and it’s so good to see how characters change as the story progresses. Also there's a very well made, kinda natural recap of the most important events from previous books. Although some characters have too many descriptions and inner monologues in their chapters.

Abercrombie captured the three days battle from every possible angle—young, scared men with no experience, generals, great swordsmen, strange and furious Northmen. You can feel the heavy atmosphere of war in the air with detailed and very helpful maps, fast, chaotic fights and, of course, fantastic chained points of view during battles. But there’s also a bit too much politics with too many names of various officers and their relationships.

It could've been a bit better, especially after the perfect Best Served Cold, but I still want to read all the spin offs.

Part four of “Geralt is actually not a witcher anymore”.

I feel that the series gets better with each book and here the story and events are the most solid and to the point. Until Dijkstra shows up (although this episode is pretty short). And as always there are a lot of points of view and time jumps, however this time around they have a little more sense, purpose and context and show the story from different angles which enriches it.

While some points of view are not too interesting or last a bit longer than needed, the episodes where Ciri tells the story from the future and first person narrative from Dandelion are the best, as we’re rarely shown their perspective. And the dialogues are really immersive most of the time—when characters don’t repeat the same thing.

Also there’s a lot of classic-witcher, visceral action moments, which also feel better than ever, but some episodes can be too brutal for some readers.

And that scene on a frozen lake is just insane.

However the ending is not satisfying, as it’s too open and there are no hints at what's happening with other characters.

So I will definitely finish the story and hope the last book is even better!

Detective Murderbot

Our beloved murderbot tries to blend in the society and struggles with new kinds of anxiety. There’s a lot of mystery and detective work here and just one action scene.

The simplicity of descriptions is kinda refreshing after most other books and reminds me of some classic sci-fi like Stainless Steel Rat. But there’s a bit too much recapping of the previous book, especially considering that they’re both pretty short.

Also it features some new, interesting sci-fi concepts like future forms of money and communication between bots. And the ending is fine, leading to the next adventure.

Wish it was a bit longer, but I'm still glad that it exists.

Epic return

Really epic intro with some well executed reminders about previous events and recaps of the past 10 years though it takes a bit of time to memorize all the character names and their relationships. Red Rising world is shown from new angles and with even more cool, unique sci-fi features while still presenting all the familiar events—betrayals. duels, heists, war, intrigues.

Features a few first person perspectives which feels unique and shows a lot of environments, situations and important characters outside of Darrow’s life. And the main characters are very different and have very different quests. Also they don't tell you their plans so you just wonder what is their mission and how they're going to do it. Although characters reflect a lot on their actions and a few chapters feel a bit too long because of that.

The ending feels like this is just the setup for the new trilogy and feels a bit sudden.

I hope I can finish the 6th book before the 7th releases.