Quick Thoughts: Umbrella Academy Dallas

The Umbrella Academy was a gateway drug for me into the world of independent comics. Written by MCR frontman and goth cult icon Jared Way, The Umbrella Academy built a surreal world of apes and monsters heading towards an impending destruction, that could only be saved by a dysfunctional family of supers reuniting. It has been …

One Piece Color Walk 1+ 2 Review

One Piece is an anime series that likes to take it's characters to new places with new things to see. In every arc, there are new characters, new pirates to beat up, and new places to explore each with their own theme and colour palate. Suffice to say an anime series based off a manga …

Quick Thoughts: Batgirl #36 and #37

I would never identify myself as a comic buff. I've dabbled in Ultimate Spiderman for a bit as a teenager and watched my fair share of 90's comic book cartoons but my interest peaked with Mark Miller's Kick Ass. I never had too much interest for DC's line of masked crusaders, preferring Marvel's line fantastical supers. Batgirl …

Udon’s Art of Capcom Complete Edition Review

Udon has been around for 14 years, working closely with Capcom to produce comics, art books, and video games and bring us closer to our favourite franchises. I've been a fan of Udon ever since Kotaku wrote a post about their first art book Udon's Art of Capcom. It was big, bold, and showed that …

Quick Thoughts: Batgirl #35

I love tumblr. It's a place where I can get awesome fan art for my favourite shows, links to interesting articles, and the latest pieces from my favourite content providers. Recently the new Batgirl redesign has been doing its rounds with many comments being extremely positive and I have to agree. She looks cute and …

September Sakura: Street Fighter Legends: Sakura Review

The Street Fighter Legends series serves as side stories to the main story line being crafted by Udon based on the popular Capcom fighting games. Each character got four issues and a trade paper back. What I like about the Legends series is that its fun. There's no world ending story or deep meaning behind …

September Sakura: Street Fighter Sakura Ganbaru! Volume 2 Review

Mike Zaimont, creator of the indie game Skullgirls, when asked why he didn't change the name of game since there were two male DLC characters, responded "the same way Capcom can still call it 'Street Fighter' when they fight inside" And its true. For all the Street Fighting Street Fighter boasts, there's not a lot of …

September Sakura: Street Fighter Sakura Ganbaru! Volume 1 Review

Street Fighter is very accepting in terms of allowing people to participate in it's world championship tournaments. Not to the extent of Tekken by allowing animals to compete but still, Street Fighter accepts fighters from all walks of life, fighting style, gender, and sexuality. But I would've thought they'd at least set an age bracket for …

Marvel vs. Capcom Official Complete Works Review

I've always been a fan of fighting games but more so the graphics. Pixel perfect key frames, fluid animation, and a large influence from manga and anime made it just as fun to look at, as it was to play. I consider Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes the pinnacle of fighting game …

Seconds Review

Seconds is the third graphic novel by Bryan Lee O'Malley and seems to be marketed after the widely successful Scott Pilgrim series, his second graphic novel. Keeping a lot of details in the dark and only revealing brief snapshots of the art, Seconds had me feeling cautious but curious. I'm a creature of habit and relish …