Review - Art of King of Fighters book
David Rasmussen, 20th Sep 08
When it comes to reviewing titles the easiest thing to review should be, by all rights, an Art Book. It’s just images, right? Well… a good art book should be more than just pretty pictures (if you remember my review of World of Disgaea then you remember why I praised that to a 5 out of 5)... Huh? Why did I like The World of Disgaea so much? Mostly because it was an art book, a sourcebook of the original Disgaea video game, and full of interesting content to boot! So when I got ahold of The King of Fighters Art Collection I was interested in ...

Review - Mamoru : Shadow Protector Volume 1
David Rasmussen, 20th Sep 08
It seems we’ll never get over this genre, one of over a dozen that sticks to us like ribs to our innards after a binge eating feast of BBQ. By that I mean the romantic comedy genre between beautiful seemingly inaccessible female and seemingly dull boy who turns out to be more than people suspect. In this case the dull male in question is one Mamoru Kagemori. Dull doesn’t seem to go far enough to speak of this swirly eyeglass wearing bookworm type, only he’s more than the sum of his appearance as he turns out to be the eldest son of a 400 yea...

Review - Pirates vs. Ninjas : Global Harming
David Rasmussen, 20th Sep 08
How the heck did things change so drastically between Ghost and Global! Pirates vs. Ninjas: Global Harming 300 Million B.C. is the first title of the franchise to earn the sad sad distinction of sucking so utterly. HOW!! After so much praise I suppose the title had to hit a road bump sooner or later, but still it is abit sad to see the title get roughed up like this! The issue covers the so called “Great War of Gold” in the year 300,000,000 B.C… so, uh… somebody is stretching long and hard for content? Was traditional sword and stealth fun ...

Review - Four Constables : Secret of the Delirium Dagger Volume 1
David Rasmussen, 20th Sep 08
Back in Ancient China four great detectives worked the mean streets of China… only don’t think Sherlock Holmes as these detectives carry a license to kick butt and take no names. Yes, back in the days of great heroes, evil villains, great battles… and cannon fodder for movies starring Jet Li, Chow Yun Fat, Jackie Chan and so forth. Let’s see… so how long do we have to wait again before this gets picked up by a Chinese production house for a film treatment again? Joking aside if you are a fan of the martial arts mayhem of Chinese Manhua th...

Review - Twilight X Volume 2
David Rasmussen, 20th Sep 08
Welcome to the lighter side of the apocalypse. Referenced from time to time in different Antarctic Press titles (like Gold Digger for instance), you’ve probably wondered what’s up with this whole Twilight X title… right? Well I have, I have. And now… now I know. From Joesph Wight, Twilight X takes place after 11 years of World War III, leaving the Earth in bad shape. The back of the book tells you how the survivors of the third world war have been left to struggle against hostile forces fighting over the remains of civilization, but for the...

Article - Best Manga of 2007 Voting
David Rasmussen, 27th Jan 08
Here we go again! (NOTE - If the category has the word WINNER on it it means that category has already been resolved. No need to vote on that one.) PM me here to vote for Best of 2007, or e-mail me at darkeraven07@gmail.com! (Header - Best of 2007 Voting) Deadline is the weekend of the Academy A...

Article - The Best & Worst of Manga & AmeriManga 2007
David Rasmussen, 19th Jan 08
Once again another year has come and gone, time to see what was the best and worst of the year. First off AmeriManga, and the best and worst…. Starting with the worst. Worst AmeriManga of 2007 Antarctic Press’ Final Girl To the least effective horror title of 2007, with the lea...

Article - First Look at Archangel (The Comic and the Controversy)
David Rasmussen, 29th Dec 07
It took a little looking, but thanks to Reuters News Service from New York and Fixed Noise… I mean FOX News… here’s your first look at the controversial anti-sex predator comic “Archangel”. If you were to tell me that the New York Roman Catholic Archdiocese were using a comic slash coloring book ...

Article - Who Wants To Be A Superhero? Featuring Feedback
David Rasmussen, 27th Aug 07
Oh, bah humbug. Sci-Fi Channel is dipping back into the comics again. Or at least I think they’ve been doing it again. I haven’t been in the mainstream much so I have no idea if Sci-Fi Channel is even trying to do anything in comics since… since… well I haven’t seen anything I really had a lot to s...

Article - An Open Letter to ADV
David Rasmussen, 25th Jun 07
Yes, technically speaking between 2005 and 2007 ADV didn’t vanish off the face of the Earth. It might as well have though if you happened to have been one of the fans of such and such a title that went on “permanent hiatus” between the two years. Aria, Gunslinger Girl, Desert Coral, whatever. Of c...