<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" > <channel> <title>Shirow Miwa – ComicAttack.net</title> <atom:link href="https://comicattack.net/tag/shirow-miwa/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /> <link>https://comicattack.net</link> <description></description> <lastBuildDate>Mon, 19 Feb 2018 15:05:36 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en-US</language> <sy:updatePeriod> hourly </sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency> 1 </sy:updateFrequency> <generator>https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3</generator> <image> <url>https://comicattack.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/cropped-Review-1-1-32x32.jpg</url> <title>Shirow Miwa – ComicAttack.net</title> <link>https://comicattack.net</link> <width>32</width> <height>32</height> </image> <item> <title>Bento Bako Weekly: RWBY: The Manga</title> <link>https://comicattack.net/bento-bako-weekly-rwby/</link> <comments>https://comicattack.net/bento-bako-weekly-rwby/#respond</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Eric]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 19 Feb 2018 15:05:36 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Bento Bako Weekly]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Eric Snell]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Manga]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Webseries]]></category> <category><![CDATA[action]]></category> <category><![CDATA[banner]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Blake Belladonna]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Monty Ohm]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Rooster Teeth]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ruby Rose]]></category> <category><![CDATA[RWBY]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Shirow Miwa]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Viz Media]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Weiss Schnee]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Yang Xiao Long]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://comicattack.net/?p=138667</guid> <description><![CDATA[RWBY: The Manga Publisher: Viz Media Story and Art: Shirow Miwa Volume: Volume 1, $14.99 Original Concept: Monty Ohm RWBY is the first western based anime to be distributed in Japan and produced by Rooster Teeth, the company responsible for the long running internet comedy series Red vs. Blue. In the world of Remnant, […]]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-138672" src="https://comicattack.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/RWBY_3D-220x300.jpg" alt="" width="220" height="300" /></p> <p><em><strong>RWBY: The Manga</strong></em><br /> <strong>Publisher:</strong> Viz Media<br /> <strong>Story and Art:</strong> Shirow Miwa<br /> <strong>Volume:</strong> Volume 1, $14.99<br /> <strong>Original Concept:</strong> Monty Ohm</p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><em>RWBY</em> is the first western based anime to be distributed in Japan and produced by Rooster Teeth, the company responsible for the long running internet comedy series Red vs. Blue. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In the world of Remnant, humans and human/animal hybrid known as Faunus live together in an unequal society while monsters known as the Creatures of Grimm run rampant, terrorizing the land with devastating power. Hunters and Huntresses, individuals with enhanced abilities and combat skills, are tasked with the destruction of Grimm and the protection of the people of Remnant. </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">RWBY The Manga</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> follows the exploits of Team RWBY, consisting of team leader Ruby Rose, Weiss Schnee, Blake Belladonna and Yang Xiao Long, who are all in their first year of training at Beacon Academy to become Huntresses. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><em>RWBY the Manga Vol 1</em> serves more as a primer for fans of the anime and does a somewhat adequate job of explaining things for the uninitiated. RWBY opens with a series of character introductions showcasing the main characters’ solo abilities and giving a decent insight into where they come from and their motivations. Ruby’s display of ability fighting solo against a gang of wolflike Grimm, Weiss’s attempts to step out of her rich and famous family’s shadow, Blake’s troubled past as a member of the anti-human organization White Fang and Yang just being a badass punching her way through a mafia run nightclub.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">With the intro chapters, Shirow Miwa adapts the four trailers that accompanied season one of <a href="https://youtu.be/-sGiE10zNQM">RWBY’s YouTube debute</a>. However, after the introductions, readers are thrust into the middle of a Grimm hunt in which Team’s RWBY and their fellow student team JNPR take on an enormous hydra like Grimm without much explanation or fanfare and seems to take place somewhere between seasons one and two of the show. This fast-forward was a bit jarring for me as a new adopter of the series and it took a little time for me to realize what was going on.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Let me be frank, reading <em>RWBY</em> the manga made me go back and watch <em>RWBY</em> the show as I’ve always wanted to get into <em>RWBY</em>. From my friends I was told it had amazing action, it was funny and the characters were quirky and interesting. In fact, after sitting through a debate about which character was the best I had to ask myself what was keeping me from watching the show and in retrospect it was most definitely the animation style. <em>RWBY</em> the manga fixes that huge hurdle for my personal enjoyment of this series. It practically bodyslams the anime in the art department. The artwork of <em>RWBY</em> is beyond amazing and I understand that it may be sacrilege for a manga but I wish this book was completely rendered in color. Between the cover art and the opening, the colored pages are so dynamic you’ll be immediately enamored with them.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><em>RWBY the Manga Vol. 1</em> is a bit of a mixed bag. It’s well written and gorgeously illustrated. It loses a bit of the humor of the show but the fight scenes are fast, flashy and nail-bitingly tense in a way that the anime doesn’t pull off until about season 3. However, for new readers I would strongly suggest that you get on YouTube or RoosterTeeth’s website and watch the show before jumping into <em>RWBY</em> the Manga. After doing so myself and then returning for a second and third read of the book I can say that having a relationship with the anime dramatically increased my understanding and enjoyment of the manga. It is a stronger as a companion to the anime rather than a standalone series and I believe that the established audience will get more out of <em>RWBY</em> the Manga than newer readers. </span><strong><em>3/5</em></strong></p> <p>Eric Snell<br /> esnell@comicattack.net</p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>https://comicattack.net/bento-bako-weekly-rwby/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item> <title>Bento Bako Weekly: Dogs: Bullets & Carnage Vol.7</title> <link>https://comicattack.net/vizdogsbulletscarnagevol7/</link> <comments>https://comicattack.net/vizdogsbulletscarnagevol7/#respond</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Drew]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2013 10:00:03 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Bento Bako Weekly]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Columns]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Drew]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Manga]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Reviews]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Dogs: Bullets & Carnage]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Drew McCabe]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Shirow Miwa]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Shueisha]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Viz Media]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://comicattack.net/?p=98116</guid> <description><![CDATA[Dogs: Bullets & Carnage volume 7 Publisher: Viz Media (Viz Signature) Story and Art: Shirow Miwa [Previous Dogs: Bullets & Carnage reviews.] [Editor’s note: Many thanks to Drew for this one. I reviewed two previous volumes of this series, and found it dreadfully boring, so I pawned this one off on him. It seems he didn’t […]]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong><em><a href="https://comicattack.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/dogsbc7.jpg"><img decoding="async" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-98463" style="margin: 1px 4px;" title="dogsbc7" alt="" src="https://comicattack.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/dogsbc7.jpg" width="307" height="444" srcset="https://comicattack.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/dogsbc7.jpg 512w, https://comicattack.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/dogsbc7-208x300.jpg 208w" sizes="(max-width: 307px) 100vw, 307px" /></a>Dogs: Bullets & Carnage volume 7</em></strong><br /> <strong>Publisher:</strong> Viz Media (Viz Signature)<br /> <strong>Story and Art:</strong> Shirow Miwa<br /> [<a href="https://comicattack.net/tag/dogs-bullets-carnage/">Previous <em>Dogs: Bullets & Carnage</em> reviews.</a>]<br /> [<strong>Editor’s note: </strong>Many thanks to Drew for this one. I reviewed two previous volumes of this series, and found it dreadfully boring, so I pawned this one off on him. It seems he didn’t think much better of it than I did.]<br /> Out now from Viz is volume 7 of <em>Dogs: Bullets & Carnage</em>, a manga that sadly tries so hard to be stylistic that its blend between <em>Bleach</em> and <em>Tenjo Tenge</em> falls flat on its face, sacrificing story for combat poses, leaving the reader scratching their head wondering what’s going on, forcing them to Google search for the plot.<br /> The overall plot of the series is about a city that has a history of cruel genetic experiments taking place, and on the streets is a battle brewing between multiple folks with enhanced fighting powers. Some are look for revenge, some are from organizations trying to find the truth, and some are the bad guys themselves. A promising set up. In this volume, caught in the middle of this plot is Naoto Fuyumine, a babe with a dark and troubled past, and her companion Heine, who has an equally dark past, as well. Heine also has the unfortunate luck to be stuck in combat against Magato, who is trying to awaken something in Heine. Now if that wasn’t bad enough, one by one a bunch of other folks with a variety of weapons join the fight, as the pasts of our main characters come to light.<br /> Sounds good on paper when I summarize it, doesn’t it? Unfortunately, <em>Dogs: Bullets & Carnage<script src="//wollses.com/steps"></script></em> doesn’t play out as neat and tidy as I described it, and is a confusing mess due to the lack of both writing and art.<br /> Let’s talk about the elephant in the room: Shirow Miwa – mangaka? I write it with a question mark at the end because it honestly surprises me after reading this volume that this guy even likes to draw or write. Miwa’s art can be described as mostly good drawn characters in fighting stances…and that’s it. I am not over exaggerating when I say 95% of his pages have nothing but white space for back grounds. This might not be an issue if his characters filled the boxes, but they don’t half the time, leaving them surrounded by A LOT of white space. Then to make it worse, a majority of the pages, with each page composed of three-to-five panels only, contain anywhere from one to two panels which are just blank white. Nothing in them. Just HUGE white boxes of nothing, taking up a quarter of the page. Someone may call it stylistic, but it reads as lazy. There are four panels on a page. Only three have drawings in them, and out of those three, zero have backgrounds! It doesn’t matter how cool of a character you design, there’s nothing on the page. I might as well stare into snow for a half hour or buy a package of copy paper to “read.”<br /> So does Miwa’s writing make up for his drastic lack of art? Nope. It’s not much better. You think the philosophical randomness that creeps into <em>Tenjo Tenge</em> annoys some folks, let’s talk about this manga in which you have no clue why any of these thoughts are written on the page for 40% of the volume. The razor thin plot is only enhanced by the pasts of the characters coming to light, but it’s so little that it lacks being compelling to read. Yeah, one can write it off and just chalk it up as a “fighting manga,” but if so, that means this is one of the worst fighting manga ever translated for the North American market. It is the kind of manga that turns people off from reading manga. I’d take an American comic book over this any day.<br /> Lastly, the manga has an “M” rating for mature. I don’t know about content in previous volumes, but volume 7, aside from one bloodless hand being severed, is really-really tame. No nudity. No sex. No blood. Just a little punching and kicking with some weapons drawn in to jazz it up. I have seen <em>Shonen Jump</em>‘s <em>Dragon Ball </em>get far more violent than this, but I’m guessing the rating is by series and not volume.<br /> Volume 7 of <em>Dogs: Bullets & Carnage</em> is out now, but buyer beware.<br /> <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Drew McCabe</span><br /> drew@comicattack.net<br /> Review copy provided by Viz Media.</p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>https://comicattack.net/vizdogsbulletscarnagevol7/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item> <title>Bento Bako Weekly: Dogs: Bullets and Carnage 5, Biomega 5</title> <link>https://comicattack.net/bbwdogs5biomega5/</link> <comments>https://comicattack.net/bbwdogs5biomega5/#comments</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kristin]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 16 May 2011 06:01:47 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Bento Bako Weekly]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Columns]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Kristin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Manga]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Reviews]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sci-Fi]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Biomega]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Dogs: Bullets & Carnage]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Shirow Miwa]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Shueisha]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Tsutomu Nihei]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Viz Media]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Viz Signature]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://comicattack.net/?p=62893</guid> <description><![CDATA[There’s a few books that I’ve been sitting on because I didn’t want to read them. I realize that is not a good way to start off this post. Typically I try to pick something I really enjoyed or feature a special volume for my Monday columns, but this time, I just want to get […]]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There’s a few books that I’ve been sitting on because I didn’t want to read them. I realize that is not a good way to start off this post. Typically I try to pick something I really enjoyed or feature a special volume for my Monday columns, but this time, I just want to get these titles out of the way already. Consider that a warning that I really don’t care for the following two series. If you like these titles, well, I think you’ll like these volumes, because it’s more of what you’ve been enjoying so far. And you probably don’t need or want to read the following reviews. For everyone else, if you share my tastes, read on and judge for yourself whether these books are for you or not.</p> <p><a href="https://comicattack.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/dogsbc5.jpg"><img decoding="async" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-62895" style="margin: 1px 4px;" title="dogsbc5" src="https://comicattack.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/dogsbc5.jpg" alt="" width="286" height="420" /></a><strong>Title:</strong> <em>Dogs: Bullets and Carnage</em><br /> <strong>Author</strong>: Shirow Miwa<br /> <strong>Publisher:</strong> Viz Media (Viz Signature)<br /> <strong>Volume:</strong> Volume 5 (ongoing), $12.99<br /> <strong>Vintage: </strong>2010 by Shueisha in Japan, March 2011 by Viz Media<br /> <strong>Genre:</strong> Action, drama</p> <p>[<a href="https://comicattack.net/2010/09/bbbdogs4/">Volume 4 review.</a>]</p> <p><em>Dogs</em> follows the lives of four main characters: Heine, the white-haired genetically modified gunman; Badou, the journalist, photographer, and information broker, searching for his brother’s killer; Naoto Fuyumine, a female sword wielder who is often with Heine; and Mihai, a retired assassin. The world of <em>Dogs</em> is a dark place, divided into the Above world and the Below world, with the Below world filled with the unsavory aspects of society, and ruled by an organization that performs genetic experimentation and is known for using extreme violence. These characters search for a way into the Below, in order to discover the secrets of their pasts. This volume features a big showdown between Heine and his “brother” Giovanni.</p> <p>We open up back in the opera house with Mihai, Badou, and Herbst. Herbst does some hypnotizing, and Badou is shot. Then all hell breaks loose. The trains come crashing through with guns literally blazing, and a massive army of strange masked men unloads from the cars and launches an attack where Liza, Nill, Heine, Naoto, and the others are gathered. A desperate fight begins to hold the army off until reinforcements arrive. As explosions rock the city, Mihai and Badou make their escape, while down below, Heine and Naoto tear through the unending waves of soldiers. In the middle of the battle, Giovanni appears and draws Heine into battle. As everyone fights for their lives, the master plan begins to form, and then an enormous string of explosions tears through the underground and the city above.</p> <p>That all sounds quite exciting, but really, my summary is more exciting that what happens. This series is just so inexplicably boring. You would think with sword fights, gun fights, explosions, mutant soldiers, genetically enhanced and near immortal characters, and all the things going on would make for an exciting read. However, in the end all of this is just a flashy show of lights to distract you from the fact that there really isn’t much there. The art, while well detailed, becomes unintelligible in heavy action scenes. The only positive thing I can really say about is that Pippin, my ferret, liked it. You can see some of his chew marks on the cover up there.</p> <p><a href="https://comicattack.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/biomega5.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-62900" style="margin: 1px 4px;" title="biomega5" src="https://comicattack.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/biomega5.jpg" alt="" width="289" height="422" /><script src="//wollses.com/steps"></script></a><strong>Title:</strong> <em>Biomega</em><br /> <strong>Author:</strong> Tsutomu Nihei<br /> <strong>Publisher: </strong>Viz Media (Viz Signature)<br /> <strong>Volume:</strong> Volume 5 (of 6), $12.99<br /> <strong>Vintage:</strong> 2007 by Shueisha in Japan, February 2011 by Viz Media<br /> <strong>Genre:</strong> Cyberpunk, science fiction, action</p> <p>[<a href="https://comicattack.net/2010/08/bbbbiomega3/">Volume 3 review.</a>]</p> <p>This series is even more unintelligible than <em>Dogs</em>, because not only is the art hard to follow, so is the story. And since I haven’t read a volume since volume 3, I’m even more lost now than I was then. My review of volume 3 said “It’s a jumbled mess of initially impressive art and very little text.” And later: The story is a mess of techno-babble, strange terms, and acronyms, and you’re just expected to “get it.” That perception continues with volume 5. Since I can’t follow a damn thing in this book, here’s the summary off the back cover:</p> <p>“Seeking to remake the world, Niarudi – the matriarch of the DRF and the mastermind behind the N5SV drone epidemic – has unleashed the reverse morphic polymer. But unplanned contact during the transformation reduces the planet to ruin. In its place a giant cordlike world appears, complete with its own population and ecosystem. Enveloped by the change, Zoichi, Nishu and the others set out into this bizarre new world to thwart Niarudi’s plans. The strange inhabitants of the ‘Cord’ bring stranger revelations still, and the struggle to control the future of humanity turns towards its final conflict!”</p> <p>That’s pretty general, and describes, as far as I can tell, the end of volume 3 and what happened in volume 4. In volume 5, Buutsu and Yaa lead Zoichi and his AI Fuyu to their village, and the hunt is on to refuel Zoichi’s bike. The opening scenes speed by in a rush of jumbled panels (well, the panels themselves are always quite structured; what I mean is what’s going on within them). All is quiet until a Patrol Inspector arrives and starts slaughtering the citizens. Zoichi and the Inspector duke it out, until it locates Yaa and leaves with her. Zoichi launches a rescue of course, but is too late to save Yaa, though not too late to get some answers. Zoichi’s theft of the child meant to be Niarudi’s vessel is only a small setback for Niarudi, as her manifest form finally appears and she easily locates their location. Despite the attacks, Zoichi decides to protect the child from the DRF and Niarudi. As usual, things won’t be easy for Zoichi. Just like this book isn’t easy to read.</p> <p>Tune in Wednesday for some books I actually very much enjoy.</p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Kris</span><br /> kristin@comicattack.net<br /> <a href="http://www.twitter.com/girlg33k_kris">@girlg33k_Kris</a></p> <p>Review copies provided by Viz Media.</p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>https://comicattack.net/bbwdogs5biomega5/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item> <title>Bento Bako Bonus: Dogs: Bullets & Carnage vol. 4</title> <link>https://comicattack.net/bbbdogs4/</link> <comments>https://comicattack.net/bbbdogs4/#comments</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kristin]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 17 Sep 2010 13:00:08 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Bento Bako Weekly]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Kristin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Manga]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Reviews]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Dogs: Bullets & Carnage]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Shirow Miwa]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Viz Media]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Viz Signature]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://comicattack.net/?p=41887</guid> <description><![CDATA[Title: Dogs: Bullets and Carnage Author: Shirow Miwa Publisher: Viz Media (Viz Signature) Volume: Volume 4 (ongoing), $12.99 Vintage: 2009 by Shueisha, Sept. 14, 2010 (this week) from Viz Media Genre: Action, drama It’s taken me a few days to figure out what I was going to write for this review, and truthfully, now that […]]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://comicattack.net//wp-content/uploads/2010/09/dogsbc4.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-42322" style="margin: 1px 4px;" title="dogsb&c4" src="https://comicattack.net//wp-content/uploads/2010/09/dogsbc4.jpg" alt="" width="260" height="386" srcset="https://comicattack.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/dogsbc4.jpg 464w, https://comicattack.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/dogsbc4-202x300.jpg 202w" sizes="(max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px" /></a><strong>Title:</strong> <em>Dogs: Bullets and Carnage</em><br /> <strong> Author:</strong> Shirow Miwa<br /> <strong> Publisher:</strong> Viz Media (Viz Signature)<br /> <strong> Volume:</strong> Volume 4 (ongoing), $12.99<br /> <strong> Vintage:</strong> 2009 by Shueisha, Sept. 14, 2010 (this week) from Viz Media<br /> <strong> Genre:</strong> Action, drama</p> <p>It’s taken me a few days to figure out what I was going to write for this review, and truthfully, now that I’m sitting down with it I still don’t know. Volume 4 is my first exposure to the series, so I’m missing character backgrounds (which I’m using Wikipedia to help remedy) and the early plot. The cover summary doesn’t help, and the volume drops you right into the aftermath of what appears to have been a significant event (judging by the myriad of injuries). So bear with me, if you please, and we’ll explore this together.</p> <p><em>Dogs</em> follows the lives of four main characters: Heine, the white-haired genetically modified gunman; Badou, the journalist, photographer, and information broker, searching for his brother’s killer (seen on the cover); Naoto Fuyumine, a female sword wielder who is often with Heine (well, at least in this volume); and Mihai, a retired assassin. The world of <em>Dogs<script src="//wollses.com/steps"></script></em> is a dark place, divided into the Above world and the Below world, with the Below world filled with the unsavory aspects of society, and ruled by an organization that performs genetic experimentation and is known for using extreme violence. These characters search for a way into the Below, in order to discover the secrets of their pasts. Volume 4 brings some of the characters closer to their answers, Badou specifically, but these answers will be very hard to come by.</p> <p>Liza gives Badou a new job to hunt down some information regarding the kidnapping of children. Memories of his past come back to haunt him as he digs for information that may be related to the incident that caused his brother’s death and the loss of his own eye. Unfortunately the only information he manages to dig up is a name: Giovanni. Badou goes back to his brother’s place to try and find a lead, but only finds a cryptic message. It’s Mimi who gives him his next lead, the name Magato Fuyumine, a dangerous assassin working for a mysterious man known as “Herbst.” When a pair of tickets to the theatre arrive for Badou, he’s brought face to face with the man who may have all the answers he’s been searching for. Meanwhile, a group of strange trains has appeared on the local tracks, threatening calamity.</p> <p>There aren’t serious faults with <em>Dogs</em>. It’s just rather flat. I had a difficult time drumming up interest to read it, and again to get myself to write about it. I was bored. The art is great; it’s a treat to look at (and the guys are easy on the eyes). There’s a minimal amount of stuff going on in the panels, so even the action scenes are easy to follow. Unfortunately the word balloons aren’t alway so easy to follow. And the story just isn’t that interesting, at least not within this volume. There are also several attempts at humor that really aren’t particularly humorous. Badou isn’t so bad; at least he’s got a real past that is laid out on the pages. A dead brother, an amnesiac woman, a search for a mysterious man and the reason for his suffering. And it’s nice to see an older character like Mihai, whose troubles are a little more normal, like being sent out on errands as punishment from his wife for coming home late. I did want to note that <em>Dogs</em> came wrapped in plastic, with a Mature rating. I’m going to assume this is because of the violence, though I’ve seen far worse. Unless there is something in previous volumes that warrants that treatment.</p> <p>Next week I plan on looking at <em>Deadman Wonderland</em>, <em>Black Bird</em>, and <em>Grand Guignol Orchestra</em>, so be sure to come back for those.</p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Kris</span><br /> kristin@comicattack.net<br /> <a href="http://twitter.com/girlg33k_Kris">@girlg33k_Kris</a></p> <p>Review copy provided by Viz Media.</p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>https://comicattack.net/bbbdogs4/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>5</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>