Spilled Ink Lax Sabbath – Maria the Virgin Witch By Austin Price • April 5th, 2017 Despite its many flaws, there is something inviting about Maria, something familiar and friendly that captures easy friendships and family chemistry.
Spilled Ink “Yawning at the Void” – Bungo Stray Dogs Vol. 2 By Austin Price • March 29th, 2017 “Even the most generous of audiences is unlikely to find Bungo Stray Dogs willing to return their investment.”
Spilled Ink Plot Before Character – Jonathan Hickman’s Fantastic Four By Austin Price • March 22nd, 2017 “Hickman is always building to a world-changing catastrophe, but the climax is always so emotionally empty that when it arrives it feels irrelevant.”
Spilled Ink “Every Gundam Time…” – MSG: Thunderbolt Vol.2 By Austin Price • March 1st, 2017 Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt is a tonal mess that knows irony can be used to underpin horror to shocking effect, but has no clue how or when to implement said irony.
Spilled Ink Happiness Volume 3, “My Bloody Valentine” By Austin Price • February 15th, 2017 “Oshimi has rarely shied away from analyzing what is most clearly unsettling about sexuality; now, he seems eager to explore those elements of it we obscured out of fear.”
Spilled Ink Prophecy is Revolution without Revolution By Austin Price • February 8th, 2017 “What I cannot forgive is ambition that announces itself and then never materializes.”
Spilled Ink “Silent Air” – The Girl from the Other Side Volume 1 By Austin Price • February 1st, 2017 “Few comics possess this sense of reserve and poise; few know how to capture the menace of silence so well.”
