Pick of the Week: Almost Unanimous
Despite a shipping week rich in blogger favorites, the Battle Robot’s rallies around Vertical’s latest debut with near unanimity. What looks good to you this week?
LATEST FEATURES, ESSAYS, COLUMNS, ROUNDTABLES, & REVIEWS
What Did You Eat Yesterday?, Vol. 3
Creator: Fumi Yoshinaga U.S. publisher: Vertical ISBN: 9781939130402 Released: July 2014 Original release: 2009 As a fan of Fumi Yoshinaga's manga, food, and stories with a queer bent to them, … [Read More...]
Two Harlequin Manga
I do enjoy a Harlequin manga now and then! Here are a couple random titles I bought for my kindle recently. The Venetian's Midnight Mistress by Carole Mortimer and Yuko Ichiju This was an … [Read More...]
My Week in Manga: July 14-July 20, 2014
My News and Reviews Two reviews were posted at Experiments in Manga last week, one of a manga and one not. The first review was part of my Year of Yuri monthly review project. I took a look at Milk … [Read More...]
Terra Formars, Vol. 1
By Yu Sasuga and Kenichi Tachibana. Released in Japan by Shueisha, serialization ongoing in the magazine Weekly Young Jump. Released in North America by Viz Media. I should note up front that I … [Read More...]
Tokyo Demons, Vol. 2: Add a Little Chaos
Author: Lianne Sentar Illustrator: Rem Publisher: Chromatic Press ISBN: 9780993861109 Released: October 2014 For some very silly reasons, most of which are now unclear to me, initially I was … [Read More...]
Manga the Week of 7/23
SEAN: There’s so much stuff coming out next week you’d think it was a first week of the month. Remember when Yen Press was just three or so titles a month? We’ll start off with Dark Horse, … [Read More...]
Spell of Desire, Vol. 1
Spell of Desire Volume 1 by Tomu Ohmi I am unapologetically enthusiastic about Shojo Beat's new habit of releasing slightly smutty josei manga under the Shojo Beat imprint. More josei is a good … [Read More...]
Gakuen Polizi, Vol. 1
Creator: Milk Morinaga U.S. publisher: Seven Seas ISBN: 9781626920309 Released: June 2014 Original release: 2013 I greatly enjoyed the first two manga series by Milk Morinaga to be released in … [Read More...]
UQ Holder!, Vol. 2
By Ken Akamatsu. Released in Japan by Kodansha, serialization ongoing in the magazine Weekly Shonen Magazine. Released in North America by Kodansha Comics. I still get the impression as I read this … [Read More...]
Bookshelf Briefs 7/14/14
This week, Sean and Anna look at recent releases from Viz Media and Seven Seas. Midnight Secretary, Vol. 6 | By Tomu Ohmi | Viz Media - There's still a little bit of "but I'm just his secretary" … [Read More...]
