This is a big, heart-felt thank-you to everyone who entered last week’s Great Omnibus Giveaway! I was delighted to see so much interest in Osamu Tezuka’s Dororo, and grateful for the warm wishes from readers. Three years feels like a lifetime on the internet, and it’s heartening to know that some folks have been following [...]
FLCL Omnibus
May 15, 2012 by
By GAINAX and Hajime Ueda. Released in Japan in two separate volumes by Kodansha, serialized in the magazine Magazine Z. Released in North America by Dark Horse Comics. I recall when Tokyopop first released this manga, a number of years ago, my general reaction to it was sort of a flat ‘what’. Of course, I [...]
Honey Darling
May 14, 2012 by
Would you still respect me as a critic if I admitted that I loved Honey Darling? Before you answer that question, consider the following evidence: Exhibit A: The Cover. One of the characters is wearing cat ears and holding a cat. Gotta cover all the bases, I guess. Exhibit B: Logic-Free Plotting. Chihiro rescues a [...]
Shoujo I’m Scared Of: Sailor Moon Vol. 4
May 14, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, Vol. 4 | By Naoko Takeuchi | Published by Kodansha Comics USA | Rated: T, Ages 13+ After my aggravation over volume 3, in this volume, things start taking on a more serious angle with the remains of the team trying to make sense of new villains (Black Moon), and the [...]
New releases and a look at the American manga scene
May 14, 2012 by
Last week saw some interesting new manga releases, with vol. 5 of Sailor Moon and two intriguing new manga, Shigeru Mizuki’s NonNonBa and the first volume of Flowers of Evil. I took a look at the list at MTV Geek, and Lissa Pattillo does likewise in her latest On the Shelf column at Otaku USA. [...]
Pick of the Week: Sailor Moon & more!
May 14, 2012 by 1 Comment
We’ve got a good-sized haul coming in to Midtown Comics this week. How will the Battle Robot be spending its money?
Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, Vol. 5
May 14, 2012 by
By Naoko Takeuchi. Released in Japan as “Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon” by Kodansha, serialized in the magazine Nakayoshi. Released in North America by Kodansha Comics. Sailor Moon is at Vol. 5, and the R arc is nearing its end. Things are getting bad. Mercury, Mars and Jupiter are still abducted, Moon’s been kidnapped, and now [...]
Comic Conversion: The Baby-Sitters Club
May 13, 2012 by 6 Comments
The Baby-Sitters Club: Kristy’s Great Idea | Novel: Ann M. Martin / Scholastic | Graphic Novel: Raina Telgemeier / Graphix Kristy Thomas has a great idea — she and her friends can work together to give beleaguered a one-stop-shop for baby sitters. That’s how the Baby-Sitters Club is formed, with Mary-Anne, Claudia, and the new [...]
Links: Happy Birthday, Moto Hagio!
May 12, 2012 by
Today, May 12th, is Magnificent 49er Moto Hagio’s sixty-third birthday. Hagio made her professional debut forty-three years ago with the short story “Lulu to Mimi” (1969), which appeared in the pages of Nakayoshi. Over the next ten years, she contributed dozens of stories to shojo magazines, including “November Gymnasium” (1971), one of the first examples [...]
Rohan at the Louvre
May 11, 2012 by
In 2007, NBM Comics-Lit published Nicolas de Crecy’s Glacial Period, the first in a series of graphic novels commissioned by the Louvre Museum. The goal of Glacial Period — and the four books that followed it — was to introduce readers to the richness and complexity of the Louvre’s vast collections through a familiar medium: [...]
