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My Favorite Manga of 2006
December is the month when all us aspiring pundits do something particularly obnoxious: we compile “best of” lists summarizing our favorite (fill in the blank)
Looking Over the Shoulder of a Gensaku-sha
Manga-ka is a term that most Tite Kubo and Fumi Yoshinaga fans learn early in their love affair with the medium. We recognize that the
Manga Review: Hayate the Combat Butler, Vol. 1
Hayate the Combat Butler, Vol. 1 By Kenjiro Hata Viz, 182 pp. Rating: Teen+ (Older Teen) Hayate’s premise is equal parts Old Boy, Lil’ Orphan
Three by Tokyopop: 12 Days; The Dreaming, Vol. 2; Trinity Blood, Vol. 1
12 Days By June Kim Tokyopop, 208 pp. Rating: Older Teen (16+) In the abstract, 12 Days sounds like something out of a forgotten Tennessee
NY Times Pronounces CLAMP “Mothers of Manga”
There’s a brief but thoughtful piece in the Books section of today’s NY Times (11/28) about the ladies of CLAMP. (Yes–the NY Times covers manga!
NPR Catches Otaku Fever
Busting out of its middlebrow comfort zone, NPR ran two pieces of interest to manga-lovers on tonight’s edition of All Things Considered. The first was
Hiro Likes Monster
This just in: Masi Oka reads manga! And loves Monster! And is going to appear on… The View? (Can you imagine Barbara Walters talking Tezuka
Comics for Manga Lovers – November 2006
While some manga lovers routinely cross the aisle at their local comic book store to snag the latest X-Men, others run screaming from the room
Del Ray Licenses PRINCESS RESURRECTION; Undead Reportedly “Shaking in Supernatural Boots”
Blame it on Buffy. When I learned that Del Ray had just licensed a new series starring a chainsaw-wielding, tiara-wearing protagonist who dispatched the undead
Manga Review: Godchild, Vol. 3
Godchild, Vol. 3 By Kaori Yuki Viz, 200 pp. Rating: Mature Back in the summer of 2002, Wall Street Journal critic Joe Morgenstern earned my