Comments on: Manga Review: COWA! http://www.popcultureshock.com/cowa/43830/ Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:28:11 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: John Jakala http://www.popcultureshock.com/cowa/43830/comment-page-1/#comment-518796 John Jakala Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:48:44 +0000 http://www.popcultureshock.com/cowa/43830/#comment-518796 I agree! COWA is a lot of fun, and something that I think works for all ages. I agree with Carlo's complaints about some of the book's production values -- the paper feels cheaper somehow than what's used in other SJ manga, and the earlier chapters look like they tried to reproduce color pages in B&W so everything comes across looking flat and muddy -- but overall I think COWA strikes just the right balance between appealing to kids and appealing to adults (esp. those with kids, as you point out). And good catch about the whistling! I didn't even make the connection that Toriyama might be subtly teaching kids a skill to combat being scared of monsters. I agree! COWA is a lot of fun, and something that I think works for all ages. I agree with Carlo’s complaints about some of the book’s production values — the paper feels cheaper somehow than what’s used in other SJ manga, and the earlier chapters look like they tried to reproduce color pages in B&W so everything comes across looking flat and muddy — but overall I think COWA strikes just the right balance between appealing to kids and appealing to adults (esp. those with kids, as you point out).

And good catch about the whistling! I didn’t even make the connection that Toriyama might be subtly teaching kids a skill to combat being scared of monsters.

]]> By: jun http://www.popcultureshock.com/cowa/43830/comment-page-1/#comment-494108 jun Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:58:06 +0000 http://www.popcultureshock.com/cowa/43830/#comment-494108 You <i>do</i> make it sound awfully cute. It sounds like a good selection for a library, too. You do make it sound awfully cute. It sounds like a good selection for a library, too.

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