Comments on: For Your Consideration: 6/13/07 http://www.popcultureshock.com/for-your-consideration-61307/41978/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:19:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jon Haehnle http://www.popcultureshock.com/for-your-consideration-61307/41978/comment-page-1/#comment-102024 Jon Haehnle Tue, 19 Jun 2007 19:28:04 +0000 http://www.popcultureshock.com/for-your-consideration-61307/41978/#comment-102024 I highly recommend Death Note. Dylan's been reading it lately too. I highly recommend Death Note. Dylan’s been reading it lately too.

]]> By: Katherine Dacey-Tsuei http://www.popcultureshock.com/for-your-consideration-61307/41978/comment-page-1/#comment-102021 Katherine Dacey-Tsuei Tue, 19 Jun 2007 19:22:28 +0000 http://www.popcultureshock.com/for-your-consideration-61307/41978/#comment-102021 <i>Monster</i> (also listed as <i>Naoki Urasawa's Monster</i>) is a great potboiler set in post-unification Germany that's drawn in a crisp, naturalistic style. (Read: no saucer-eyed cutie pies!) Viz has released 8 of the total 18 volumes so far. I'd also highly recommend Tezuka's <i>Phoenix</i>. Most of the volumes are stand-alone (with the exceptions of 7-8, which should be read together), so you can read them in any order. Monster (also listed as Naoki Urasawa’s Monster) is a great potboiler set in post-unification Germany that’s drawn in a crisp, naturalistic style. (Read: no saucer-eyed cutie pies!) Viz has released 8 of the total 18 volumes so far. I’d also highly recommend Tezuka’s Phoenix. Most of the volumes are stand-alone (with the exceptions of 7-8, which should be read together), so you can read them in any order.

]]> By: Guy LeCharles Gonzalez http://www.popcultureshock.com/for-your-consideration-61307/41978/comment-page-1/#comment-102007 Guy LeCharles Gonzalez Tue, 19 Jun 2007 18:50:50 +0000 http://www.popcultureshock.com/for-your-consideration-61307/41978/#comment-102007 Considering my son has become a voracious reader whose B&N habit rivals my comics budget, you'd think I'd spend more time at the library, but I'm old school when it comes to books and still like to own them. (Webcomics and downloading comics are still a pretty foreign concept for me.) I've seen Planetes on Amazon and TokyoPop's web site, and will likely pick up a volume or two from the former the next time I place an order. Any other manga recommendations for a curious newbie in exile from spandex land? Considering my son has become a voracious reader whose B&N habit rivals my comics budget, you’d think I’d spend more time at the library, but I’m old school when it comes to books and still like to own them. (Webcomics and downloading comics are still a pretty foreign concept for me.) I’ve seen Planetes on Amazon and TokyoPop’s web site, and will likely pick up a volume or two from the former the next time I place an order.

Any other manga recommendations for a curious newbie in exile from spandex land?

]]> By: Katherine Dacey-Tsuei http://www.popcultureshock.com/for-your-consideration-61307/41978/comment-page-1/#comment-101858 Katherine Dacey-Tsuei Tue, 19 Jun 2007 12:58:49 +0000 http://www.popcultureshock.com/for-your-consideration-61307/41978/#comment-101858 Glad to see you liked <i>Planetes</i>! If you're not finding the volumes you want at Midtown, you might try amazon or Overstock.com for inexpensive copies. eBay is also a good place to look for manga, as people often sell complete sets of older series like <i>Planetes</i> at a big discount. You might even find it in the library. I don't know how good the NYPL's circulating manga collection is, but they're bound to have something. Glad to see you liked Planetes! If you’re not finding the volumes you want at Midtown, you might try amazon or Overstock.com for inexpensive copies. eBay is also a good place to look for manga, as people often sell complete sets of older series like Planetes at a big discount. You might even find it in the library. I don’t know how good the NYPL’s circulating manga collection is, but they’re bound to have something.

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