Comments on: For Your Consideration: 7/5/07 http://www.popcultureshock.com/for-your-consideration-7507/42176/ cuz this geek shit is so damn cool Mon, 08 Sep 2008 18:32:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: SKleefeld http://www.popcultureshock.com/for-your-consideration-7507/42176/#comment-110897 SKleefeld Fri, 06 Jul 2007 17:05:15 +0000 #comment-110897 Guy, I also picked up Earthlight this week and was quite impressed. I'll blog a review of it sometime in the next day or three. Guy, I also picked up Earthlight this week and was quite impressed. I’ll blog a review of it sometime in the next day or three.

]]> By: Katherine Dacey-Tsuei http://www.popcultureshock.com/for-your-consideration-7507/42176/#comment-110566 Katherine Dacey-Tsuei Thu, 05 Jul 2007 23:03:20 +0000 #comment-110566 One of the best titles in Tokyopop's OEL catalog is Queenie Chan's <i>The Dreaming</i>. The first two volumes are available now, and the third and final one will be published in the fall. It does take place at a girls' boarding school in the Australian outback (you've been warned!), but it looks great and tells a good, creepy yarn. (Another plus: no panty shots!) I'd also recommend June Kim's one-volume <i>12 Days</i> and Brandon Graham's brand-new sci-fi series <i>King City</i>. Two other short series I'd recommend: Keiko Takemiya's <i>To Terra</i>, a three volume mash-up of <i>Star Wars</i>, <i>Star Trek</i>, and <i>2001</i> from Vertical, and <i>Mail</i>, a three volume psychological thriller published by Dark Horse. One of the best titles in Tokyopop’s OEL catalog is Queenie Chan’s The Dreaming. The first two volumes are available now, and the third and final one will be published in the fall. It does take place at a girls’ boarding school in the Australian outback (you’ve been warned!), but it looks great and tells a good, creepy yarn. (Another plus: no panty shots!) I’d also recommend June Kim’s one-volume 12 Days and Brandon Graham’s brand-new sci-fi series King City.

Two other short series I’d recommend: Keiko Takemiya’s To Terra, a three volume mash-up of Star Wars, Star Trek, and 2001 from Vertical, and Mail, a three volume psychological thriller published by Dark Horse.

]]> By: Guy LeCharles Gonzalez http://www.popcultureshock.com/for-your-consideration-7507/42176/#comment-110505 Guy LeCharles Gonzalez Thu, 05 Jul 2007 19:56:14 +0000 #comment-110505 @Kate: Thanks for the background on Berserk. Assuming the first volume kicks off that way, it sounds like I'd have gotten that impression from a quick flip-through and passed, but I trust your judgement and won't even bother with it. @Jon: Death Note is actually another one I'm intending to flip through but I forgot it on my list there. Thanks! One of the things that's kept me from jumping into manga more fully is the daunting feeling I get whenever I look at the shelves at Midtown and see double-digit volumes for so many series, especially with the tendency for any ongoing series to sag at some point down the line. It's one reason the newer OEL stuff has had more appeal at first glance, but I haven't had a lot of luck with most of my somewhat random selections to-date and I want to be open to anything that might be good, regardless of how long it's been around. @Kate: Thanks for the background on Berserk. Assuming the first volume kicks off that way, it sounds like I’d have gotten that impression from a quick flip-through and passed, but I trust your judgement and won’t even bother with it.

@Jon: Death Note is actually another one I’m intending to flip through but I forgot it on my list there. Thanks!

One of the things that’s kept me from jumping into manga more fully is the daunting feeling I get whenever I look at the shelves at Midtown and see double-digit volumes for so many series, especially with the tendency for any ongoing series to sag at some point down the line. It’s one reason the newer OEL stuff has had more appeal at first glance, but I haven’t had a lot of luck with most of my somewhat random selections to-date and I want to be open to anything that might be good, regardless of how long it’s been around.

]]> By: Jon Haehnle http://www.popcultureshock.com/for-your-consideration-7507/42176/#comment-110440 Jon Haehnle Thu, 05 Jul 2007 17:55:20 +0000 #comment-110440 At the risk of sounding like a broken record: Death Note, damnit! Death Note! At the risk of sounding like a broken record: Death Note, damnit! Death Note!

]]> By: Katherine Dacey-Tsuei http://www.popcultureshock.com/for-your-consideration-7507/42176/#comment-110405 Katherine Dacey-Tsuei Thu, 05 Jul 2007 16:32:36 +0000 #comment-110405 If I had to choose from your list, I'd buy <i>Bizenghast</i>. I think you'll find <i>Berserk</i> is guilty of many of the same things you object to in the DC/Marvel catalog, including some reprehensible scenes of violence against women. Not one of my favorites. If you're looking for something with great artwork and plenty of action (but nothing that will make you want to roll your eyes), I'd recommend another Dark Horse title, <i>Shaman Warrior.</i> Or you might want to check out Hiroki Endo's <i>Eden: It's An Endless World</i>, a beautifully illustrated sci-fi scenes in which a lot of stuff blows up. If I had to choose from your list, I’d buy Bizenghast. I think you’ll find Berserk is guilty of many of the same things you object to in the DC/Marvel catalog, including some reprehensible scenes of violence against women. Not one of my favorites.

If you’re looking for something with great artwork and plenty of action (but nothing that will make you want to roll your eyes), I’d recommend another Dark Horse title, Shaman Warrior. Or you might want to check out Hiroki Endo’s Eden: It’s An Endless World, a beautifully illustrated sci-fi scenes in which a lot of stuff blows up.

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