Comments on: Weekly Recon, 12/19/07

By: Katherine Dacey-Tsuei

Katherine Dacey-Tsuei — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 02:37:04 +0000

David and Chloe:

Your suggestions are like great wine lists: both are carefully vetted selections to suit every taste and budget! I’m hoping you’ll inspire a few shoppers to dig a little deeper into their local book/comic store’s manga selection. The only title I’d add to your list is one that Erin will be plugging in our end-of-the-year wrap-up: Kyoko Ariyoshi’s gorgeously illustrated Swan, which has made me fall in love with Russian ballet music all over again. If you’re not already reading it, I’d definitely recommend it!

By: Chloe

Chloe — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 20:44:41 +0000

Impeccable taste? Me? I think of it more as “ruthless frugality” - at 10-15 bucks a pop, I better be feeling every page, or it’s not leaving the store with me. :)

By: David Welsh

David Welsh — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 16:59:11 +0000

Nuts, if my taste is so impeccable, how could I have been so stupid as to forget to put Housui Yamazaki’s delightful Mail in the paragraph on books with complete runs?

By: Katherine Dacey-Tsuei

Katherine Dacey-Tsuei — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 13:23:16 +0000

It’s worth a read. I found it a little confusing at times, but the artwork is really sharp and the storytelling pretty efficient–there aren’t any wasted panels.

By: Ken Haley

Ken Haley — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 04:32:55 +0000

I saw Guin Saga at the store the other day. Up until then I thought Vertical was just talking about softcover editions of the novels they released a while ago. Oops. :(

Still! I flipped through it and it did look pretty interesting.