Today I’m looking at a couple of recent series published by CMX.
Time Guardian by Daimuro Kishi and Tamao Ichinose (amazon.com)
Miu is an ordinary high school student, having problems managing her time taking tests. One day she accidentally stumbles across a curious shop. At the Kusaka Time Shop time is loaned out to whoever needs […]

Rachmaninoff had big Hands {via my Dad}

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Tail of the Moon by Rinko Ueda, #1-4 (amazon.com)
Usually I tend to know what manga I’m interested in following before the first volume is published, so I tend to be resigned to reading a series very slowly as new volumes are translated. So it is a nice change to be able to go on […]

Peanuts Library Strips over at Scans Daily shows some nice early cartoons of Linus being traumatized by going to the library.

In the Pew Quiz I scored as a “Lackluster Veteran,” I guess because I’m not overwhelmingly enthusiastic about technology even though I use it all the time. I don’t really see why I should value my cell phone all that much. Hmmm.
Basic Description
Lackluster Veterans have the necessary gadgets for the information age, such as a […]

Two of the manga that I’ve read recently feature vampires and their crazy animal companions, although they differ in tone.
Millennium Snow by Bisco Hatori (amazon.com)
Millennium Snow is by the author of Quran High School Host Club, and while it does feature the occasional bit of slapstick humor, it doesn’t begin to approach the zaniness […]

I got a hot tip from a reader about this most excellent Webseum of Pocket Protectors. I like the Robin Hood one.

Twelve Kingdoms Volume 1: Sea of Shadow by Fuyumi Ono(amazon.com)
The anime series Twelve Kingdoms is a bit of an anomaly - it starts out looking like it is going to be a typical magical girl story, but the series ends up dwelling more on interlocking stories among a large cast of characters and the geopolitics […]