There wasn’t much action in this episode, instead it focused on Iku’s relationship with her parents. There were some very cute moments as Iku tried to hide her true job from her mom and dad. Iku’s vision of her parents’ visit is terrifying:

New blog feature! Every week I will attempt to post a few scans from Amethyst Princess of Gemworld and an issue summary. Amethyst had a couple of short-lived mini-series in the 80s which detailed the adventures of an ordinary girl named Amy Winston who finds out that she’s actually a princess from a magical world. [...]

The Legend of Chun Hyang by Clamp (amazon)
I tend to enjoy most Clamp manga, but one thing that’s frustrating is the amount of unfinished series that they’ve put out. This book was so fun to read, I wish that the series had continued for more than one volume. The Legend of Chun Hyang is Clamp’s [...]

This is what I’m ordering from an online purveyor of comics in May:
Comics:
ZOT Vol. 1: Complete Black & White Stories 1987 to 1991 - I have most of the single issues for Zot! but I’m looking forward to being able to sit down and read them in a collected edition.
All Star Superman
Manga, new series:
SUGAR PRINCESS [...]

When we last saw Iku, she and the director of the Library Corps were surrounded by evil dudes! She volunteers to go along with him, and they are kidnapped.

Iron Man was really the perfect beginning to the summer movie season. I saw it Saturday and Sunday. It has been a long long time since a movie truly showcased Robert Downey Jr’s hotness. And he’s quite hot in Iron Man. It feels like something that was horribly wrong with the world has been restored. [...]

Foxy Lady Volume 1 by Ayun Tachibana (amazon)
With a title like “Foxy Lady”, I was halfway expecting this manga to be about the misadventures of an attractive woman in the 1970s. Since this is manga, the book is an example of the mystical girlfriend subgenre of shonen manga, where an ordinary schmo suddenly finds himself [...]

Free Comic Book Day is Tomorrow!
Dorian reviews a ton of the FCBD comics, so you know what to look for.
If you can’t make it out to your local comics store, you can enter online to win free comics at Yet Another Comics Blog.

This month was light on prose and heavy on manga, since I was working my way through a bunch of review copies.
Books
Bad Kitty by Michele Jaffe
Grave Peril by Jim Butcher
Manga
Emma #7
Gun Blaze West #1
Good Witch of the West #5
B.O.D.Y. #1
Blood Alone #4
ES (Eternal Sabbath) #8
Queen’s Knight #10
Nana #10
Yurara #4
Honey and Clover #1
White Night Melody #1
Tea [...]