Minima! Volume 1
Minima! 1 by Machiko Sakurai (amazon) Minima! is a shojo series with an interesting twist. The series opens with a scene from the future where a woman is getting married. A tiny animal sits in the church wearing a tuxedo. In the present day Ame has a pathological case of shyness at school. She greets [...]
Yen Plus Magazine – Good Choice for Libraries?
One thing that I’ve been wondering is how many libraries will decide to subscribe to the new Yen Plus Magazine. The price point is much higher than Shonen Jump and Shojo Beat, but on the other hand Yen Plus features a bunch of series that the typical library reader might not be familiar with. It [...]
Drawing Words and Writing Pictures
Drawing Words and Writing Pictures Making Comics: Manga, Graphic Novels, and Beyond (Paperback) by Jessica Abel and Matt Madden (amazon) Drawing Words and Writing Pictures is a art class in a book, giving an overview of the process of creating comic books. It is divided up into themed chapters, so budding comics creators can explore [...]
Libraries & Comica
A couple quick links to some library related commentary from the blogosphere: Get Over Yourself – Manga Xanadu reacts to a story about a kid checking out mature manga from a library. Really, if more parents had an approach like hers, there would be way fewer library challenges. Circulatory systems – Precocious Curmudgeon lists 5 [...]
Honey Hunt
Although Hot Gimmick is widely referred to as the manga of feminist shame among some blogs, I still hold some fondness for the series despite not liking the way it ended very much. Miki Aihara is a master at writing gripping soap operas about downtrodden heroines. So I was excited when I saw the latest [...]
Bogle
Bogle Bogle Volume 1 by Shino Taira and Yuko Ichiju (amazon) One of the nice things about manga is there are so many subgenres. Manga has you covered if you like reading about fighting priests, vampire vampire hunters, warped student-teacher relationships, girls with magical transforming powers, or high school students forced to cross-dress for inexplicable [...]
Some Utah Ephemera
Take a look at this lovely business card:
New Post up at WFA
I’m trying to get back into the swing of things with regular manga linkblogging, there’s a new post up at WFA.
Zot!: The Complete Black and White Collection
Zot!: The Complete Black and White Collection: 1987-1991 by Scott McCloud (amazon) I just finished reading Zot!: The Complete Black and White Collection and was reminded again why Zot! has always been one of my favorite comic books. It is funny that now Scott McCloud is more well-known for being a comics pundit than for [...]
Comic-Con and Sexual Harassment
John DiBello is Bully’s friend. He wrote a piece about some of his experiences at San Diego Comic-Con: Overheard at San Diego Comic-Con while I was having lunch on the balcony of the Convention Center on Sunday July 27: a bunch of guys looking at the digital photos on the camera of another, while he [...]
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