Prince Valiant Volume 1: 1937-1938
Prince Valiant Volume 1: 1937-1938 by Hal Foster Fantagraphics is reprinting Hal Foster’s classic Sunday strip Prince Valiant in handsome hardcover editions. I’m semi-familiar with Prince Valiant because my Mom is a fan, but I don’t remember reading any of the earliest comics. It was interesting to see how the comic developed in its early [...]
Manga Series in Limbo
The perilous world of publishing sometimes leaves fans in the lurch with little explanation. I thought I’d compile a list of titles that I followed that are left hanging: Walkin’ Butterfly 4 – On the publisher’s web site it has a release date of Dec 2009, but I wonder if I’ll ever see it. It [...]
Power Pack Classic Volume 1
Power Pack Classic Volume 1 by Louise Simonson and June Brigman This is a title I read as a kid that I’m excited to see in print again. Although Power Pack has had new adventures, this trade paperback reprints the first 10 issues of the series from 1994. Alex, Julie, Jack, and Katie Power are [...]
The Photographer: Into War-Torn Afghanistan With Doctors Without Borders
by Didier Lefèvre, Emmanuel Guibert, and Ferderic Lermercier The Photographer is a stunning hybrid of photos and sequential art that tells the story of Didier Lefevre as he joins Doctors Without Borders as a photographer in Afghanistan in 1986. The story is divided up into three sections as it was originally published in France as [...]
Amethyst Princess of Gemworld #2 – Third Mini Series
In the second issue of the third mini-series Amethyst confronts Mordu, Donal finds Topaz keep changed in his absence, and Emmy gets an unwelcome surprise back on Earth. The cover of the issue shows Amethyst and Mordu gearing up for magical battle. He’s surrounded by ugly creatures of chaos while she has more elemental animals [...]
Tsubasa: Those With Wings 2 and Phantom Dream 3
Tsubasa: Those With Wings Volume 2 by Natsuki Takaya Out of the two earlier Takaya series published by Tokyopop, this is my favorite. I previously reviewed the first volume. Thief, orphan, and doer of good deeds Kotobuki and her companion Raimon continue on their journey to find the mystical beings called Tsubasa. In this volume [...]
Girls, Fandom, Twilight, and Shoujo Manga
There’s an interesting discussion going on over at Robot 6 about the recently announced Twilight manga. Although my personal reaction to the Twilight news was less than enthusiastic, I think that an adaptation of Twilight in manga format has the potential to be great for the industry, and if it does well for Yen Press [...]
Sigikki launched and Viz anime on Hulu
I don’t usually run PR notices on this site, but VIz has been doing some very interesting things recently. They’ve officially launched Sigikki, an online site devoted to seinen manga (manga generally targeted at older men). I haven’t been reading Children of the Sea online, because I had already pre-ordered my copy of the manga [...]
The Rack goes metal
The Rack discovers Detroit Metal City. There’s still time to enter my giveaway for your own copy of DMC. So far not many people have entered, I think because they are not hardcore enough to read this manga!
Boys Over Flowers #36
At 37 volumes, Boys Over Flowers is the longest manga series that I’ve collected. The upcoming 37th volume is side stories, but the main storyline wraps up in volume 36. While some manga series tend to end abruptly or take a sharp detour into WTF-land (I’m looking at you, Kare Kano), Boys Over Flowers 36 [...]
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