Papillon
Papillon Volumes 1-3 by Miwa Ueda Miwa Ueda is the author of fan favorite Peach Girl, so how does Papillon compare? I have to admit I only read a few volumes of Peach Girl, and I checked them out from the library years ago, so my memories of the previous series are hazy. But Papillon [...]
Banned Books Linkage
Even Banned Books Week has its detractors (surprise?) – Commentary from comics blog Robot 6 Banned Books Week, 2009 – Bookshelves of Doom provides a visual representation of how many banned books she’s read First They Come for the Guinea Pigs – Commentary and links about recent book challenges from Oz and Ends Ellen Hopkins [...]
New Web Comic: She Died In Terrebonne
From Kevin Church, who I am convinced never sleeps. She Died In Terrebonne looks like it will be an enjoyable read for people who like murder mysteries and noir.
PaperBackSwap randomness
PaperBackSwap puts little messages at the top of the page enticing readers to check out the books that are available, but this is totally random:
Viz gets Library War: Love and War
I don’t remember the last time I was so excited about a new manga license. Viz is going to put out the shoujo manga version of Library War, called Library War: Love and War. Library War is a tender love story about librarians who defend intellectual freedom with machine guns. How could any self-respecting librarian [...]
Shoujo Amethyst
I’m going to do some more posts about Amethyst in a couple weeks or so, but in the meantime to tide you over here’s a cute sketch Emily did of a shoujo-style Amethyst:
Karakuri Odette
Karakuri Odette Volume 1 by Julietta Suzuki The cover of this manga immediately captured my attention. Who was this this girl plugged into a machine with a deadpan expression on her face? When I realized that Karikuri Odette was about an android attending high school, I was a little concerned because I tend to associate [...]
Black Bird
Black Bird Volume 1 by Kanoko Sakurakoji I generally don’t pay super close attention to reviews of titles I think I’m going to end up reviewing myself, but my impression is that the reaction to Black Bird among manga blogs was decidedly mixed. Sakurokoji wrote the cute two volume series Backstage Prince, so I pre-ordered [...]
Manga in the Wild
Here’s a feel good story about a former student donating his manga collection to my old school library. You can see more reactions to the infusion of manga on the Gargoyles loose in the library blog.
Animal Academy 2 and Takeru 2
Animal Academy Volume 2 by Moyamu Fujino I’m liking this series about a human girl attending a high school for shape shifters more with the second volume. I previously reviewed volume one. The second volume shows Neko continuing to settle in at her strange new high school, with just enough mysterious happenings to keep the [...]
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