News and reviews for the discerning manga fan
Soulless is saucy in the best possible sense of the word: it’s bold and smart, with a heroine so irrepressible you can see why author Gail Carriger couldn’t tell Alexia Tarabotti’s story in just one book. As fans of Carriger’s Parasol Protectorate novels know, Alexia is a sharp-tongued woman living in Victorian London — or [...]
This week’s column focuses on two new titles from the Seven Seas catalog. The first, Toradora!, is a romantic comedy based on Yuyuko Takemiya’s popular light novel series; the second, Vampire Cheerleaders, reunites Aoi House artist Shiei with writer Adam Arnold, this time for a comic horror story about a cheer squad with a very [...]
One of my New Year’s resolutions was to review a greater variety of titles than I did in 2009, when I focused primarily (though not exclusively) on seinen and shojo manga. To that end, I’m dedicating the first of this week’s Short Takes columns to two areas of the graphic novel publishing scene that don’t [...]
As 2009 demonstrated, publishers are recognizing the need for kid- and tween-friendly manga, offering a greater variety of titles for younger readers that are lighter on the profanity, sexual content, and violence that can make a series like Bleach or Naruto inappropriate for fourth-graders. While many of these manga have extensive merchandising tie-ins, publishers are [...]
This week’s column looks at three recent shojo and seinen titles. Up first: Bloody Kiss (Tokyopop), a romantic comedy about a girl who inherits a house — and two vampire roommates — from her grandmother. Also on the agenda: Maria Holic (Tokyopop), a boarding school comedy with a cross-dressing twist, and X-Men: Misfits (Del Rey), [...]
Given the current economic climate, any book with the subtitle The Last Career Guide You’ll Ever Need sounds like a worthwhile investment. Job seekers should be warned, however, that The Adventures of Johnny Bunko isn’t about crafting the perfect resume, networking, or nailing the interview, but finding a career path that suits your strengths and [...]
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