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High School of the Dead

by Site Owner | Jul 6, 2012 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Comics & Graphic Novels

By Daisuke Sato, Art by Shouji Sato Yen Press, $13.99, 160 pages Teenagers face life and death situations in high schools and malls all the time, but usually nothing like this. Japan faces a monster problem, but it’s not the usual kaiju; zombies have come from...

Gandhi: A Manga Biography

by Site Owner | Nov 3, 2011 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Biographies & Memoirs, Comics & Graphic Novels, History

by Kazuki Ebine Penguin, $15.00, 210 pages Kazuki Ebine’s Gandhi: a Manga Biography is lovely. I am impressed with Ebine’s black and white art, his art is evocative and conveys a gravity to characterization in a manner similar Sir Richard Attenborough’s classic 1982...

Itsuwaribito Volume 1

by Site Owner | Oct 5, 2011 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Comics & Graphic Novels

by Yuuki Iinuma Viz Media, $9.99, 192 pages Lying for a good reason is usually a contradiction in terms. An Itsuwaribito is a person who steals through bullying, lying, and sneaking, exactly what Utsuho wants to be. He has also resolved to save people through telling...

Kingyo Used Books

by Site Owner | Oct 2, 2011 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Comics & Graphic Novels

By Seimu Yoshizaki, Viz Media, $12.99, 201 pages It is ironic that a book based on nostalgia is named after a goldfish. Kingyo Used Books is about why manga is important, and from there how our memories define us. The manga is about the eponymous book store, which has...

Grand Guignol Orchestra Vol 1

by Site Owner | Jul 30, 2011 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Comics & Graphic Novels

By Kaori Yuki Viz Media, $9.99, 205 pages As I sat down to read my first manga book, I found I definitely needed to refer to the handy diagram showing me how to read the book for right to left, including the speech bubbles in each comic panel. My introduction to the...

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