Peepo Choo, Vol. 1
When I was fifteen and in the throes of my mope-rock obsession, I fantasized a lot about England, home to…
Author: Katherine Dacey
Kate Dacey has been writing about comics since 2006. From 2007 to 2008, she was the Senior Manga Editor at PopCultureShock, a site covering all aspects of the entertainment industry from comics to video games. In 2009, she launched The Manga Critic, where she reviewed Japanese comics and novels until 2012. Kate’s resume also includes serving as a panelist at ALA, New York Comic-Con, and Wondercon; penning reviews for the School Library Journal’s Good Comics for Kids blog; and writing the introductory chapter of CBDLF Presents Manga: Introduction, Challenges, and Best Practices, which Dark Horse published in 2013. Kate is a musicologist based in the Greater Boston area.
The Name of the Flower, Vols. 1-4
Given the sheer number of nineteenth-century Brit-lit tropes that appear in The Name of the Flower — neglected gardens, orphans…
5 Underrated Shojo Manga
Earlier in the week, I sang the praises of Kaze Hikaru, my all-time favorite shojo manga (and one of my…
My Favorite Shojo Manga: Kaze Hikaru
In Manga: Sixty Years of Japanese Comics, author Paul Gravett argues that female mangaka from Riyoko Ikeda to CLAMP have…
The Best Manga You’re Not Reading
On Saturday, June 26th, Brigid Alverson, Robin Brenner, Martha Cornog, and I gave a presentation at the American Library Association’s…