Solanin
The characters in Solanin are suffering from what I call a “pre-life crisis”—that moment in your twenties when you realize…
Manga
Chi’s Sweet Home, Vol. 1
Come for the cat, stay for the cartooning — that’s how I’d summarize the appeal of Chi’s Sweet Home, a…
Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo, Vols. 1-3
The Count of Monte Cristo, arguably Alexander Dumas’ best novel, is a big, sprawling beast, stuffed to the gills with…
My 10 Favorite CMX Titles
CMX may not have had the biggest titles or the biggest sales, but its catalog had a pleasing eclecticism: who…
Silent Möbius, Vol. 1
I like science fiction, I really do, but I have limited tolerance for certain tropes: futures in which all the…