Skull-Face Bookseller Honda-san, Vol. 1
If you’ve ever worked a thankless retail job, you’ll appreciate Skull-Face Bookseller Honda-san, a candid, fitfully funny series about working…
Manga
Ms. Kozumi Loves Ramen Noodles, Vol. 1
Ms. Kozumi Loves Ramen Noodles is pretty much what you’d expect from the title: a manga about a high school…
Junji Ito’s No Longer Human
Of all the famous works of literature to get the Classics Illustrated treatment, Osamu Dazai’s No Longer Human is an…
Short Takes: No Guns Life and Ryuko
This month’s Short Takes column checks in with two previously-reviewed series: No Guns Life, a sci-fi thriller whose principled hero sounds…
Cats of the Louvre
Weird. Uncanny. Melancholy. Beautiful. Those were just a few of the adjectives I jotted down while reading Taiyo Matsumoto’s Cats of…