The Best Manga of 2010: The Manga Critic’s Picks
For all the upheaval within the manga industry — the demise of CMX, Del Rey, and Go! Comi, the layoffs…
3 Reasons to Read One Piece
Why would any sane person commit to reading a series that’s still going strong after sixty volumes? I can think…
7 Billion Needles, Vols. 1-2
First published in 1950, Hal Clement’s Needle was a unique mixture of hard science fiction and police procedural. The story…
Superman vs. Muhammad Ali
I was six in 1978, the year DC Comics first published Superman vs. Muhammad Ali, so I can’t claim…
Short Cuts and Genkaku Picasso
Short Cuts has the unique distinction of being one of the first manga I ever loathed. In fairness to Usamaru…