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…

Sinfest, Vol. 1

The very first Sinfest strips tell you everything you need to know about Tatsuya Ishida’s cheeky yet surprisingly reverential comic….

Manga Artifacts: Domu: A Child’s Dream

Revisiting AKIRA prompted me to re-read Domu: A Child’s Dream, an earlier work that helped cement Katsuhiro Otomo’s reputation as…

Blood+ Adagio, Vol. 1

Forget what you know about the Russian Revolution. The real cause of the Romanov’s demise wasn’t growing unrest among the…