Melody of Iron
Osamu Teuka hit rock bottom in 1973. Mushi Production, the animation studio he’d launched to great fanfare in 1961, had…
Tag: DMP
The Best and Worst Manga of 2015
After a two-year hiatus from blogging, I donned my critic’s cap again in 2015. I’ve enjoyed writing my quasi-weekly column,…
Yakuza Cafe
Yakuza Cafe is a pleasant surprise, a cheerful, smutty send-up of gangster manga that playfully mocks maid cafes, foodie manga,…
Moon and Blood, Vol. 1
If Rumiko Takahashi and Kaoru Tada collaborated on a manga, the results might look a lot like Nao Yazawa’s Moon…
How to Pen & Ink: The Manga Start-Up Guide
Type the words “how to draw manga” into the Amazon.com search engine, and you’ll net over 575 results. These books…