Korea as Viewed by 12 Creators
This anthology of twelve short stories, six by Korean artists and six by French, follows the same basic template as…
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The Best Manga You’re Not Reading: Venice
Venice — one of the last projects Jiro Taniguchi completed before his death in 2017 — is perhaps the most beautiful work he…
The Manga Critic’s Guide to Jiro Taniguchi
Word of Jiro Taniguchi’s death spread quickly this afternoon via Twitter and Facebook. It was a sobering moment for American…
The Best Manga of 2011: The Manga Critic’s Picks
The usual gambit for introducing a year-end list is to remark on the abundance of good titles, acknowledge the difficulty…
A Zoo in Winter
One of the best-selling manga in the US right now is Bakuman, a drama about two teens trying to break…