Part manifesto, part how-to manual, Hirohiko Araki’s Manga in Theory and Practice: The Craft of Creating Manga is as idiosyncratic as the series that made him a household name in Japan. Araki characterizes his book as both a map, guiding the aspiring artist along the “golden way” … [Read more...]
Ranking Your Favorite Manga
If you haven't visited Book Dragon, a website for "the multi-culti reader," now's a great time to do so. Host Terry Hong just posted a thoughtful, two-part list of her all-time favorite manga, from Naoki Urasawa's 20th Century Boys to Fumi Yoshinaga's What Did You Eat … [Read more...]
An Inside Look at Ichi-F
If you've been wondering whether to pick up Ichi-F: A Worker's Graphic Memoir of the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant, Ash Brown and Brigid Alverson's in-depth reviews offer compelling evidence that Kazuto Tatsuta's manga is one of the most moving and important of 2017. The manga … [Read more...]
