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Manga in Theory and Practice: The Craft of Creating Manga

November 19, 2017 Katherine Dacey

Manga in Theory and Practice: The Craft of Creating Manga

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...]

Books, Manga Critic, Reviews Hirohiko Araki, How-To, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, VIZ

Ranking Your Favorite Manga

August 15, 2017 Katherine Dacey

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...]

Manga Critic, News & Links Felipe Smith, Fumiyo Kouno, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Leiji Matsumoto, Manga Sales, My Hero Academia, Tokyo Ghoul, Tokyopop, VIZ, Yen Press

An Inside Look at Ichi-F

March 22, 2017 Katherine Dacey

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...]

Manga Critic, News & Links Best Anime, Fukushima, Golgo 13, Hayao Miyazaki, Ichi-F, Jiro Taniguchi, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Legend of Zelda, Takeshi Nogami, Yoshiyuki Tomino

Articles and Features

The Manga Revue, 4/2/18

The Manga Revue, 4/2/18

April 3, 2018

CITY, Keiichi Arawi's latest series, charts the misadventures of Midori, a feckless undergrad who's behind on the rent, in … [...]

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The Best and Worst Manga of 2015

The Best and Worst Manga of 2015

January 6, 2017

After a two-year hiatus from blogging, I donned my critic’s cap again in 2015. I've enjoyed writing my quasi-weekly column, … [...]

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