From the Vault: Mitsukazu Mihara’s The Embalmer
This month, I’m reaching into the PopCultureShock vault for a review of Mitsukazu Mihara’s The Embalmer, one of those offbeat…
Tag: Tokyopop
The Best Manga You’re Not Reading: Suki
The brilliant sociopath, the hooker with the heart of gold, and the naïf are my three least favorite character types,…
How to Draw Shojo Manga
This slim how-to manual caters to the manga fan who wants to become an artist, but finds the technical aspects…
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…
My 10 Favorite TOKYOPOP Titles
Like many other readers who first discovered manga in the mid-2000s, TOKYOPOP played a major role in introducing me to…