My 10 Favorite Spooky Manga

Whether by accident or design, the very first manga I read and liked were horror titles: “The Laughing Target,” Mermaid…

Apollo’s Song, Vols. 1-2

Apollo’s Song may be one of the strangest sex ed manuals ever written. It begins with a textbook Tezuka scene,…

Peepo Choo, Vol. 1

When I was fifteen and in the throes of my mope-rock obsession, I fantasized a lot about England, home to…

Chi’s Sweet Home, Vol. 1

Come for the cat, stay for the cartooning — that’s how I’d summarize the appeal of Chi’s Sweet Home, a…

Andromeda Stories, Vols. 1-3

Ah, Keiko Takemiya, how I love your sci-fi extravaganzas! The psychic twins. The giant spiderbots. The evil, omniscient computers. The…