Today's super-sized Manga Revue comes to you courtesy of Patriot's Day, my second favorite Massachusetts-only holiday. (The first is Evacuation Day, a thinly-disguised attempt to give Boston's civil servants permission to skip work on St. Paddy’s.) In addition to a bumper crop of … [Read more...]
Silver Spoon, Vol. 1
The title of Hiromu Arakwa's latest series is a pointed reference to Kansuke Naka's The Silver Spoon: Memoir of a Japanese Boyhood. First serialized in the pages of the Asahi Shimbun in 1913, The Silver Spoon traced Naka's journey from childhood to adolescence through a series of … [Read more...]
Baccano!, Vol. 1
There are two things you need to know before you read this review. First, I'm a ride-or-die Godfather II fan, the kind of person who's obsessively watched Robert DeNiro's performance as the young Don Corleone more times than I can count. Second, I am not a Light Novel Person, … [Read more...]
A Polar Bear in Love, Vol. 1
Don’t be fooled by the cute cover: A Polar Bear in Love is neither gag strip nor conventional rom-com about an improbable couple overcoming their differences. It’s a fitfully amusing, sometimes melancholy reflection on what it’s like to fall in love for the first time, filled … [Read more...]
The Best of Everything
We're on the cusp of that most wonderful time of the year when bloggers and critics compile their Best Of lists. Publisher's Weekly was first out of the gate this year with a small, thoughtfully chosen selection of titles that included one of the breakout hits of the year: Nagata … [Read more...]
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