Basic Anatomy for the Manga Artist
Billed as “Everything You Need to Start Drawing Authentic Manga Figures,” Basic Anatomy for the Manga Artist helps artists apply what they learned in life…
Manga Critic
Magic Knight Rayearth, Vol. 1
Shonen manga in drag — that’s my quick-and-dirty assessment of CLAMP’s Magic Knight Rayearth, a fantasy-adventure that adheres so closely to the friendship-effort-victory template that…
The Best Manga You’re Not Reading: Samurai Crusader
Whenever I see Ryoichi Ikegami’s name attached to a project, I know two things: first, that the manga will be beautifully illustrated, and second, that…
Monster Hunter Orage, Vol. 1
As a critic, few words fill me with more trepidation than “inspired by the popular video game.” I’ve read my share of video game manga,…
The Betrayal Knows My Name, Vol. 1
For years, Tokyopop specialized in a particular genre — call it “forbidden bromance,” for want of a better term — in which two handsome, impeccably…