The Red Snake
The Red Snake isn’t the most disturbing manga I’ve read — that honor belongs to Mr. Arashi’s Amazing Freak Show, a book so intent on…
Manga Critic
Twin Spica, Vols. 5-6
If you spend any time surfing the mangasphere, you don’t need me to tell you that Twin Spica is about a group of teenagers who…
Ai Ore!, Vol. 1
Androgyny is as much a part of rock-n-roll as sex, drugs, and three-minute guitar solos, so it seems only natural that a music-obsessed manga-ka would…
How to Pen & Ink: The Manga Start-Up Guide
Type the words “how to draw manga” into the Amazon.com search engine, and you’ll net over 575 results. These books run the gamut from Manga-for-Dummies…
Manga Artifacts: Memories
Given the speed with which DC Comics shuttered CMX Manga last year, it’s easy to forget that both DC and Marvel actually wanted to publish…