Saturn Apartments, Vol. 1
If I’ve learned anything from my long love affair with science fiction, it’s this: there’s no place like home. You can boldly go where no…
Manga Critic
On Criticism: The 7 Deadly Sins of Reviewing
One of the sad truths about cranking out weekly reviews: sometimes your reviews suck. I’ve written my share of clunkers over the last three-and-a-half years,…
My Girlfriend’s a Geek, Vol. 1
The prince who turns out to be a toad is a staple figure in romantic comedies: what Jane Austen novel didn’t feature a handsome, wealthy…
Twin Spica, Vol. 1
Asumi Kamogawa is a small girl with a big dream: to be an astronaut on Japan’s first manned space flight. Though she passes the entrance…
Bokurano: Ours, Vol. 1
Among the most discussed scenes in the new Kick-Ass film is one that pits a tweenage assassin against a roomful of grown men. To the…