Chio’s School Road, Vol. 1
With the new school year underway, now seemed like the ideal time to review Chio’s School Road, a gag manga about an average teen with a…
Reviews
Laid-Back Camp, Vol. 1
Laid-Back Camp may be the most quintessentially Japanese thing I’ve read this year: it features cute girls doing cute things while imparting information about camping…
Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle, Vol. 1
Since one in four Americans suffer from insomnia, it seems like there’s a natural market for Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle, a manga about a character…
Shibuya Goldfish, Vol. 1
Shibuya Goldfish falls somewhere along the horror continuum between Sharknado 3 and Jaws: it’s too competently executed to be a guilty pleasure but too predictable to be genuinely scary….
Manhwa 100
As a reviewer, I’ve found Manga: The Complete Guide (Del Rey), Dreamland Japan: Writings on Modern Manga (Stonebridge Press), and Manga: 60 Years of Japanese Comics (Laurence King Publishing) indispensable references,…