Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei: The Power of Negative Thinking, Vol. 1
Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei: The Power of Negative Thinking may not be as relentlessly intertextual as Ulysses, but this Japanese import is nearly as rich in puns, social commentary,…
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The Horror! The Horror! Comic Books the Government Didn’t Want You to Read
In the early 1950s, horror comics were big business. Out of the eighty million floppies sold each month, nearly one in three featured a vampire,…
Short Takes: The Promised Neverland and Silver Spoon
Just a word to the wise: it’s impossible to discuss either Neverland or Spoon without divulging a few plot details, so be mindful if you’re the kind of…
Heaven’s Design Team, Vol. 1
Do you remember that moment in your manga-reading journey when you discovered that there was a manga about golf? Or pachinko? Or train station bento…
Again!!, Vol. 2
The phenomenal success of Yuri!!! On ICE turned out to be a boon for manga fans, too, as American publishers snapped up two of Mitsurou…