X, Vol. 1
As a child of the 1970s, I appreciate a good disaster flick, whether the devastation is local or global, natural or man-made. There’s something immensely…
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Codename: Sailor V, Vol. 1
Do you remember Wonder Woman? From an adult perspective, the show was dreadful, marred by ham-fisted scripts, low-budget special effects, campy plotlines, and wooden performances….
Manga Artifacts: The Legend of Mother Sarah
Most American manga fans know Katsuhiro Otomo as the creative force behind AKIRA and Domu: A Child’s Dream, but Otomo’s catalog also includes works like The Legend of Mother…
Gandhi: A Manga Biography
British historian Phillip Guedalla famously described biography as “a very definite region bounded on the north by history, on the south by fiction, on the…
Bloody Monday, Vol. 1
To judge from all the shonen manga I’ve read, the fate of the world rests in teenage boys’ hands: not only do they have the…