Superman vs. Muhammad Ali
I was six in 1978, the year DC Comics first published Superman vs. Muhammad Ali, so I can’t claim to have fond memories of…
Reviews
Short Cuts and Genkaku Picasso
Short Cuts has the unique distinction of being one of the first manga I ever loathed. In fairness to Usamaru Furuya, I read it early…
The Best Manga You’re Not Reading: Presents
Back in 2007, John Jakala coined the trademark-worthy phrase “comeuppance theater” to describe horror stories in which a mean, violent, or greedy person gets his…
Summer, Fireworks, and My Corpse
At some point in your travels through high school English, a teacher probably made you read Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery,” a short story about a…
The 14th Dalai Lama: A Manga Biography
Reading The 14th Dalai Lama: A Manga Biography, I was irresistibly reminded of a quip attributed to Thomas Carlyle: “A well-written life is almost…