Solanin
The characters in Solanin are suffering from what I call a “pre-life crisis”—that moment in your twenties when you realize that it’s time to join…
Chi’s Sweet Home, Vol. 1
Come for the cat, stay for the cartooning — that’s how I’d summarize the appeal of Chi’s Sweet Home, a deceptively simple story about a…
Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo, Vols. 1-3
The Count of Monte Cristo, arguably Alexander Dumas’ best novel, is a big, sprawling beast, stuffed to the gills with characters, subplots, secret identities, suicides,…
My 10 Favorite CMX Titles
CMX may not have had the biggest titles or the biggest sales, but its catalog had a pleasing eclecticism: who else would license series as…
Silent Möbius, Vol. 1
I like science fiction, I really do, but I have limited tolerance for certain tropes: futures in which all the women dress like strippers —…