An Introduction to Keiko Takemiya’s To Terra
Welcome to the May Manga Movable Feast! On the menu: Keiko Takemiya’s award-winning sci-fi epic To Terra. If you’ve never dined with us before,…
AX, Vol. 1: A Collection of Alternative Manga
The next time someone dismisses manga as a “style” characterized by youthful-looking, big-eyed characters with button noses, I’m going to hand them a copy of…
The Times of Botchan, Vols. 1-4
Reading The Times of Botchan reminded me of watching Alexander Sakurov’s cryptic 2002 film Russian Ark. Both employ a similar gambit: a literary figure from…
Saturn Apartments, Vol. 1
If I’ve learned anything from my long love affair with science fiction, it’s this: there’s no place like home. You can boldly go where no…
On Criticism: The 7 Deadly Sins of Reviewing
One of the sad truths about cranking out weekly reviews: sometimes your reviews suck. I’ve written my share of clunkers over the last three-and-a-half years,…