The 2009 Manga Hall of Shame Inductees
I’m pleased to report that 2009 yielded fewer jaw-droppingly bad manga in the vein of Eiken, J-Pop Idol, or Shiki Tsukai — surely the most…
The Best Manga of 2009: The Manga Critic’s Picks
I pity the poor critic who panned Up — it’s not fun to buck the tide of critical approbation, especially when it seems like everyone…
Oishinbo A la Carte: Vegetables
I mean no disrespect to Tetsu Kariya or Akira Hanasaki when I say that the Vegetables volume of Oishinbo A la Carte irresistibly reminded me…
Itazura Na Kiss, Vol. 1
Seventeen-year-old Kotoko Aihara is a ditz, the kind of girl who gets easily flustered by math problems, blurts whatever she’s thinking, and burns every dish…
Little Fluffy Gigolo Pelu, Vol. 1
Poignant — now there’s a word I never imagined I’d be using to describe one of Junko Mizuno’s works, given her fondness for disturbing images…