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Hungry for Definition: xxxHolic’s Addiction to Food

June 2, 2015

xxxHolic Omnibus editions vols. 1–5 CLAMP (mangaka studio); William Flanagan (adaptation and translation); Dana Hayward (letters) Kodansha 2014–2015 (first published 2003–2009) Note: this essay contains some light spoilers; review copies were provided by Kodansha. Watanuki Kimihiro sees ...

Comics, Manga, Reviews

Making Manga is Hard—and Funny: Manga Dogs Reviewed

May 18, 2015

Manga Dogs, vols. 1–3 Ema Toyama (mangaka); William Flanagan (translation); Jennifer Skarupa (lettering); Phil Balsman (cover design) Kodansha What do you think of comics artists and writers? Okay, I can probably answer some of that: if you’re reading this, you’re probably not among the camp ...

Comics, Manga

Music and a Muse: Your Lie in April

May 8, 2015

Your Lie in April Naoshi Arakawa (mangaka); Alethea and Athena Nibley (translation); Scott Brown (lettering) Cover Design by Phil Balsman Kodansha Comics April 21, 2015 There’s something fascinating about the depiction of an auditory experience in visual form. What does it look like to play ...

Comics

Comics You Should Definitely Pick Up On Free Comic Book Day

May 2, 2015

Diamond Comics Distributors were kind enough to send me their Free Comic Book Day (FCBD) offerings before the day in question. I read them all except the five that I didn’t receive (Fight Club/The Goon/The Strain, Doctor Who Special, 2000 AD Special, Ice Bayou Blackout and Teen Titans ...

Manga, Reviews

Attack on Titan’s Gargantuan (Sales) Impact

April 23, 2015

Hajime Isayama’s Attack on Titan (進撃の巨人, Shingeki no Kyojin) is a force to be reckoned with. And no, I’m not talking about the monstrous, human-eating, gigantic Titans that represent chaos and xenophobia for the series’ protagonists. I’m talking about pure, cold, hard capitalism here. Numbers, ...

Comics, Manga

Sad Metal Losers: Date Night With WWAC

February 14, 2015

If I’m going to spend Valentines apart from my sweetie, there has to be a reason for it. So let’s begin to weave this alternate reality. Spring 2015: WWAC launches Patreon campaign (spoiler: this is our reality, so get your wallet ready). Late 2015: WWAC explodes into cash-richness. ...

Comics, Essays, Manga

Ghost in the Shell: The Major’s Body (6) [Trigger warning: rape culture]

August 29, 2014

The Major, or Motoko Kusanagi, is the protagonist of each incarnation of the Ghost in the Shell manga-anime-merchadise franchise. If you care to google, Motoko Kusanagi is autocompletes to “a man” and “is hot,” then “in bed with a boy” and “in bed.” For a science-fiction philosophy character ...

Manga, Opinion

Ghost in the Shell: The Major’s Body (4)

August 14, 2014

The Major, or Motoko Kusanagi, is the protagonist of each incarnation of the Ghost in the Shell manga-anime-merchadise franchise. If you care to google, Motoko Kusanagi is autocompletes to “a man” and “is hot,” then “in bed with a boy” and “in bed.” For a science-fiction philosophy character ...

Kodansha

Hungry for Definition: xxxHolic’s Addiction to Food

Making Manga is Hard—and Funny: Manga Dogs Reviewed

Music and a Muse: Your Lie in April

Comics You Should Definitely Pick Up On Free Comic Book Day

Attack on Titan’s Gargantuan (Sales) Impact

Sad Metal Losers: Date Night With WWAC

Ghost in the Shell: The Major’s Body (6) [Trigger warning: rape culture]

Ghost in the Shell: The Major’s Body (4)

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