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Manga and Comic Reviews

Vinland Saga vol. 4

How do you follow up one of the most thrilling volumes of comics I’ve read all year?  If you’re mangaka Makoto Yukimura, you dig right into your new status quo of the united factions from the previous volume taking on the King of Denmark for all he controls.  It’s a setup that doesn’t offer as […]

In Clothes Called Fat

I thought that “Insufficient Direction,” Moyoco Anno’s “essay manga” of her life with husband Hideaki Anno, was pretty enjoyable for what it was.  This is actually an atypical reaction compared to the previous manga I’ve read from her.  Titles like “Happy Mania,” “Flowers and Bees,” and “Sakuran” left me cold and not feeling much for […]

What Did You Eat Yesterday? vol. 3

I’ve made my thoughts clear that the previous volumes of this title do not represent Fumi Yoshinaga’s best work.  This volume, however, continues the trend of seeing the mangaka take baby steps towards giving this title more depth than it initially started out with.  There’s a brief moment where Shiro, the serious attorney, is complaining […]

Dark Horse Previews Picks: October 2014

It turns out that the manga news from Dark Horse at Anime Expo was just too big for one panel to contain.  In addition to the new volume of “The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service” and the “Panty & Stocking” anthology, we’re also getting an “Evangelion” parody manga from Tony Takezaki.  I realize that most people […]

The Flowers of Evil vol. 10

This volume is a 191-page exercise in waiting for the other shoe to drop.  It was a given that Kasuga’s trip back to his hometown would force some kind of confrontation with his past.  The question mangaka Shuzo Oshimi poses to the reader is when this will actually happen.  Will it be when he’s attending […]

New Lone Wolf & Cub vol. 1

I mentioned a while back that this represents the most important new manga release from Dark Horse in quite some time.  Not only is it a sequel to the most popular manga the company has ever released, but its success may even spur the release of new (old) series from the classic creative team of […]

Good Anime Expo Manga Vibes

Over a week ago, I expressed my thoughts regarding manga writer Eiji Otsuka’s presence at this year’s Anime Expo with the specific hope that this was set up by Dark Horse to sell more copies of his manga out here.  It turns out that his presence was set up by the company and there was […]

Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin vols. 5 & 6

After the current arc reached a climax with the fighting in Jaburo, mangaka Yoshikazu Yasuhiko takes a break to flash back and give us the backstory of the conflict between the Federation and Zeon, along with some of the key players on the latter side.  This actually turns out to be a smart move as […]