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A Galaxy Next Door, Vol. 1Written And Illustrated By Gido Amagakure A sweet, seinen slice-of-life starring a stellar sovereign and the scribbling supporter of a set of scheming siblings! Hey that was pretty good! As mentioned in the Comics Haul where this title first appeared, Japan seems to have a different relationship with manga than…
The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi “I can explain,” I blurted out. This was a lie, I could not. – “You didn’t insult me by offering me money. You insulted me by thinking I could be bought.” – “This is not working,” I said to the plant. The plant, while sympathetic, I’m…
Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James “The world is strange and people keep making it stranger.” “If your story is the same as his, or even more dull, I will sit with this knife and carve nasty scenes on the floor.” “They say you have a nose.” – – – I MUST…
Strange Academy, Vol. 1: First Class Published By: Marvel · Written By: Skottie Young · Art & Cover By: Humberto Ramos The Marvel universe has a written history and legacy longer and more convoluted than those of many countries, religions and efforts to reform the goddamn filibuster, and it can be intimidating to try to get into. Just how does one…
Reign Of The Seven Spellblades, Vol. 1 Written By: Bokuto Uno Art By: Sakae Esuno, Ruria Miyuki Okay we all know what comes to mind when Americans think of ‘magic boarding school’, right? That’s right: Neil Gaiman’s The Books of Magic, which was about a dark-haired, bespectacled orphan drawn into a world…
The Superior Foes of Spider-Man, Vol. 1: Getting The Band Back Together Written By Nick Spencer Artwork by Steve Lieber Haaaaaaaaa shit this is a fun book. The name Nick Spencer, at least in this house, is synonymous with Amazing Spider-Man By Nick Spencer and, a brief Wikipedia check confirms, HOLY SHIT BEDLAM WITH…
DC: The New Frontier, Vol. 1 (Written And Illustrated By Darwyn Cooke) DC:NF is an exercise in what TVTropes calls reconstruction, which I will let a for-real comics author, and so has the edge over your humble blogsman in that he actually knows what the hell he’s talking about, explain: “It strikes me…
August 2021 Books Read Standouts MANGA TRIPLE-FEATURE! Time Paradox Ghostwriter, Vol. 1 / Mama Akuma, Vol. 1 / Delicious In Dungeon, Vol. 1 I’m reading a lot of manga lately, for several reasons: 1. It’s good, and there’s a lot of it. 2. While a 30-volume series is definitely a…
The Low, Low Woods (Hill House Comics and DC, Written by Carmen Maria Machado, Art by DaNi) “One day, it was just your regular piece-of-shit coal-mining town where people died the way God and the company intended: hacking up pieces of lung or crushed beneath ten tons of rock.” So we…
DCeased INT: My Conservatory, A Fire Crackling Merrily, My Crab-Butler MR. SCUTTLEBUTT In Repose, Knitting Himself An ADORABLE NIGHTCAP In His Wee Crab-House CASEY Sits In A Chair Made From A Whole Sea-Bear, A FEZ Rakishly Askew, Swirling A Snifter Of DR. PEPPER Cuvée 1967 Me: *minding my own business because I know what’s good for…