GOOD WEDDIN’-DAY, all. I will tell you, without shame: it’s been a rough little while, for many reasons, and it heartens me to know that I am not alone in this. Join me in taking what comfort you can from this new and tiny monster, Soon-To-Be-Celebrated Local Cat Finland J. Cat: Beyond him, and the…
Tag: Manga
Review: Desert Eagle, Vol. 1
This is not my usual kind of comic; I’m not generally intrigued by gangs and crimestyles and juvenile delinquency, no Kuwabara stan was I in the springtime of my youth. But something about the blurb—revenge, brotherhood, punching—spoke to me, as did the cover art, which hinted strongly at a flavor reminiscent of older-school manga while…
New Comics Haul Week Of 6.22.22
AND AS IF YOU HADN’T GUESSED YET, IT’S TIME FOR NEW COMICS! Brought to you slightly late this week because my goddamn cat decided it was time for a medical emergency this morning! In any event: Yes, comics, and quite a few of them this week! Let’s take a look! At some books! A book-look….
New Comics Haul Week Of 6.15.22
WE INTERRUPT THIS GENTLE WEDNESDAY IN ORDER TO BRING YOU A LIST OF NEW COMICS! You may notice that this is significantly briefer and lighter on the details than my previous lists, and that’s because instead of cramming mini-reviews of related comics into these, I’ve started doing mini-reviews of my monthly books-read lists! This is…
Books Read January 2022
Key:-(R) = Re-read-(B) = Read To My Wife At Bedtime– No Author = Comic 1st She’s My Knight, Vol. 1-SMK is an extremely goddamned cute manga that inverts what I understand are common romance tropes to adorable effect, featuring a cool, confident, stylish high school boy who SOMEHOW keeps ending up in the metaphorical Princess…
Comics Haul Week Of 4.26.22
Ever since the Amazon/Comixology merger went all the way through, it SEEMS as though Wednesday is no longer the only New Comic Book Day, the sabbath of my people; with every Tuesday comes mostly new manga, and y’know what, not mad about it. Here’s what ya boi had preordered for today (descriptions pulled from items’…
November 2021 Books Read Standouts: Reign Of The Seven Spellblades, Vol. 1 / Maniac Of New York, Vol. 1: The Death Train
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…
Books Read 2021
Key: -(R) = Re-read -(B) = Read To My Wife At Bedtime – No Author = ComicRTD: Read To (my wife) Deej (at bedtime) JANUARY 1st. Lumberjanes, Vol. 5: Band Together (R) 2nd Dragon Ball Z Full Color: Freeza Arc, Vol. 3 9th Dragon Ball Z Full Color: Freeza Arc, Vol. 4 Dragon Ball…
September 2021 Books Read Standouts: DC: The New Frontier, Vol. 1 / The Devil Is A Part-Timer! , Vol. 1
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
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…