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Worst. Cover. Ever.
I just finished reading Welcome to the NHK by Tatsuhiko Takimoto. Great book, very dark story that tells it like it is. The main problem is the presentation. This novel was released under Tokyopop’s Pop Fiction line. As usual, Tokyopop made a mess of everything. The cover is a watercolor by Yoshitoshi Abe (I […]
Posted: September 4th, 2008 under Reviews.
Comments: 3
Enomoto - King of Shit
I was cleaning out my closet the other day and found an old Comics Journal I had bought back in 2002, and re-found this amazing article about this Japanese artist, Enomoto Shunji. The article is pretty awesome for introducing something so foreign to American audiences, but quiet amazing for the lack of any real information […]
Posted: August 9th, 2008 under Reviews, Previews.
Comments: 4
Jump goes Digital - some manga guys learn Flash
Starting April of 2007, Jump launched their “Jump Digital Manga” site. They have four titles available for online viewing. This is truly digital manga, not just web comics. The manga is animated with Flash, and there is plenty of animation and sound to separate it from static, paper manga. Here are some short profiles of […]
Posted: December 6th, 2007 under Web, Reviews.
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One Volume of Historie - The Return of Hitoshi Iwaaki
Parasyte is one of the classic manga sci-fi series. It was hugely moving for me. I even shed a tear at the end when Migi died. Even with Del Rey re-publishing the series, it’s not enough for my Hitoshi Iwaaki fix.
Thanks to Kotonoha (fine scanlating group with an almost 100% awesomeness rating), I’m finally getting […]
Posted: October 30th, 2007 under Reviews.
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