Category Archives: Reviews

Yuri Monogatari 5 Edited by Erica Friedman Rated MC, 18+ ALC Publishing, $15.95 This most recent volume of the pioneering lesbian manga anthology is 4 cents cheaper than the previous volume, 50 pages longer, and 100% better. All the Yuri … Continue reading →

Deux, the yaoi imprint of Aurora Publishing, has been cranking out titles at a pretty good clip, so I decided to check out two of their more likely-looking volumes. I’m not a yaoi reader, so my thoughts are more on … Continue reading →

MW By Osamu Tezuka Rated 16+ Vertical, $24.95 The opening scene of MW reminded me of a cheesy cop show from the 1970s: A car on a lonely bluff over the ocean, a truck swerving in from nowhere, a kidnapping … Continue reading →

Tokyo Is My Garden Script by Benoit Peeters and Frederic Boilet Art by Frederic Boilet Fanfare/Ponent Mon, $18.99 Christopher Butcher mentioned recently that he really enjoyed this book, but he didn’t elaborate, so I figured I would. Tokyo Is My … Continue reading →

Harvey & Etsuko’s Manga Guide to Japan Story and art by Charles Danziger Manga art by Mimei Sakamoto MG Press, $9.99 Harvey & Etsuko’s Manga Guide to Japan is a strange hybrid of comic and guidebook, manga and western comic. … Continue reading →

King of Thorn, vol. 2 By Yuji Iwahara Rated OT, Older Teen, 16+ Tokyopop, $9.99 Sometimes it’s hard to judge a series from the first volume alone, so when I spotted the second volume of Yuji Iwahara’s King of Thorn … Continue reading →