Category Archives: Reviews

After School Nightmare by Setona Mizushiro Rated OT for Older Teens (16+) Go!Comi, $10.99 After School Nightmare is a coming-of-age manga that plays with your head, but in a good way. Ichijo Mashiro is male from the waist up but … Continue reading →

Kamui, vols. 1–4 by Shingo Nanami Rated 13+ Broccoli Books, $9.99 per volume Warning: Spoilers after the cut! Kamui is set in a dystopian future in which earthquakes have destroyed much of Japan and enormous monsters called Atanan roam the … Continue reading →

Queens By Sung-Hyen Ha Rated OT, for older teens (16+) Tokyopop, $9.99 Warning: Spoilers! Queens is a gender-bending slapstick comedy manwha that never stops for a minute to take a breath or slip in a little subtlety. It’s high-strung, with … Continue reading →

Ode to Kirihito By Osamu Tezuka Rated 16+, for older teens Vertical, $24.95 Warning: Spoilers after the cut! Don’t be scared off by all the critical raves that Ode to Kirihito has been getting from reviewers. Branding a book a … Continue reading →

Haunted House By Mitsukazu Mihara Rated OT for Older Teens, age 16+ Tokyopop, $9.99 R.I.P. Requiem in Phonybrian By Mitsukazu Mihara Rated OT for Older Teens, age 16+ Tokyopop, $9.99 Tokyopop seems to be on a Mitsukazu Mihara binge at … Continue reading →

Astronaut Elementary, volumes 1–3 By David Roman Cryptic Press, not rated $3 per volume About two years ago, both my daughters were really into Nickelodeon magazine, to the point that I had to buy two copies of each issue. When … Continue reading →