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I keep meaning to read the Color of Earth but volumes of Monster get in the way. Warren Peace lets me know what I’m missing.
Staying on my kids kick this week – here’s Good Comics for Kids summer reading list.
Confession: I hated Backstage Prince but I really enjoyed the Shojo Beat preview of Black Bird (by the same manga-ka). However, Slightly Biased Manga suggests that maybe I should leave this series where I found it.
Here’s an awesome review/take on the latest Scott Pilgrim (link via Journalista).
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I just found out Oklahoma has an aquarium!
You know I can’t resist free manga giveaways!!! – thanks Manga Critic!
Read About Comics reviews Chicken With Plums. It’s got a very different feel than Persepolis but the artwork is very lyrical and beautiful.
Check out this cool blog I just discovered – PopKissKiss.
Good Comics for Kids offers up some kiddie horror with Dracula Madness.
Manga Maniac Cafe reviews B.Ichi, a title which has been sitting on my bookcase for weeks…I just keep finding more appealing stuff to read I guess.
And, hot off my twitter feed – Manga Recon posts about Brilliant Blue.
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Here’s a Warren Peace Godland review that, because I’ve never read it, makes no sense to me. Still, it sounds exciting.
If you’ve got kids obsessed with the Cirque Du Freak series then you might be interested in this look at the manga.
Kate Dacey, the Manga Critic, likes Canon. I don’t particularly enjoy that series or the manga-ka’s other series Yurara but I’m beginning to think maybe it’s just me.
Want to learn a new skill, try the Manga Guides!
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Isn't linking to other blogs kind of a ripoff of, well, other blogs? Yeah but so what - I've already sued them forcing them to not sue me. Trust me, it makes sense.
David Welsh lives out his firefighting fantasies (not really, I made that up but who doesn’t have firefighting fantasies?) while reading Fire Investigator Nanase.
The Forbidden Planet blog reviews an adaptation of one of my favorites, The Hound of the Baskervilles.
Here’s an interview with Never Learn Anything from History creator, Kate Beaton. I can’t wait to read this one!
Kate Dacey reviews Detroit Metal City. How she got past that terrible cover, I will never know. Seriously, it makes me want smack the book around. And never read it. But I judge covers like that.
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Long weekend eh?
Matthew Brady has a review of Britten and Brulightly, which sounds weird and wonderful. From the few pictures, I’m already drawn to the artwork.
Kate Dacey takes a look at Otomen volumes 1 and 2.
David Welsh loves him some sake!
We just got The Color of Earth in so I’m off to read it. If you haven’t gotten a copy or aren’t sure if it’s something you would like, check out the New York Times preview here.
Comic Book Resources’ review of Umbrella Academy: Dallas #6 is making me want to break my rule about waiting for the trade before buying.
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Don't look directly at the sun, you might scare her away.
Matthew Brady gives you three manga reviews for the price of one. You know what he doesn’t give you? His take on the June issue of Shojo Beat…I look forward to it every month. I guess I have to be patient.
David Welsh gives a good, insightful review and explains what might be off in the manga Gakuen Prince. Writing a good negative review is hard but I really think he brings up a lot of good points without saying “don’t buy this it sucks”.
I absolutely adored Guy Delisle’s travelogue Pyongyang. He’s returned with another book, this one about his experience in China.
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omgomgomgomgomgomg VORTEX 2!!!!!
I seriously need some Stylish surgical masks by Yoriko Yoshida.
Kate Dacey at Manga Critic offers up a quick couple of reviews and notes that things come out too fast to cover it all – preach it.
Chris Mautner decides that League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: 1910 is better than Black Dossier – which isn’t saying much. Based on his review, I’ll probably give it a shot but not have my hopes up.
Here’s what the critics are saying about X-Men Origins: Wolverine.
I normally don’t even bother with a comic until it’s collected but I love the concept of this giant cowl battle so much that I may have to get single issues. Read About Comics reviews Battle of the Cowl: The Underground.
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You can read over my shoulder but just don't get too close.
Read about Comics gives a glowing review to A Distant Neighborhood.
Good Comics For Kids really likes Dororo and Black Jack - for teens of course.
If you’re up for it, Brandon Thomas over at Newsarama breaks down Grant Morrison’s run on JLA.
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What do people have against the Flaming Lips?
Matthew Brady a.k.a Warren Peace breaks down this month’s awesome Shojo Beat. Sand Chronicles is getting so intense I read on the way in from the mailbox.
Comics Should be Good reviews Nighschool which I would read if my subscription to Yen+ ever kicks in. Grrrr.
MangaCast supplies a yaoi fix by telling me about Live for Love.
Comics Reporter reports that Wolverine: Prodigal Son is not so good. Too bad.
Reading Over Shoulders – Shojo List Edition
I knew there was a reason I left Colorado.
To ride the ‘let’s list stuff cause it’s really really fun and everyone loves lists’ wave – started by John Jakala, then David Welsh – here’s my top 5 Addictive Shojo Manga:
1. Fruits Basket – this is or should be on everyone’s list, it’s like crack.
2. Absolute Boyfriend – I know a lot of people thought this title wasn’t very good but I couldn’t get enough of Night and Soshi. They adorn my cubicle walls like Zac Efron in a middle school locker.
3. Sand Chronicles – the plot seems so simple but there’s something about this touching manga that makes me flip the pages of Shojo Beat to read it first.
4. Ouran High School Host Club – It’s basically the same thing volume after volume and yet, I still laugh.
5. Chobits – ok, I don’t know if this technically counts as a shojo title but it’s close enough. I secretly reread the volumes then pretend to be shocked at the chauvenism.
Whew! That was fun and made me want to read some shojo. Oh, here’s some honorable mentions that are actually manhwa:
Bride of the Water God – sooo pretty
Two Will Come – I like the jerky/sweet player character
