Manga is a popular style of Japanese comic books and graphic novels. As a term used outside Japan, “Manga” refers to comics originally published in Japan. On July 19, as part of our Get Pop-Cultured festivities, head to your local Barnes & Noble for Manga Mania, where fans of all ages are invited to discover […]
For over a decade, Jim Killen has served as the science fiction and fantasy book buyer for Barnes & Noble. At the end of each month, he’ll be sharing the lists of B&N’s bestsellers in the genre, from new hardbacks, to trade paperbacks, to mass markets and media tie-ins, to graphic novels and manga. These are the […]
Last week we shared some of our favorite “one-shot” single-volume manga from the past year—but manga that tell an entire story in a single book certainly aren’t the usual way of doing things. And that’s just fine: we love a compact story, well told, but there’s just something about following the same characters and storylines […]
2017 was a great time to be a fan of sci-fi and fantasy. Pop culture has become a veritable geek feast, with comic book adaptations riding high at the box office, prestige SF films getting respect from the Oscars, and, of course, the books, which only seemed to get better with each passing week. Here’s what […]
More than a few promising new manga series launched in the past year, but there were also plenty of returning favorites keeping us entertained. Here’s a look at 10 continuing series that kept us reading in 2016.
