For nearly two decades, 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 […]
For nearly two decades, 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 […]
Those new to manga are often surprised to find that sports manga are not only very much a thing that exists, they’re an entire genre of stories with themes of friendship, rivalry, perseverance, and guts. Japan has been producing comics dedicated to sports since the sixties, and the genre has embraced everything from popular pursuits […]